A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times:
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amblin Entertainment/DreamWorks SKG/Stanley Kubrick Productions/Warner Brothers
Executive Producers: Jan Harlan, Walter F. Parkes
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Bonnie Curtis
Production Co-Ordinator: Lisbeth Wynn-Owen

SCRIPT
Script: Steven Spielberg
Story: Super Toys Last All Summer Long Brian Aldiss
Screen Story: Ian Watson
Concept: Stanley Kubrick (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Steven Spielberg
1st Assistant Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
2nd Assistant Directors: Paul Byrne Prenderville, David H. Venghaus
DGA Trainee: Susan Walter

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Janusz Kaminski
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Irek Hartowicz
Lighting Director: David Devlin
Camera Operator: Mitch Dubin
Spacecam Operator: Ron Goodman
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Camera: Andrew Bikichky
Best Boy Grip: Kevin Erb
Stills: David James

EDITING
Editor: Michael Kahn

MUSIC
Music: John Williams

SOUND
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Rydstrom

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make-Up Department Head: Ve Neill
Make Up: Robin Slater
Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Animatronics Design and Effects/Robot Character Development: Stan Winston
Special Effects: Jim Charmatz
Special Effects (Stan Winston Studios): Evan Schiff
Visual Effects Supervisors: Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar
Visual Effects Associate Producer: Vicki L. Engel
Visual Effects Editor: Lorelei David
Digital Model Supervisor: Tony Hudson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Design: Rick Carter
Art Director: Tom Valentine
Assistant Art Director: Andrew Menzies
Set Designer: Easton Michael Smith
Illustrator: Tim Flattery
Digital Illustrator: Tim Wilcox
Art Department Co-Ordinator: Anya Rudnick
Art Department Assistant: Jessica Otto

MISCELLANEOUS
Assistant Accountants: Beth Bargas, James Hinton
Set Production Assistants: Kayce Brown, Melissa Fritch, Angie Popko, Scott Rorie
Additional Set Production Assistant: Rayne Knudson
Assistant to Curtis: Lee Clay
Assistant Production Office Co-Ordinator: John Burton West

CASTING
Casting: Avy Kaufman

CAST
Jude Law (Gigolo Joe)
Haley Joel Osment (David Swinton)
Frances O'Connor (Monica Swinton)
Brendan Gleeson
Jake Thomas (Martin Swinton)
William Hurt
Daveigh Chase
Clara Bellar
Keith Campbell (Road Warrior)
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Katie Lohmann
Kelly Felix (Butler Mecca)
Paul Isaac Martin (crash test dummy)
Kathryn Morris
Miguel Pérez (A.R.T repairman)
Sam Robards (Henry Swinton)
Adam Scott
Robin Williams (narrator)
Kirk B.R. Woller
Michael Berresse (stage manager)

In the 21st century, the Greenhouse Effect has melted the polar icecaps and many of the world's coastlines have disappeared under water. Mankind carries on regardless, developing a new strain of artificially intelligent machines and robots. One of these robots, in the form of a young boy, yearns to be something more than just a mere machine...

Non-USA
Theatrical Distributor: DreamWorks Distribution L.L.C.

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

Argentina
Rating: 13

Brazil
Rating: Livre

Finland
Rating: K-15

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Hong Kong
Rating: IIA

Iceland
Rating: 12

Netherlands
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 15

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Sweden
Rating: 11

Switzerland
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: PG-13

2002
Golden Globes, USA
Actor In A Supporting Role (Jude Law) - nominated
Director (Steven Spielberg) - nominated
Original Score (John Williams) - nominated

74th Academy Awards, USA
Achievement in Music in Connection With Motion Pictures: Original Score (John Williams) - nominated
Achievement in Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri) - nominated

The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), UK
Achievement in Special Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Michael Lantieri) - nominated

2000
August
17: Production begins

2001
June
29: USA - theatrical release

David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not.

A.I. - early title

REMAKE OF
Frog Crisis (1999)

SEE ALSO
Bicentennial Man (2000)
Pinocchio
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)

MAGAZINES

Total Film no.2 (March 1997) p.46
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KEYWORDS

computers; robots; the future; artificial intelligence; children