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The Iron Giant [1999 film]

by Brad Bird (Director), Tim McCanlies (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Allison Abbate (Producer), Jennifer Aniston (Actor), Harry Connick Jr. (Actor), Vin Diesel (Actor), James Gammon (Actor)10 more, Ted Hughes (Original story), Ollie Johnston (Actor), Michael Kamen (Composer), Cloris Leachman (Actor), John Mahoney (Actor), Eli Marienthal (Actor), Des McAnuff (Producer), Christopher McDonald (Actor), Frank Thomas (Actor), M. Emmet Walsh (Actor)

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Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
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A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
Rated PG for fantasy action violence, language, some thematic material and smoking
  SITAG_Family | Jul 27, 2021 |
A boy befriends a giant space robot.

Sort of a less fun version of Lilo & Stitch. Or, a less emotional version of E.T..

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.9/4 ( )
  comfypants | Nov 20, 2015 |
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices. (source: TMDb)
  aptrvideo | Jun 3, 2021 |
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  wdjoyner | Aug 18, 2010 |
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Bird, BradDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
McCanlies, TimScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Abbate, AllisonProducersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aniston, JenniferActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Connick Jr., HarryActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Diesel, VinActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gammon, JamesActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hughes, TedOriginal storysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnston, OllieActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kamen, MichaelComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leachman, ClorisActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mahoney, JohnActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Marienthal, EliActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McAnuff, DesProducersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McDonald, ChristopherActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thomas, FrankActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Walsh, M. EmmetActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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