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The Iron Giant: Directed by Brad Bird. With Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon. A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
- Brad Bird
- 3 min
In this animated adaptation of Ted Hughes' Cold War fable, a giant alien robot (Vin Diesel) crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine, in 1957. Exploring the area, a local 9-year-old boy...
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- Brad Bird
- PG
- Warner Brothers
- What Is 'The Iron Giant' About?
- Ted Hughes Wrote 'The Iron Giant' to Help His Children Grieve
- 'Brad Bird Used 'The Iron Giant' to Explore Death and Loss - with Some Changes
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Almost immediately, The Iron Giant shows us that it takes place in a world of tension. Set during the Cold War - a very real, nonfictional conflict - the atmosphere of the film is one of uncertainty and mistrust. After a mysterious object (the Giant) crashes to Earth from outer space, the audience is immediately thrown into a scene of abject terror...
When the poet Sylvia Plath died by suicide in 1963, she left behind two children. They'd been the product of a volatile relationship between Plath and another poet, Ted Hughes. Hughes had not been a perfect husband during the marriage, taking part in affairs and allegedly abusing Plath. (Tragically, the woman Hughes entered the affair with, German ...
As it turned out, Hughes wasn't the only person using The Iron Giant to explore grief. In 1989, Bird's sister Susan was murdered by her husband in an act of gun violence. They had been very close. "I wasn’t thinking consciously about it when I proposed the idea," Bird told IndieWire in 2019, "but my feelings about [gun violence] are in the film and...
Learn how the 1999 animated masterpiece The Iron Giant was inspired by a children's book and a personal tragedy. Discover how the film explores themes of death, loss, and autonomy through the story of a boy and a giant robot.
- Cameron Gorman
- Features Writer
Sep 7, 2016 · Brian Tallerico praises Brad Bird's "The Iron Giant" as one of the best animated films of all time, with a message of peace and empowerment. He analyzes the film's themes, visuals, and legacy in this article from 2016.
Aug 6, 1999 · Purchase The Iron Giant (Signature Edition) on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Imagine you confront your enemy--a giant, scary robot from outer space--and he becomes your best pal. A young boy befriends a monster in the heartwarming animated feature, The Iron Giant. October, 1957.
- Brad Bird
- Jennifer Aniston
About this movie. arrow_forward. Imagine you confront your enemy--a giant, scary robot from outer space--and he becomes your best pal. A young boy befriends a monster in the heartwarming animated...
The Iron Giant was a beautiful, funny and touching movie, that is one of the best non-Disney animated movies I have seen along with The Prince of Egypt, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down and Castle of Cagliostro. There wasn't a single thing I hated about the movie, for me it was outstanding on every level.
