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Poster for A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Directed by
Steven Spielberg

Screenplay by
Ian Watson and Brian Aldiss

Music Composed by
John Williams

Theatrical Release Date
June 29, 2001

DVD Release Date
March 5, 2002 (Region 1 - North America)
March 12, 2002 (Region 2 - UK)

Production Companies
Amblin Productions, Dreamworks SKG, Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros.

Distribution Company
Warner Bros. (USA), Dreamworks (USA DVD)

Summary

In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve humanity. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid who is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the "fake" boy who desperately wants to become "real".

Trailer
Quotes

Dr. Know
Question me, you pay the fee. Two for five, you get one for free!
David
If a fairy tale is real, wouldn't it be a fact? A flat fact?
Gigolo Joe
Say no more. New Category. Combine "Fact" with "Fairy Tale." Now. Ask your question.
David
How can the Blue Fairy turn a robot into a real, live boy?
Dr. Know
"Come away, O human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."
Your journey will be perilous, but the reward worth the price. In his book "How Can a Robot Become Human," Professor Allen Hobby writes of the process that will turn MECHA into ORGA. Our "Blue Fairy" does exist in one place only, at the end of the world where the lions weep. This is the place where dreams are born.

Photo Gallery
Main Cast

Robin Williams
Dr. Know

Haley Joel Osment
David Swinton

Jude Law
Gigolo Joe

Frances O'Connor
Monica Swinton

Sam Robards
Henry Swinton

Jake Thomas
Martin Swinton

Jack Angel
Teddy

Ben Kingsley
Narrator

Meryl Streep
Blue Fairy

Tagline

David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not.

Filming Info

Dates
August 17, 2001 - November 18, 2001

Locations
Long Beach, CA
New York, NY
Oxbow Park, Portland, OR
Gresham, OR
Guerneville, CA

International Release Dates

Mexico
August 3, 2001

Germany
September 13, 2001

UK
Spain
September 21, 2001

Netherlands
October 4, 2001

Turkey
October 5, 2001

France
Belgium
October 24, 2001

Media Availability

This title is available on:

DVD
Video
CD
Poster
Box Office Details

Budget
$100,000,000

Gross
$78,616,689 (USA)
$157,309,863 (international)
$235,926,552 (total)

Opening Weekend
$29,352,630 (3,242 theaters)

Widest Release
3,242 theaters

Awards

Venice Film Festival
Won - 2001 - Future Film Festival Digital Award (Steven Spielberg)

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award
Won - 2002 - Best Character Hair Styling in a Feature

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Won - 2002 - Saturn Award - Best Music (John Williams)
Won - 2002 - Saturn Award - Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Haley Joel Osment)
Won - 2002 - Saturn Award - Best Science Fiction Film
Won - 2002 - Saturn Award - Best Writing (Steven Spielberg)

BMI Film & TV Awards
Won - 2002 - BMI Film Music Award (John Williams)

World Soundtrack Awards
Won - 2001 - Public Choice Award (John Williams)
Won - 2001 - World Soundtrack Award - WSA Soundtrack Composer of the Year (John Williams)

Young Artist Awards
Won - 2002 - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (Jake Thomas)

Nominated for a further 2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award, 4 AFI Awards, 1 British Academy Award, 3 SFCA (Chicago), 4 Empire Awards, 1 Motion Picture Sound Editors, 4 OFCS Awards