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The Iron Giant

Year:1999
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Animation, Action, Adventure
IMDB:IMDB Page
Rating:9.0  Rate
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DirectorBrad Bird
Selected CastEli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes (voice)
 Harry Connick Jr. as Dean McCoppin (voice)
 Jennifer Aniston as Annie Hughes (voice)
 Vin Diesel as The Iron Giant (voice)
 James Gammon as Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)
 Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Tensedge (voice)
SoundtrackMichael Kamen


On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

The Iron Giant - Warner Home Video - USA (2016)
DVD

The Iron Giant - Warner Home Video - USA (1999)
DVD

The Iron Giant - Warner Home Video - USA (1999)
Blu-ray

The Iron Giant - Warner Home Video - USA (2018)


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Magic Marmalade
19th Apr 2023
 Rated 9/10
I have vague recollections of being made to read the Ted Hughes story at school of this; Originally titled: The Iron Man.

...I am somewhat sketchy about it now, but the lasting impression of it being a very haunting, sad feeling tale of the giant robot from outer space arriving on earth to be befriended by a boy, with the same depth of warmth and feeling as one of those early Oscar Wilde short stories...

(Better than the plays and witticisms he is generally known for! - saw an animated version of The Happy Prince at school, which has scarred me for life, and lodged it firmly in my soul ever since! - devastated!!!)

..And it has always jarred with me... seemed odd to me, that Mister Serious McFrowny pants intellectual poet Ted Hughes could be responsible for this, but Brad Bird does a bang up job of capturing the feeling of the book that stayed with me all this time.

Due to the setting of 1950s America, against a backdrop of Sputnik, the Cold War, and imminent Nuclear destruction, the general underlying themes of advancing and advanced technology posing a threat to humanity, and the boy who sees otherwise in this robot visitor (And all that this implies :) probably makes this a bit too much for very small children, but maybe early teens and up would be a better audience - so if on TV, more early evening than morning.

And there's lots for older (ahem) viewers to like, in the subtle light wit, and humour that's here throughout.

A wonderful animated movie!

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jaimeeduardo
7th Dec 2020
 
 


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