Summary
A giant robot from outer space lands on Earth and frightens a small town. The robot befriends a young boy and wins its humanity by saving the townspeople from their own fears and prejudices. Includes deleted scenes and commentary from director Brad Bird.
Additional Information
Subjects |
Hughes, Ted,
-- 1930-1998
-- Film adaptations.
Robots -- Juvenile films. Giants -- Juvenile films. Friendship -- Juvenile films. Robots -- Drama. Giants -- Drama. Friendship -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Animated films. Children's films. Science fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.,2003 Distributed by Warner Home Video, Inc., |
Edition | Special edition, Widescreen. |
Other Titles | Iron man. |
Contributors |
Abbate, Allison,
film producer. McAnuff, Des, film producer. Bird, Brad, 1957- screenwriter, film director. McCanlies, Tim, screenwriter. Aniston, Jennifer, voice actor. Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967- voice actor. Diesel, Vin, voice actor. Gammon, James, voice actor. Leachman, Cloris, voice actor. Mahoney, John, 1940-2018 voice actor. Marienthal, Eli, 1986- voice actor. McDonald, Christopher, 1955- voice actor. Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935- voice actor. Kamen, Michael, composer. Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. Iron man. Warner Bros., production company. Warner Bros. Entertainment, publisher. Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor. |
Participants/Performers |
Voices: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald, M. Emmet Walsh. |
Other Contributors |
Music, Michael Kamen. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for fantasy action and mild language. |
Language |
English French Spanish In English or French with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the book by Ted Hughes. Special features include: feature-length commentary by Brad Bird, Tony Fucile, Jeff Lynch and Steven Markowski; 8 additional scenes; 13 abranching minidocumentary segments highlighting key sequences from the viewpoint of score, character design, storyboards, and animation; Brad Bird and Teddy Newton analyze the movie's Annie meets Kent and Duck and cover sequences; The voice of Giant featuring Brad Bird and Vin Diesel; stills gallery; filmographies; theatrical trailers. |
System Details |
DVD; dual-layer format; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. System requirements for DVD-ROM features: InterActual player (included on disc), Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, Microsofr IE 5.5, Macromedia Flash Player 6.0, Internet connection, DVD-ROM drive, DirectShow-compatible DVD decoder. This DVD will not work in a CD-ROM drive and the DVD-ROM features are not available in Apple Mac OS. |
Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN | 9780790749860 0790749866 |
Other | Classic View |