Name: The Iron Giant
Genre: Action-Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama
Released: 1999
Duration: 1 h 26 min

The Iron Giant (1999)

Directed by Brad Bird

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The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science fiction film directed by Brad Bird and produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation. It is loosely based on Ted Hughes's novel, The Iron Man, was written by Tim McCanlies from a story treatment by Bird and features an ensemble cast consisting of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and M. Emmet Walsh. Set during the Cold War in 1957, the film centers on a young boy named Hogarth Hughes, who discovers and befriends the titular giant robot of extraterrestrial origin. With the help of a beatnik artist named Dean McCoppin, Hogarth attempts to prevent the United States' military, whom become alerted by paranoid federal agent Kent Mansley, from finding and vanquishing the Giant.

Movie Info

Official Site

https://www.warnerbros.com/iron-giant

Budget

$70,000,000

Box Office

$23,335,817

Themes

Cult

Attributes

Based On: The Iron Man
Narrative Location: Maine
Subject: artificial intelligence, Cold War, first contact fiction, human bonding, national security, pacifism
Time Period: 1957, Cold War