A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 06 29 (USA)

UPC: 667068956726

Studio: DreamWorks

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations, Sci-Fi Violence]

Summary: Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "mecha" or robot of the future, when the polar ice caps have melted and submerged many coastal cities, causing worldwide starvation and human dependence upon robotic assistance. The first mecha designed to experience love, David is the "son" of Henry (Sam Robards), an employee of the company that built the boy, and the grief-stricken Monica (Frances O'Connor). David is meant to replace the couple's hopelessly comatose son, but when their natural child recovers, David is abandoned and sets out to become "a real boy" worthy of his mother's affection. Along the way, David is mentored by a pleasure-providing mecha named Gigolo Joe (Jude Law) and a talking "super toy" bear named Teddy. His adventures take him to the Roman Circus-style "Flesh Fair," where mechas are destroyed for the amusement of humans; Rouge City, where Gigolo Joe narrowly avoids capture by police; and finally a submerged New York City, where David's creator, Professor Hobby (William Hurt) reveals the secrets of the boy's creation. Brendan Gleeson and narrator Ben Kingsley co-star in A.I., which was adapted from Kubrick's treatment by Spielberg, in his first crack at screenwriting since Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Supporting Actress – American Film Institute Best Cinematography – American Film Institute Best Production Design – American Film Institute Best Digital Effects – American Film Institute Best Digital Effects – American Film Institute Best Young Actor/Actress – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Composer – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Original Score – null Best Special Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Future Film Festival Digital Award – Venice International Film Festival Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Documentary on bringing A.I. to the screen
Interviews with Steven Spielberg, Haley Joel Osment, and Jude Law
Newly produced behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of A.I.
An interview with sound designer Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Ranch
A visit to Stan Winston Studios with early "Teddy" footage
Interviews with Lucasfilm's ILM special effects group
Trailers, storyboards, drawings, and hundreds of photos approved by Steven Spielberg for this release
And much more

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/05/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 2 PCM stereo, DTS-ESM Digital Theater Pseudo 6.1 System

Runtime: 145 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
1. Artificial Intelligence [7:08]
2. His Life is Merely Pending [3:02]
3. A Mecha Child [5:10]
4. Hide and Go Seek [3:07]
5. Laughter [3:11]
6. Imprinting Protocol [2:37]
7. Teddy, a Super-Toy [4:22]
8. Martin Comes Home [1:39]
9. The New Super-Toy [3:35]
10. A Classic Story [1:52]
11. Competition For Affection [4:08]
12. Mechas and Orgas [5:29]
13. Abandoned [8:18]
14. Gigolo Joe [3:59]
15. Unregistered Mecha Roundup [8:06]
16. Flesh Fair: A Celebration of Life [3:21]
17. "I'm a Boy" [6:42]
18. Journey Towards the Moon [1:51]
19. Rouge City [4:40]
20. Dr. Know [3:08]
21. "They Hate Us" [5:25]
22. Escape From Rouge City [2:02]
23. The City at the End of the World [2:01]
24. Special and Unique [2:48]
25. Brothers and Sisters [5:47]
26. David's Leap [3:08]
27. A Plea to the Blue Fairy [2:29]
28. Memories [6:19]
29. Back Home [5:52]
30. A Question of Happiness [5:34]
31. A Perfect Day [4:33]
32. End Credits [6:56]

