Release Date: 3/5/2002 Original Release: 2001 Format: DVD Length: 145 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: For some sexual content and violent images. UPC: 667068988529 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David (Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha (a futuristic term for a mechanized human being) designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally, things do not go as planned, and David is forced to leave the mother (Frances O'Connor) he's been "imprinted" to love, and make his way in the world. Traveling with Teddy, a hi-tech stuffed bear, David escapes the Flesh Fair, where angry humans destroy mechas to "purge artificiality," and unexpectedly befriends Gigolo Joe (Jude Law in a wry performance), a robot designed to pleasure women. Joe agrees to help David in his quest to become human.
Director Stanley Kubrick originally developed A.I., at one point asking Spielberg to direct it. When Kubrick passed away, Spielberg took the reins. Using a treatment and thousands of drawings commissioned by Kubrick, Spielberg wrote his own screenplay (his first since 1979's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND). Osment, perhaps the only pre-teen actor who can effectively convey existential angst, gives a marvelous performance, helping Spielberg create a gorgeous futuristic fairy tale that questions the very nature of what we call life.
DVD Features
2-Disc Set Region 1 Collectors Edition Special Edition Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Dolby Surround - English DTS Surround 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Trailers Behind the Scenes Comparisons: Film-to-Storyboard Comparison Bonus Footage: Special Effects Portfolio Featurette: 1. "The Robots of A.I." 2. "A.I.'s Sound Effects and Score" Production Interviews: 1. Steven Spielberg - Director 2. Stan Winston - Special Effects Designer Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos: 1. Portrait Gallery 2. Behind-the-Scenes Photos with Steven Spielberg 3. Production Design Photos
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