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A boy's best friend is his robot in this animated adventure from Brad Bird, best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and The Critic. Set in 1957, The Iron Giant focuses on Hogarth (voice of Eli Marienthal), an imaginative nine-year-old boy who daydreams of alien ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1999 | Running Time: 86 minutes
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The Iron Giant is a wondrous animated fairy tale of post-Sputnik paranoia and the related fears of "otherness" that carries with it warm messages about friendship and non-violence. What should have been an unqualified hit, however, managed a scant $23 million at the box office due to an infamously indifferent advertising campaign by Warner Bros., which demonstrated that its animation competitors (Disney and Dreamworks) are far more comfortable with this end of the business. After all, the ...more
- Eli Marienthal - Hogarth Hughes
- Vin Diesel - The Iron Giant
- Jennifer Aniston - Annie Hughes
- Harry Connick, Jr. - Dean McCoppen
- Christopher McDonald - Kent Mansley
- James Gammon - Marve Loach
- Cloris Leachman - Mrs. Tensedge
- John Mahoney - Shannon Rogard
- Mary Kay Bergman
- Frank Thomas - Train Engineer #2
- Ollie Johnston - Train Engineer #1
- M. Emmet Walsh - Earl Stutz
- Brad Bird - Director
- Pete Townshend - Executive Producer
- Des McAnuff - Producer
- Allison Abbate - Producer
- Tim McCanlies - Screenwriter
- Brad Bird - Screenwriter
- Ted Hughes - Book Author
- Alan Bodner - Art Director
- Tony Fucile - Animation Director
- John Walker - Associate Producer
- Marci Liroff - Casting
- Darren Holmes - Editor
- Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score)
- Mark Whiting - Production Designer
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