A I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (DVD) (WS/SPECIAL EDITION)DTS 5.1 SURROUND DVD

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "mecha" or robot of the future, when the polar ice caps have melted and submerged many coastal cities, causing worldwide starvation and human dependence upon robotic assistance. The first mecha designed to experience love, David is the "son" of Henry (Sam Robards), an employee of the company that built the boy, and the grief-stricken Monica (Frances O'Connor). David is meant to replace the couple's hopelessly comatose son, but when their natural child recovers, David is abandoned and sets out to become "a real boy" worthy of his mother's affection. Along the way, David is mentored by a pleasure-providing mecha named Gigolo Joe (Jude Law) and a talking "super toy" bear named Teddy. His adventures take him to the Roman Circus-style "Flesh Fair," where mechas are destroyed for the amusement of humans; Rouge City, where Gigolo Joe narrowly avoids capture by police; and finally a submerged New York City, where David's creator, Professor Hobby (William Hurt) reveals the secrets of the boy's creation. Brendan Gleeson and narrator Ben Kingsley co-star in A.I., which was adapted from Kubrick's treatment by Spielberg, in his first crack at screenwriting since Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast Haley Joel Osment as David Jude Law as Gigolo Joe Frances O'Connor as Monica Swinton Brendan Gleeson as Lord Johnson-Johnson William Hurt as Professor Hobby Sam Robards as Henry Swinton Jake Thomas as Martin Swinton Ken Leung as Syatyoo-Sama Michael Mantell as Dr. Frazier Michael Berresse as Stage Manager Kathryn Morris as Teenage Honey Adrian Grenier as Teen in Van

