A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Science Fiction, Future noir, Adventure, Drama
Year: 2001
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Ashley Scott, Frances O'Connor, Ben Kingsley, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Jake Thomas, William Hurt, Sam Robards, Brendan Gleeson, Enrico Colantoni, Daveigh Chase, Clara Bellar, Ken Leung, Adrian Grenier
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I., is a 2001 science fiction drama film directed, produced and co-written by Steven Spielberg. Based on Brian Aldiss' short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", the film stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas and William Hurt. Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a child-like android uniquely programmed with the ability to love.
Development of A.I. originally began with director Stanley Kubrick in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers up until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Sara Maitland. The film languished in development hell for years, partly because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would believably portray. In 1995, Kubrick handed A.I. to Steven Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick's death in 1999. Spielberg remained close to Watson's film treatment for the screenplay. A.I. was greeted with generally positive reviews from critics. This film was dedicated to Kubrick's memory after the end credits, saying "For
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