The Iron Giant
August 6, 1999 in theaters
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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"Souls don't die."
DID YOU KNOW?
Brad Bird based the film's emotional core on a simple question: what would it mean to have absolute power and choose not to use it?
THE VERDICT
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Brad Bird's directorial debut and one of the great American animated films -- a Cold War fable about a giant alien robot and the boy who befriends him that hits every emotional note it goes for with complete precision. The film's central argument -- that you are who you choose to be -- is delivered in the final act with an impact that floors audiences regardless of age. It was a catastrophic box office failure in 1999 due to Warner Bros.' failure to market it, and the injustice of that outcome has fueled its passionate cult following for 25 years.
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