Artificial intelligence [DVD recording] : A.I. / DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present ; an Amblin/Stanley Kubrick production ; a film by Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Steven Spielberg ; based on a screen story by Ian Watson ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Bonnie Curtis.
Based on the short story "Supertoys last all summer long" by Brian Aldiss. Haley Joel Osment (David), Jude Law (Gigolo Joe), Frances O'Connor (Monica Swinton), Brendan Gleeson (Lord Johnson-Johnson), Sam Robards (Henry Swinton), William Hurt (Professor Hobby). Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2001.
Contents:
(12 min.). Creating A.I. [featurette] (145 min.) -- Creating A.I. [featurette] (12 min.). (86 min.) Cast [text feature] -- Filmmakers [text feature] -- Production notes [text feature]. Designing A.I. [featurette] -- Lighting A.I. [featurette] -- Special effects [featurette] -- Robots of A.I. [featurette] -- Special effects and animation: ILM [featurette] -- The sound and music of A.I. 13 [featurette] -- Closing: Steven Spielberg: Our responsibility to Artificial Intelligence [featurette] / written, directed, and produced by Laurent Bouzereau (86 min.) A.I. archives [slide shows] -- Cast [text feature] -- Filmmakers [text feature] -- Production notes [text feature].
Summary:
It is the middle of the 21st century. Extremely sophisticated robots do everything from nannying to prostitution, supplying the illusion of feeling, but true emotion has eluded the android builders. Until Professor Hobby builds David, a robot boy who can really love. In the same manner that some people substitute pets for more demanding human relationships, the Swinton's try to fill the void left by the illness (and subsequent cryogenic animation) of their young son, with David. Unlike a pet, however, David requires more than taking without giving, and his plight illustrates the dangers inherent when dog-substitutes demand giving in return.
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