The Iron Giant

Locations
Call Number: Youth-DVD Movies Iron
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Based on the book "The iron man" by Ted Hughes.
Special features: theatrical trailer(s); making-of documentary (22 min.); feature-length commentary by director Brad Bird, Head of Animation Tony Fucile, Story Department head Jeff Lynch and Steven Markowski: Animation Supervisor for the Giant; 8 additional scenes including an alternate opening and Giant's dream sequence.
Voices: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, Christopher McDonald, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, M. Emmet Walsh.
Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
DVD, Dolby digital, widescreen.
"System requirements: Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, DVD-ROM drive, DVD software or hardware decoder, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Some features require internet connection. This DVD will not work in a CD-ROM drive. The enhanced DVD-ROM features will not work on a Macintosh computer"--Container.
Contents: Iron man.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

giant submitted by oshi1232 on June 24, 2011, 11:54am it was good

Great submitted by Parzival on June 18, 2012, 1:37pm I must have watched this movie twenty times when it first came out. Though I loved it, it somehow gave me nightmares.

Wonderful submitted by ima_rom on July 15, 2012, 4:47am Great for the whole family.

Okay submitted by Motomori on July 15, 2013, 2:54pm It was okay.

Excellent children's film submitted by KJRULEZ on July 25, 2016, 9:50pm This is a family film done right. Both children and adults can enjoy this movie. If you miss 80s sci-fi coming-of-age tales, this is a great substitution. But warning--it will break your heart.

Beautiful submitted by FordAlpha on August 12, 2019, 9:27pm "The Iron Giant" is a nice blend of peaceful contemplation and heart-pounding action, intimate personal relationships and world-threatening events. It has some very scary moments and some very reassuring ones. It's allegorical, but children needn't appreciate the allegory to enjoy the story. The extra/deleted scenes on the disc are interesting, although ultimately I think they made the right choices for the story.

Great Movie submitted by KidBlue on June 8, 2021, 10:50am This movie was set in the 1950s. The beatnik, Dean, I am sure was named after Dean, the main character in Jack Kerouac’s classic On the Road.
Being set in the 1950s, it has much in common with the classic 1950s science fiction movies. Atomic bomb fear and a moral to the story are all components of classic films such as Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and the Day the Earth Stood Still.
And it’s much better than the book.