Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Written by	Brian Aldiss (short story) Ian Watson
Starring	Haley Joel Osment Jude Law
Produced by	Jan Harlan Walter F. Parkes Stanley Kubrick (posthumous credit)
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (U.S.); Dreamworks LLC (outside the U.S.)
Release date	June 26, 2001 (New York City premiere) June 28, 2001 (Los Angeles premiere) June 29, 2001
Runtime	146 min.
Language	English
Budget	$90,000,000
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A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (actual on-screen title: Artificial Intelligence: A.I.) (2001) was the last project that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick worked on. DVD cover art from the movie , personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona), is an American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ... British science fiction author born in 1943. ... Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is a well known child actor. ... Law in The Wisdom of Crocodiles(US title: Immortality) David Jude Law (born December 29, 1972) is a British actor. ... Other films include (as producer unless otherwise noted) The Ring Two (2005) Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) The Terminal (2004) Catch Me If You Can (2002) The Ring (2002) The Tuxedo (2002) Road to Perdition (2002) Men in Black II (2002) Minority Report (2002) The Time... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director. ... Warner Bros. ... DreamWorks logo DreamWorks, L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks SKG, is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director. ...

Kubrick had long planned to film A.I. but had been putting it off until he was confident that the effects could be handled convincingly, all the while working on the script in close cooperation with Steven Spielberg. After many years of exchanging ideas about the project Kubrick became convinced that this film needed Spielberg's 'different kind of sensitivity' and urged him to direct the film. Spielberg finally accepted. Using Kubrick's storyboard, he wrote the script himself. Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona), is an American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. ... Storyboards are illustrations displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing an animated or live-action film. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ...

The film has a slightly "Kubrick feel" in which there is a high use of metaphors and its ethereal score.

Kubrick died before the film shooting started.

Partial credits

• Haley Joel Osment as David, a young Mecha
• Jude Law as Gigolo Joe, David's companion and also a Mecha
• Frances O'Connor as Monica Swinton
• Brendan Gleeson as Lord Johnson-Johnson
• Sam Robards as Henry Swinton, David's adopted father
• William Hurt as Professor Allen Hobby, David's creator
• Jake Thomas as Martin Swinton

It was adapted by Kubrick, Ian Watson and Spielberg from the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is a well known child actor. ... Law in The Wisdom of Crocodiles(US title: Immortality) David Jude Law (born December 29, 1972) is a British actor. ... Frances OConnor (born on 12 July 1967 in Wantage, Oxfordshire) is an Australian actress who attended Western Australian Acadamy of Performing Arts as well as earned a BA in literature from Curtin University in Western Australia. ... Brendan Gleeson was born March 29, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. ... Birth name :Sam Prideaux Robards Spouse :Sidsel Jensen (1997 - present) 2 children :Suzy Amis (1986 - 1994) (divorced) 1 son Son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall Grandson of Jason Robards Sr. ... William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. ... Jake Thomas (born January 30, 1990 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) is an actor best known for his appearance in the television show Lizzie McGuire in which he plays Lizzies younger brother, Matt McGuire. ... British science fiction author born in 1943. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Effects, Visual Effects and Best Music, Original Score. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best visual effects. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...

Plot

The story begins in the 22nd century, when an ecological disaster has resulted in a drastic reduction of the land area of the earth and also of the human population.

These problems have been successfully addressed by technology. Robotic androids with very high levels of artificial intelligence (called mechas, as opposed to orgas for 'organics', i.e. humans) have become commonplace but have been granted no civil rights and must submit to government registration or else be destroyed. While mechas have a level of intelligence comparable to that of humans, they seem to lack emotion. They are also able to simulate certain body functions, such as sexual intercourse, but not others, such as eating or sleeping. In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence techniques. ... An android is an artificially created being that resembles a human being. ... Artificial intelligence (also known as machine intelligence and often abbreviated as AI) is intelligence exhibited by any manufactured (i. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... A pair of lions copulating in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. ...