Crew Jim Teegarden - Art Director Richard Johnson - Art Director Tom Valentine - Art Director Kim Thompson - Animator Sean Curran - Animator Industrial Light & Magic - Animator Shawn Kelly - Animator Marc Chu - Animator Pacific Data Images - Animator Lesley Headrick - Animator Robert C. Jackson - Boom Operator Avy Kaufman - Casting Francesca Jaynes - Choreography Christian Alzmann - Conception Aaron McBride - Conception Roland Sanchez - Costume Designer Sara Markowitz Samuels - Costume Designer Kanani Wolf - Costume Designer Bryan H. Moss - Costume Designer Anandess Marie - Costume Designer Pie Lombardi - Costume Designer Bob Ringwood - Costume Designer Brigitte Ferry - Costume Designer David Perrone - Costume Designer Richard Alvarez - Costume Designer Don Vargas - Costume Designer Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - First Assistant Director Steven Spielberg - Director Michael Kahn - Editor Walter Parkes - Executive Producer Jan Harlan - Executive Producer Gregory H. Alpert - Location Manager John Williams - Composer (Music Score) June Westmore - Makeup Flesh Fair - Makeup Mark Garbarino - Makeup Kenny Meyers - Makeup Joel Harlow - Makeup Greg Nelson - Makeup Douglas Noe - Makeup Rouge City - Makeup Jene Fielder - Makeup Sandy Rowden - Makeup Kevin Haney - Makeup William Huff - Makeup Joni Powell - Makeup Margaret Prentice - Makeup Bill Corso - Makeup Richard Alonzo - Makeup Richard Snell - Makeup Chris Haarhoff - Camera Operator Mitchell Dubin - Camera Operator Rick Carter - Production Designer David Drzewiecki - Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski - Cinematographer Kathleen Kennedy - Producer Steven Spielberg - Producer Bonnie Curtis - Producer Patte Strong-Lord - Set Designer Nancy Haigh - Set Designer Dawn Brown-Manser - Set Designer Richard Mays - Set Designer Steven Schwartz - Set Designer Pamela Klamer - Set Designer Easton M. Smith - Set Designer Masako Masuda - Set Designer Thomas Minton - Set Designer Darrell L. Wight - Set Designer Industrial Light & Magic - Special Effects Craig A. Israel - Special Effects Ronald Judkins - Sound Mixer Ronald Judkins - Sound/Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom - Sound/Sound Designer Whitney Coleman - Stunts Jim Palmer - Stunts Richard L. Blackwell - Stunts Monte Perlin - Stunts Carl Ciarfalio - Stunts Chris Palermo - Stunts Jamie Ryan - Stunts Fredrick D. George III - Stunts Michele Sebek - Stunts William S. Judkins - Stunts Joey Box - Stunts Nathan Rillo - Stunts Brett Smrz - Stunts Gene Hartline - Stunts Doug Coleman - Stunts Coordinator Michael Lantieri - Special Effects Supervisor Patricia Churchill - Unit Production Manager Steven Spielberg - Screenwriter Chas Dupuis - Production Assistant Andy Tardibuono - Production Assistant Rob Rosa - Production Assistant Lyndel Pedersen - Production Assistant Scott Farrar - Visual Effects Supervisor Henry LaBounta - Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren - Visual Effects Supervisor David Linck - Publicist Pacific Data Images - Animation Producer Stan Winston - Animatronic Effects Pacific Data Images - Digital Effects Industrial Light & Magic - Animation Effects Pacific Data Images - Animation Effects Peter Schmidt - First Assistant Camera Robert Hill - First Assistant Camera Mike Bienstock - First Assistant Camera Bob Anderson - Grip Victor Shelehov - Grip T.J. Tollefson - Grip Rick Rader - Grip James Walsh - Grip James Hughes - Grip John Gilmore - Grip Carlos de Palma - Grip Alvaro Martinez - Grip Matt Marden - Grip Rick Boomhower - Grip Clay Fowler - Grip Albert Bagley III - Grip Jamie Franta - Grip Michael Fahey - Grip Malcolm Doran II - Grip Billy Gilleran - Grip James R. Kwiatkowski - Key Grip Ken Wannberg - Music Editor Erica Frauman - Post Production Supervisor Lisbeth Wynn-Owen - Production Coordinator Jerry Moss - Properties Master Gary Rydstrom - Re-Recording Mixer Travis Crenshaw - Re-Recording Mixer Brian Magerkurth - Re-Recording Mixer Andy Nelson - Re-Recording Mixer Ana Maria Quintana - Script Supervisor David H. Venghaus - Second Assistant Director Christopher Scarabosio - Sound Effects Director Kyrsten Mate Comoglio - Sound Effects Director Teresa Eckton - Sound Effects Director Chris Haarhoff - Steadicam Operator Janusz Kaminski - Still Photographer David James - Still Photographer Gary Rydstrom - Supervising Sound Editor Richard Hymns - Supervising Sound Editor Pete Romano - Underwater Photography Les Hunter - Visual Effects Producer Dean Drabin - ADR Mixer John Merton - ADR Recordist Andrew Menzies - Assistant Art Director Liz Lapp - Assistant Art Director Harry E. Otto - Assistant Art Director Ramsey Avery - Assistant Art Director Suzan Wexler - Assistant Art Director Jann K. Engel - Assistant Art Director Patrick Sullivan - Assistant Art Director Stan Gonsales - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Larry Richardson - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Baqi Kopelman - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Tim Spurry - Assistant Location Manager John Burton West - Assistant Production Coordinator Rick Chavez - Assistant Properties Andrew Petrotta - Assistant Properties Mark Brown - Assistant Properties Dan Coscia - Best Boy Grip David O'Brien - Camera Loader Nelia Morago - Casting Assistant Kendall Moody - Casting Assistant Karen Meisels - Casting Assistant Beth Bowling - Casting Assistant David Devlin - Chief Lighting Technician Rico Sands - Chief Lighting Technician John Villarino - Construction Coordinator David Rawley - Costumes Supervisor Richard Quinn - Dialogue Editor Ewa Stzompke-Oakfield - Dialogue Editor Rick Kangrga - Dolly Grip John Mang - Dolly Grip Kristan Berona - Extra Casting The Casting Couch - Extra Casting Sande Alessi - Extra Casting Jennifer Alessi - Extra Casting Patrick Crane - First Assistant Editor Richard Byard - First Assistant Editor Jana Vance - Foley Artist Dennie Thorpe - Foley Artist Linda Kay Brown - Foley Editor Jonathan Null - Foley Editor Johnny Torres - Greensman Jason Vanover - Greensman Vincent d'Aquino - Greensman Alex Sessing - Greensman Robert Chase - Key Costumer Karen Asano-Myers - Key Hairstylist Terry Baliel - Key Hairstylist Candace Neal - Key Hairstylist Patty Miller - Key Hairstylist Ve Neill - Key Make-up Mark Gillard - Post Production Assistant Kimberly Scott - Production Accountant Bonnie Pritzker - Production Accountant Elena Holden-Bress - Production Accountant Laurie Charchut - Production Accountant Steve Simon - Second Assistant Camera Lisa Brookes - Second Second Assistant Director Walter Blanchard Jr. - Set Dresser Nashon Petrushkin - Set Dresser Sean Givevan - Set Dresser Roland Estrada - Set Dresser Gregory Rocco - Set Dresser Christian Alzmann - Storyboard Artist Aaron McBride - Storyboard Artist Peter A. Ramsey - Storyboard Artist Phil Keller - Storyboard Artist Industrial Light & Magic - Visual Effects Nancy Haigh - Set Decorator Brian Aldiss - Short Story Author

