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Real Steel is a 2011 science fiction action drama film directed by Shawn Levy. The screenplay was written by Dan Gilroy, Leslie Bohem, John Gatins, and Richard Matheson. The cast includes Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, and Anthony Mackie. Production was handled by DreamWorks, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, and 21 Laps Entertainment, with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer. Danny Elfman composed the score, and Mauro Fiore was the director of photography.
The film is set in New York City, Texas, and Detroit, and was produced in the United States and India. It has a runtime of 127 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. The movie was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Critical reception included a Metascore of 56 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 60%. Audience ratings on IMDb stand at 7.1 based on 381,365 votes, while TMDb users gave it an average of 7.08 from 9,100 votes. The film had a budget of 110,000,000 and generated 299,300,000 in revenue.
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7.1Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Cast
- Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton
- Dakota Goyo as Max Kenton
- Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet
- Kevin Durand as Ricky
- Anthony Mackie as Finn
- Hope Davis as Aunt Debra
Themes
- future
- sports
- parent child relationship
- fight
- robot
- prizefight
- father son reunion
- robot fighting
- boxing
- 2020s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
378,495 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Shawn Levy
- Screenplay by
- John Gatins
- Story by
- Dan Gilroy Jeremy Leven
- Based on
- " Steel ", by Richard Matheson
- Produced by
- Don Murphy Susan Montford Shawn Levy
- Starring
- Hugh Jackman Dakota Goyo Evangeline Lilly Anthony Mackie Kevin Durand
- Cinematography
- Mauro Fiore
- Edited by
- Dean Zimmerman
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production companies
- DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment 21 Laps Entertainment Montford Murphy Productions
- Distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Release dates
- September 6, 2011 ( 2011-09-06 ) (Paris) October 7, 2011 ( 2011-10-07 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $110 million
- Box office
- $300 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Screenwriter
- John Gatins
- Cast member
- Phil LaMarr
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Production company
- 21 Laps Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Mauro Fiore
- Narrative location
- Detroit
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 866056
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.steelgetsreal.com
- Significant event
- première
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- Commons category
- Real Steel
- publication date
- 2011-10-07
- title
- Real Steel
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Dean Zimmerman
- executive producer
- Steven Spielberg
- box office
- 85468508
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 56/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman. Produced and directed by Shawn Levy, the film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode. The story features a down-on-his-luck former boxer (Jackman), whose sport is now played by robots, as he and his son (Dakota Goyo) find an abandoned robot and train it to be a promising fighter. Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, and Kevin Durand star in supporting roles.
The film was in development for several years before production began on June 24, 2010. Filming took place primarily in the U.S. state of Michigan. Animatronic robots were built for the film, and motion capture technology was used to depict the rodeo brawling of the robots.
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