A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 20 wins & 18 nominations total
Eli Marienthal
- Hogarth Hughes
- (voice)
Jennifer Aniston
- Annie Hughes
- (voice)
Vin Diesel
- The Iron Giant
- (voice)
James Gammon
- Foreman Marv Loach
- (voice)
- …
Cloris Leachman
- Mrs. Tensedge
- (voice)
John Mahoney
- General Rogard
- (voice)
M. Emmet Walsh
- Earl Stutz
- (voice)
Jack Angel
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Bob Bergen
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Robert Bergen)
Devon Cole Borisoff
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Devon Borisoff)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, Sputnik is shown orbiting from East to West. All non-polar orbits of satellites run West to East, in order to take advantage of the Earth's rotation.
- Quotes
[as the Giant flies toward the missle]
Hogarth Hughes: [in the Giant's mind] You are who you choose to be.
The Iron Giant: Superman.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Brothers logo is done in 50's art deco, as the Sputnik signal is heard.
- Alternate versionsTwo added scenes overseen by Brad Bird were animated for the theatrical release of The Iron Giant: Signature Edition.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000)
- SoundtracksHoneycomb
Written by Bob Merrill
Performed by Jimmie Rodgers
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Featured review
Much More Than a Cartoon
Sometimes when watching an animated feature, I spend my time saying, "What great animation." When this happens, I wonder if I am doing what the producers wanted me to do. Like so many things, should I be so enamored with the technical part of the movie that I am distracted from the content. As I watched "The Iron Giant" I realized I had forgotten it was an animated feature. Don't get me wrong. I knew the enormous title character was animated, but the relationships among the characters and the intelligence of the script caused me to forget that these weren't actors. The movie is filled with tender moments, especially as they relate to our feelings of our own mortality. What I enjoyed is that the grownups aren't treated as garden variety bad guys. Even the military, which is nearly always portrayed as evil, finds itself in a contradictory position--having to go on faith. The animation is wonderful, but so are the "performances." No spoilers here, but I think the ending is a lovely tribute to the spirit of the life force in all of us--even those of us not made of metal. See this. It is one of the better movies of the year.
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- Hitchcoc
- Feb 7, 2000
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Exceptional Robots on Film & TV
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Người Máy Khổng Lồ
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,315,035
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,732,614
- Aug 8, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $23,336,504
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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