Movie #: Title:   Year: 2001         IMDB mediatype
Genre: Director:     IMDB   Rating:  PG-13  Box Set? box set?

FileNameRunTimeFileSize(MB)
0536 Artificial Intelligence.mp41461702
Actors & their characters
Jude LawFilter 
Haley Joel OsmentFilter 

Synopsis

Sometime in the distant future, man develops a computer with highly sophisticated artificial intelligence. When the polar icecaps start to melt, and major flooding devastates most coastal cities, the A.I. computers take over to cope with the situation. People also use A.I. in the form of robots, which provide a variety of functions to maintain the human way of life. In the midst of it all stands an 11-year-old robotic boy David (Haley Joel Osment) and the emotional journey he makes toward becoming something more.  

More Info

A perfect movie for the digital age, A.I. finds a natural home on DVD. The purity of the picture, its carefully composed color schemes, and the multifarious sound effects are accorded the pinpoint sharpness they deserve with the anamorphic 1.85:1 picture and DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, as is John Williams's thoughtful music score. On the first disc there's a short (12 minutes) yet revealing documentary, "Creating A.I.," but the meat of the extras appears on disc 2. Here there are interesting, well-made featurettes on acting, set design, costumes, lighting, sound design, music, and various aspects of the special effects: Stan Winston's remarkable robots (including Teddy, of course) and ILM's flawless CGI work. In addition, there are storyboards, photographs, and trailers. Finally, Steven Spielberg provides some rather sententious closing remarks ("I think that we have to be very careful about how we as a species use our genius"), but no director's commentary. --Mark Walker