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)
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 Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve humanity.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".
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.
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
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Main PageProduction Notes ::: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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.
Dates
August 17, 2001 - November 18, 2001
Locations
Long Beach, CA
New York, NY
Oxbow Park,
Portland, OR
Gresham, OR
Guerneville, CA
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
This title is available on:
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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
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
