A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" is a 2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence and humanity. The film matters as a significant work of science fiction cinema that examines what it means to be human through the story of an android character.
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7.1David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.
Released: 2001-06-29146 minDir: Steven SpielbergDrama, Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast
- Haley Joel Osment as David
- Jude Law as Gigolo Joe
- Frances O'Connor as Monica Swinton
- Sam Robards as Henry Swinton
- Jake Thomas as Martin Swinton
- William Hurt as Prof. Hobby
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Key dates
- Published
- 13 September 2001
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (or simply A.I.) is a 2001 science fiction drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Spielberg and screen story by Ian Watson are loosely based on the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. Set in a futuristic society, the film stars Haley Joel Osment as David, a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love. Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson and William Hurt star in supporting roles.
Development of A.I. originally began after producer and director Stanley Kubrick acquired the rights to Aldiss's story in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers, including Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Sara Maitland, until the mid-1990s. The film languished in development hell for years, partly because Kubrick felt that computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, which he believed no child actor would convincingly portray. In 1995, Kubrick handed A.I. to Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick died in 1999. Spielberg remained close to Watson's treatment for the screenplay and dedicated the film to Kubrick.