from Warner Bros.
Directed by
Brad Bird
Starring (the voices of):
Jennifer Aniston (Annie Hughes)
Harry Connick Jr. (Dean McCoppen)
Vin Diesel (The Robot)
James Gammon (Army General)
Cloris Leachman (The Teacher)
John Mahoney (Mansley's Boss)
Eli Marienthal (Hogarth Hughes)
Christopher McDonald (Kent Mansley)
M. Emmet Walsh (Earl)
Written by
Brad Bird
Tim McCanlies
Ted
Hughes (novel , play) |
 Animated film based
on Ted Hughes' children's book about the friendship between a
child and a giant robot. Vin Diesel will voice the robot. Harry
Connick Jr, Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Christopher MacDonald,
John Mahoney, M. Emmet Walsh, Cloris Leachman and James Gammon
provide additional voices.
Ted
Hughes, who is the Poet Laureate of England, wrote "The
Iron Man" in 1968. It tells the story of a giant metal machine
of mysterious origins that frightens residents of a small town
with its arrival in the late 1950s. The machine finds humanity
through its friendship with a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth,
ultimately saving the townspeople from their own fears and prejudices.
Review
12/11/99 IRON GIANT was awarded Best Animation by the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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