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
A.I. is a heady but surprisingly mournful blend of styles from two filmmakers whose disparate artistic points-of-view mix uncomfortably yet produce fascinating results. This highly anticipated science fiction fable is a somber meeting of Pinocchio (1940) and the dystopian visions of humankind's downfall that fueled such futuristic films as Soylent Green (1973), Logan's Run (1976), and Blade Runner (1982). Despite the obvious parallels with the Disney feature, this emotionally wrenching picaresque is a lot closer in cynical spirit to the latter films, the story's dim view of humanity's woes astonishing coming from director Steven Spielberg, whose tastes until recently ran to the sickly sentimental. Blame it on Stanley Kubrick, whose sardonic take on humankind might have made this long-simmering but aborted project even darker still, had he lived to complete it. His and Spielberg's world views are ill-suited bedfellows and the final result shows it: depressing but poignant, by turns silly and heartbreaking, with an ending that will either leave viewers giddy with awe or giggling with glee (or both). Still, while the film unfolds schizophrenically, it also benefits from this multiple-personality aesthetic by creating a welcome, though never quite satisfied, ache for the hero's woes to be assuaged. Spielberg sets viewers up for rousing psychological completion à la E.T. (1982), but channeling Kubrick, he heads for a slightly different destination. So it is that in an age when all films must, according to corporate dictates, end happily or in buckets of tears, the quiet dignity of the film's final curtain call is a stunner. Notice must be paid to young actor Haley Joel Osment, probably the best child actor since Jodie Foster and one of a miniscule handful ever to succeed on acting talent and not apple-cheeked, adorable precocity. A.I. is not the classic it should have been, but it's one of the most unusual, eccentrically enchanting films of either director's resumé, and probably the biggest-budgeted experimental film ever made. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
 

Dennis Muren: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Dennis Muren: American Film Institute, Best Digital Effects (nominated) Frances O'Connor: American Film Institute, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Haley Joel Osment: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Young Actor/Actress (nominated) Janusz Kaminski: American Film Institute, Best Cinematography (nominated) John Williams: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Score (nominated) John Williams: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Composer (nominated) John Williams: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated) Jude Law: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Michael Lantieri: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Rick Carter: American Film Institute, Best Production Design (nominated) Scott Farrar: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Scott Farrar: American Film Institute, Best Digital Effects (nominated) Stan Winston: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Steven Spielberg: Golden Globe, Best Director (nominated)

British Academy of Film and Television, Best Special Visual Effects (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) Venice International Film Festival, Future Film Festival Digital Award (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish, French Sound Processing: 5.1: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects 2: PCM stereo DTS-ESM: Pseudo 6.1 system. Virtual rear center channel is created by utilizing audio information from the rear left & right channels of the DTS soundtrack. Additional Features: Documentary on bringing A.I. to the screen Interviews with Steven Spielberg, Haley Joel Osment, and Jude Law Newly produced behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of A.I. An interview with sound designer Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Ranch A visit to Stan Winston Studios with early "Teddy" footage Interviews with Lucasfilm's ILM special effects group Trailers, storyboards, drawings, and hundreds of photos approved by Steven Spielberg for this release And much more DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 2 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 145 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Feature 0. Scene Index 1. Artificial Intelligence [7:08] 2. His Life Is Merely Pending [3:02] 3. A Mecha Child [5:10] 4. Hide and Go Seek [3:07] 5. Laughter [3:11] 6. Imprinting Protocol [2:37] 7. Teddy, a Super-Toy [4:22] 8. Martin Comes Home [1:39] 9. The New Super-Toy [3:35] 10. A Classic Story [1:52] 11. Competition for Affection [4:08] 12. Mechas and Orgas [5:29] 13. Abandoned [8:18] 14. Gigolo Joe [3:59] 15. Unregistered Mecha Roundup [8:06] 16. Flesh Fair: A Celebration of Life [3:21] 17. "I'm a Boy" [6:42] 18. Journey Towards the Moon [1:51] 19. Rouge City [4:40] 20. Dr. Know [3:08] 21. "They Hate Us" [5:25] 22. Escape From Rouge City [2:02] 23. The City at the End of the World [2:01] 24. Special and Unique [2:48] 25. Brothers and Sisters [5:47] 26. David's Leap [3:08] 27. A Plea to the Blue Fairy [2:29] 28. Memories [6:19] 29. Back Home [5:52] 30. A Question of Happiness [5:34] 31. A Perfect Day [4:33] 32. End Credits [6:56]