David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final acceptance by humans or machines, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is both vast and profoundly thin.
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Film Cast:

• David: Haley Joel Osment
• Gigolo Joe: Jude Law
• Monica Swinton: Frances O’Connor
• Henry Swinton: Sam Robards
• Martin Swinton: Jake Thomas
• Prof. Hobby: William Hurt
• Dr. Know (voice): Robin Williams
• Specialist (voice): Ben Kingsley
• Blue Mecha (voice): Meryl Streep
• Comedian (voice): Chris Rock
• Syatyoo-Sama: Ken Leung
• Supernerd: Clark Gregg
• Supernerd: Kevin Sussman
• Supernerd: Tom Gallop
• Supernerd: Eugene Osment
• Female Colleague: April Grace
• Executive: Matt Winston
• Sheila: Sabrina Grdevich
• Todd: Theo Greenly
• Dr. Frazier at Cryogenic Institute: Michael Mantell
• Roadworker: Keith Campbell
• Backstage Bull: Brian Turk
• Lord Johnson-Johnson: Brendan Gleeson
• Flesh Fair Participant: Christopher Dye
• Teddy (voice): Jack Angel
• Yeoman: Tim Rigby
• The Murderer: Enrico Colantoni
• Teen in Van: Adrian Grenier
• Robot Repairman: Matt Malloy
• Russell: Brent Sexton
• Gardener (Voice): Erik Bauersfeld
• Teen in Van: Michael Fishman
• Sentient Machine Security: Diane Fletcher
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Al Jourgensen
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Paul Barker
• Big Man: Vito Carenzo
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Adam Grossman
• Ticket Taker: Rena Owen
• Crowd Member: Adam Alexi-Malle
• Tech Director: Laurence Mason
• Gigolo Jane: Ashley Scott
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Ty Coon
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Duane Buford
• Flesh Fair Band Member: Max Brody
• Covert Information Retrieval: Red King
• Cybertronics – Room 93056: Claude Gilbert
• Toe Bell Ringing: Kate Nei
• Mr. Chan’s Assistant: Laia Salla
• Sentient Machine Therapist: Jeanine Salla
• Teen in Van: Mark Allan Staubach
• Robot Repairman: Miguel Pérez
• Mechanic: Billy Scudder
• TV Face: Bobby Harwell
• Comedian: Wayne Wilderson
• Welder: R. David Smith
• General Circuita: Eliza Coleman
• Chef: Jim Jansen
• Laboratory Technician: Tim Rhoze
• FemMecha Nanny: Clara Bellar
• Kate the Holographic Girl: Kelly McCool
• Cop: Michael Shamus Wiles
• Percussionist: Jason Sutter
• Percussionist: Ken Palmer
• Worker: Alan Scott
• Voice in the Crowd (voice): Lily Knight
• Assistant: Justina Machado
• Child Singer (scenes deleted): Daveigh Chase
• Teenage Honey: Kathryn Morris
• Amanda: Hunter King
• Stage Manager: Michael Berresse
• Patricia in Mirrored Room: Paula Malcomson
• Mr. Williamson, the Bellman: John Prosky
• Kid: Curt Youngberg
• Kid: Andy Morrow
• Kid: Dillon McEwin
• Kid: Jeremy James Kissner

Film Crew:

