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AI: Artificial Intelligence

Sci-fi noir starring Haley Joel Osment. David, a robotic child, hopes to become a real boy so that he can win back the affection of the human mother who abandoned him.

Futuristic version of Pinocchio, featuring David, a highly advanced robotic boy who hopes to become a real boy so that he can win back the affection of the human mother who abandoned him. He goes on an odyssey through a violent, dystopian world in a quest for the Blue Fairy and encounters the horrors of the Flesh Fair and meets a 'pleasure' robot - Gigolo Joe, who helps David on his quest.

Based upon a short story by acclaimed science fiction writer Brian Aldiss and a treatment by director Stanley Kubrick.

2 hours, 25 minutes

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Fri 18 Dec 2015 23:05

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Role Contributor
David Haley Joel Osment
Gigolo Joe Jude Law
Monica Swinton Frances O'Connor
Martin Swinton Jake Thomas
Henry Swinton Sam Robards
Professor Hobby William Hurt
Lord Johnson-Johnson Brendan Gleeson
Syatyoo-Sama Ken Leung
Supernerd Clark Gregg
Supernerd Kevin Sussman
Sheila Sabrina Grdevich
Todd Theo Greenly
Writer Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg
Author Brian Aldiss
Producer Bonnie Curtis
Producer Kathleen Kennedy
Producer Steven Spielberg

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