A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David (Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha (a futuristic term for a mechanized human being) designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally, things do not go as planned, and David is forced to leave the mother (Frances O'Connor) he's been "imprinted" to love, and make his way in the world. Traveling with Teddy, a hi-tech stuffed bear, David escapes the Flesh Fair, where angry humans destroy mechas to "purge artificiality," and unexpectedly befriends Gigolo Joe (Jude Law in a wry performance), a robot designed to pleasure women. Joe agrees to help David in his quest to become human.
Director Stanley Kubrick originally developed A.I., at one point asking Spielberg to direct it. When Kubrick passed away, Spielberg took the reins. Using a treatment and thousands of drawings commissioned by Kubrick, Spielberg wrote his own screenplay (his first since 1979's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND). Osment, perhaps the only pre-teen actor who can effectively convey existential angst, gives a marvelous performance, helping Spielberg create a gorgeous futuristic fairy tale that questions the very nature of what we call life.
Theatrical release: June 29, 2001.
DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Region 1
Collectors Edition
Special Edition
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Surround - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Trailers
Comparisons: Film-to-Storyboard Comparison
Bonus Footage: Special Effects Portfolio
Featurette:
1. "The Robots of A.I."
2. "A.I.'s Sound Effects and Score"
Production Interviews:
1. Steven Spielberg - Director
2. Stan Winston - Special Effects Designer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos:
1. Portrait Gallery
2. Behind-the-Scenes Photos with Steven Spielberg
3. Production Design Photos
Director of Photography
Janusz Kaminski:
Executive Producer
Jan Harlan: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Executive Producer
Walter F. Parkes: American Producer
Narrator
Ben Kingsley: British actor, GANDHI/SCHINDLER'S LIST
Production Designer
Rick Carter: Production Designer, THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004)
Screenplay
Ian Watson: Screen Story Writer/ A.I. (2001)
Source Writer
Brian Aldiss: British Sci-Fi Novelist
Special Effects Designer
Stan Winston: Oscar-winning special effects master
Voice
Chris Rock: American Actor/Comedian, THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW
Voice
Jack Angel: Actor, A.I. (2001)
Voice
Meryl Streep: American Actress
Voice
Robin Williams: American actor/comedian
Special Effects
Industrial Light and Magic:
Review 1:
"...A.I. is the best fairy tale -- the most disturbing, complex and intellectually challenging boy's adventure story -- Mr. Spielberg has made..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 06/29/2001
Review 2:
"...A.I. touches the emotions....What a thrill, for example, to see Law's body movements recall Jack Haley's Tin Man in THE WIZARD OF OZ while delivering a performance just as great..."
Source: USA Today
p.1E 06/29/2001
Review 3:
"...The filmmaking, as expected, is quite wonderful..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.1 06/29/2001
Review 4:
"...It restates HAL's case with commendable vehemence and a kaleidoscopic ingenuity..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.38-9 10/01/2001
Review 5:
"...A.I. is unmistakably the work of a real filmmaker....A.I. is a film of visual astonishments..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.54-5 07/19/2001
Review 6:
"...Extraordinary....Fabulous....A.I. achieves moments of quickening sci-fi grandeur..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.109-10 06/29/2001
Review 7:
"...[A] deeply thoughtful and thoroughly fascinating film....Osment again proves himself a superb young actor..."
Source: Variety
p.19-26 06/25/2001
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