Karl Williams

A.I. is a heady but surprisingly mournful blend of styles from two filmmakers whose disparate artistic points-of-view mix uncomfortably yet produce fascinating results. This highly anticipated science fiction fable is a somber meeting of Pinocchio (1940) and the dystopian visions of humankind's downfall that fueled such futuristic films as Soylent Green (1973), Logan's Run (1976), and Blade Runner (1982). Despite the obvious parallels with the Disney feature, this emotionally wrenching picaresque is a lot closer in cynical spirit to the latter films, the story's dim view of humanity's woes astonishing coming from director Steven Spielberg, whose tastes until recently ran to the sickly sentimental. Blame it on Stanley Kubrick, whose sardonic take on humankind might have made this long-simmering but aborted project even darker still, had he lived to complete it. His and Spielberg's world views are ill-suited bedfellows and the final result shows it: depressing but poignant, by turns silly and heartbreaking, with an ending that will either leave viewers giddy with awe or giggling with glee (or both). Still, while the film unfolds schizophrenically, it also benefits from this multiple-personality aesthetic by creating a welcome, though never quite satisfied, ache for the hero's woes to be assuaged. Spielberg sets viewers up for rousing psychological completion ? la E.T. (1982), but channeling Kubrick, he heads for a slightly different destination. So it is that in an age when all films must, according to corporate dictates, end happily or in buckets of tears, the quiet dignity of the film's final curtain call is a stunner. Notice must be paid to young actor Haley Joel Osment, probably the best child actor since Jodie Foster and one of a miniscule handful ever to succeed on acting talent and not apple-cheeked, adorable precocity. A.I. is not the classic it should have been, but it's one of the most unusual, eccentrically enchanting films of either director's resum?, and probably the biggest-budgeted experimental film ever made. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ben Kingsley  Actor 
Keith Campbell  Actor 
Matt Malloy  Actor 
Michael Shamus Wiles  Actor 
Clara Bellar  Actor 
Kevin Sussman  Actor 
Brent Sexton  Actor 
Haley King  Actor 
Eugene Osment  Actor 
Jason Sutter  Actor 
Adam Grossman  Actor 
R. David Smith  Actor 
Matt Winston  Actor 
Ashley Scott  Actor 
Claude Gilbert  Actor 
Rena Owen  Actor 
Andy Morrow  Actor 
Billy Scudder  Actor 
Max Brody  Actor 
Diane Fletcher  Actor 
Paula Malcomson  Actor 
Tim Rigby  Actor 
Justina Machado  Actor 
Tim Edward Rhoze  Actor 
Wayne Wilderson  Actor 
April Grace  Actor 
Duane Buford  Actor 
Michael Fishman  Actor 
Kelly McCool  Actor 
Laia Salla  Actor 
Al Jourgenson  Actor 
Jim Jansen  Actor 
Chris Rock  Actor 
Tom Gallop  Actor 
Dillon McEwin  Actor 
J. Alan Scott  Actor 
Paul Barker  Actor 
Vito Carenzo  Actor 
Robin Williams  Actor 
Adam Alexi-Malle  Actor 
Daveigh Chase  Actor 
Red King  Actor 
Ken Palmer  Actor 
Brian Turk  Actor 
Eliza Coleman  Actor 
Jack Angel  Actor 
Lily Knight  Actor 
Meryl Streep  Actor 
Sabrina Grdevich  Actor 
Enrico Colantoni  Actor 
Bobby Harwell  Actor 
Theo Greenly  Actor 
Kate Nei  Actor 
Mark Staubach  Actor 
Ty Coon  Actor 
Clark Gregg  Actor 
John Prosky  Actor 
Miguel Perez  Actor 
Jeremy James Kissner  Actor 
Erik Bauersfeld  Actor 
Laurence Mason  Actor 
Jeanine Salla  Actor 
Curt Youngberg  Actor 
Kathleen Kennedy  Producer 
Walter Parkes  Executive Producer 
Steven Spielberg  Director 
Steven Spielberg  Producer 
Steven Spielberg  Screenwriter 
John Williams  Composer (Music Score) 
Bonnie Curtis  Producer 
Jan Harlan  Executive Producer 
Haley Joel Osment  Actor 
Jude Law  Actor 
Frances O'Connor  Actor 
Brendan Gleeson  Actor 
William Hurt  Actor 
Sam Robards  Actor 
Jake Thomas  Actor 
Ken Leung  Actor 
Michael Mantell  Actor 
Michael Berresse  Actor 
Kathryn Morris  Actor 
Adrian Grenier  Actor 

Country: USA