• Original Music Composer: John Williams
• Casting: Avy Kaufman
• Extras Casting: Jennifer Alessi
• Producer: Steven Spielberg
• Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
• Director of Photography: Janusz Kamiński
• Editor: Michael Kahn
• Production Design: Rick Carter
• Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• Producer: Bonnie Curtis
• Executive Producer: Walter F. Parkes
• Supervising Sound Editor: Gary Rydstrom
• Costume Design: Bob Ringwood
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren
• Assistant Art Director: Andrew Menzies
• Executive Producer: Jan Harlan
• Sound Effects Editor: Kyrsten Mate
• Supervising Sound Editor: Richard Hymns
• Foley Artist: Dennie Thorpe
• Foley Artist: Jana Vance
• Foley Mixer: Tony Eckert
• Art Direction: Richard L. Johnson
• Art Direction: William James Teegarden
• First Assistant Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
• Short Story: Brian Aldiss
• Screenstory: Ian Watson
• Art Direction: Thomas Valentine
• Sound Effects Editor: Teresa Eckton
• Makeup Artist: Bill Corso
• Set Designer: Richard F. Mays
• Assistant Art Director: Patrick M. Sullivan
• First Assistant Editor: Richard Byard
• Production Supervisor: Peter M. Tobyansen
• Sculptor: Fred Arbegast
• Casting Assistant: Beth Bowling
• Animatronics Designer: Stan Winston
• Music Editor: Kenneth Wannberg
• Boom Operator: Robert Jackson
• Second Assistant Director: David H. Venghaus Jr.
• Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
• Orchestrator: John Neufeld
• Special Effects Supervisor: Michael Lantieri
• Location Manager: Gregory Alpert
• Craft Service: John Wright Jr.
• Unit Production Manager: Patricia Churchill
• Foley Editor: Jonathan Null
• Stunt Coordinator: Doug Coleman
• Storyboard Artist: Peter Ramsey
• Set Designer: Steven Schwartz
• Grip: Bob Anderson
• Special Effects: Chris Cunningham
• Key Makeup Artist: Ve Neill
• Second Assistant Camera: Christopher Duskin
• Art Department Coordinator: Latifa Ouaou
• Assistant Art Director: Suzan Wexler
• Sound Mixer: Ron Judkins
• Visual Effects Editor: Jennifer Leo Russ
• Set Designer: Darrell L. Wight
• Assistant Art Director: Harry E. Otto
• Set Designer: Thomas Minton
• Costume Supervisor: David Rawley
• Assistant Art Director: Elizabeth Lapp
• Assistant Editor: Michael Trent
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson
• Post Production Supervisor: Erica Frauman
• Set Designer: Pamela Klamer
• Script Supervisor: Ana Maria Quintana
• Transportation Coordinator: Denny Caira
• Stunt Double: J. Mark Donaldson
• Construction Coordinator: John Villarino
• ADR Supervisor: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Scott Farrar
• Dialect Coach: Francie Brown
• Set Designer: Dawn Brown
• Still Photographer: David James
• Dialogue Editor: Richard Quinn
• Chief Lighting Technician: David Devlin
• Visual Effects Producer: Les Hunter
• Set Designer: Masako Masuda
• Camera Operator: Mitch Dubin
• Underwater Camera: Pete Romano
• Set Designer: Patte Strong-Lord
• Key Hair Stylist: Candace Neal
• Art Department Coordinator: Anya Rudnick
• Property Master: Jerry Moss
• Sculptor: James Jones
• Construction Foreman: Mike Villarino
• Greensman: Vincent D’Aquino
• Greensman: Alex Sessing
• Greensman: Johnny Torres
• Greensman: Jason Vanover
• Dialogue Editor: Ewa Sztompke
• Sound Effects Editor: Christopher Scarabosio
• Visual Effects Editor: Michael Gleason
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Henry LaBounta
• Visual Effects Producer: Ginger Theisen
• Visual Effects Art Director: David Nakabayashi
• Steadicam Operator: Chris Haarhoff
• Publicist: David Linck
• Choreographer: Francesca Jaynes
• Aerial Director of Photography: Adam Dale
• Set Dresser: Jack Blanchard
• Video Assist Operator: Tomáš Loewy
• Animation Supervisor: Hal T. Hickel
• Color Timer: Dale E. Grahn
• Compositing Supervisor: Eric Bruneau
• Assistant Dialogue Editor: Larry Schalit
• Foley Editor: Lindakay Brown
• Assistant Production Coordinator: John Burton West
• ADR Supervisor: Larry Singer
• Storyboard: Philip Keller
• Carpenter: Jeff Khachadoorian
• Digital Color Timer: Begonia Colomar
• Hairstylist: Karen Asano-Myers
• Editorial Services: Brian Chumney
• Key Grip: Jim Kwiatkowski
• Digital Compositors: Ken Dackermann
• Key Costumer: Robert Chase
• ADR Mixer: Dean Drabin
• Painter: Kirk D. Hansen
• Production Illustrator: John Bell
• Standby Painter: Tony Leonardi
• First Assistant Camera: Mike Bienstock
• Driver: George Alden
• Camera Loader: David O’Brien
• Makeup Effects: Adam Christopher
• Sound Mix Technician: Jurgen Scharpf
• Post Production Assistant: Mark Gillard
• Projection: René González
• Propmaker: Brian Feola
• Sequence Supervisor: Tom Martinek
• Set Production Assistant: Scott Rorie
• Stand In: James Henderson
• Stunts: Richard L. Blackwell
• Utility Stunts: Dana Dru Evenson
• Layout: Jason Patnode
• Best Boy Electric: Scot Gaal
• Electrician: John Atkins
• Gaffer: Glenn Corbett
• Lighting Technician: Marek Bojsza
• Rigging Gaffer: David Gamerman
• Rigging Grip: Kevin Fahey
• Production Accountant: Laurie Charchut
• Production Coordinator: Lisbeth Wynn-Owen
• 3D Supervisor: Duncan Blackman
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Julie Creighton
• Foley Recordist: Frank ‘Pepe’ Merel
• Hair Supervisor: Kathy Kane-Macgowan
• Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt
• Musician: James Thatcher
• Concept Artist: Chris Baker
• Title Designer: Jimmy Zelinger
• Additional Second Assistant Camera: Larissa Supplitt
• Assistant Property Master: Mark W. Brown
• Dolly Grip: Rick Kangrga
• Tailor: Vicente Aguilar
• Payroll Accountant: Cecilia Escobar
• Graphic Designer: Martin Charles
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Paul Byrne Prenderville
• Post Production Coordinator: Sven E. Fahlgren
• Textile Artist: Niamh Murphy
• Effects Supervisor: Lindsay MacGowan
• Production Supervisor: Lisa Curtis
• Costumer: Ricardo Richard Alvarez
• Second Second Assistant Director: Lisa Brookes
• ADR Recordist: John Merton
• Assistant Sound Editor: Susan McLean
• Special Effects Technician: Thomas Brown
• Visual Effects Production Assistant: Evan Cecil
• Best Boy Grip: Daniel Coscia
• Assistant Location Manager: Tim Spurry
• Assistant Accountant: Linden Johnson
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Stanley L. Gonsales
• Intern: Jorge Pallares
• Production Assistant: Chas Dupuis

Movie Reviews:

• Peter McGinn: I bought this on DVD many years ago, convinced I had never seen it. I finally got around to watching it, and it wasn’t until I reached the robot demolition circus (words I bet I have never seen in the same sentence before) that I realized I had watched this movie before. That is a memorable sequence.

  In many respects I thought the movie was well made: the special effects, the deep thinking behind the plot, and the writing was mostly good. It almost felt like it was covering too much ground, and I felt there were a few lapses. I will mention only one, and try not to give anything away. There is a pivotal scene where John Hurt’s character is with the AI child David. It took a lot of effort to get David there, so what does the guy do/ he leaves David alone and unchaperoned. And the end of the movie turns on that. Why would he wander off like that except to serve the plot?

  Still, the film, mirroring and projecting the story of Pinocchio into the future, was quite an achievement. I liked it, but not as much as a lot of other Spielberg efforts.