George and Monica Swinton are a married couple whose son is extremely sick and near death. In hopes of cheering up his wife, George agrees to his company's offer to let him bring home and test a prototype of an extremely advanced humanoid mecha that looks like a boy about the age of their hospitalized son, and which is supposed to be capable of feeling love. The mecha's name is David, and although Monica is initially frightened of the android, she eventually warms to him after activating his experimental imprinting technology, which makes the mecha feel love for her as a child loves a parent. A heart, a symbol of love Love has many meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure (I loved that food) to something one would die for (patriotism, pairbonding). ... Imprinting is the term used in psychology and ethology to describe any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behaviour. ...

The couple's son eventually recovers from his disease and returns from the hospital. This prompts a sibling rivalry between the mecha David and the Swintons' real son, who delights in taunting David, chiefly by telling him that Monica will never love him because he isn't "real". After David by accident nearly drowns the Swintons' son, Monica sets out to return him to the manufacturer. But fearing that David will be dismantled, she instead releases him in the forest of rural New Jersey to live as an unregistered robot, accompanied by his animatronic teddy bear friend, named Teddy. David is soon captured and nearly destroyed by a group of religious anti-robot activists at an event they organize called a Flesh Fair. He narrowly escapes with the help of Gigolo Joe, a male prostitute mecha, who is on the run after being framed for the murder of one of his tricks. State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (acting) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ...

The two become friends and set out to find the Blue Fairy, who David remembers from the fairy tale "Pinocchio" as a being who has the power to turn him into a real boy. If he becomes a real boy, he imagines, Monica will love him and take him back. With the assistance of some sympathetic frat boys on a road trip, Joe and David make their way to the sin city of Rouge (perhaps a 22nd century Philadelphia), in search of the knowledge that will lead them to the Blue Fairy. The Blue Fairy is a fictional character in Pinocchio who admonishes the little wooden puppet to avoid bad behavior and finally rewards him for his goodness by turning him into a real, flesh-and-blood boy. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a childrens tale by Carlo Collodi published in serial form in 1880 and in book form in 1883 in Italy, which has come to be a classic; it has been filmed over twenty times. ... While the terms fraternity and sorority may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, including the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, International and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada, though... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

A riddle game with a cybernetic guru called Dr. Know (who is voiced by Robin Williams) eventually leads David, with Joe in tow, to his manufacturers' offices at the top of a building in the flooded ruins of Manhattan. There, he sees that he is not unique and his manufacturers have created dozens of copies of him. This fact seems to disturb him as he meets and destroys one of his copies, and, disheartened, he jumps from the office into the ocean. A riddle is a puzzle, consisting of text with a question to answer. ... Robin Williams performing in Iraq. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ...

David is fished from the ocean by Joe in a stolen amphibicopter (amphibious helicopter), but before he is pulled up he sees the Blue Fairy on the bottom of the ocean. After Joe is seized by the police, David flies the amphibicopter back under the water, where it's revealed that what he saw was a statue of the Blue Fairy in the submerged ruins of Coney Island. Naively believing it to be the real Blue Fairy, he makes his wish to be turned into a real boy. The amphibicopter is damaged and can no longer take David back to the water's surface so he simply waits for the wish to come true. David waits for many years, sitting in the amphibicopter on the bottom of the ocean and staring at the Blue Fairy statue. Image of Coney Island (middle left of picture) taken by NASA. The peninsula at right is Rockaway, Queens. ...

In one of the longest time jumps in motion picture history, the action skips to two thousand years later. Manhattan is buried under several hundred feet of glaciers and the human species is extinct. A race of advanced androids (evolved from the human-created mechas of David's time) conducting an archaeological excavation discover David and reactivate him. He is deeply upset to be permanently separated from Monica, and eventually the androids offer to revive her from a single strand of her hair that Teddy saved all this time, although if they do so she will only live for one day and she can never be revived again. David eagerly accepts the offer, and spends one long day alone with Monica, basking in her love. The film ends when Monica and David lie down at the end of the day, to go to sleep. Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

This ending has gone through debate. Many argue that it was really a dark ending masquerading as a happy one. Some observers claimed that the resurrected Monica was in fact an illusion or psychological manipulation created by the advanced Mechas so David can finally settle down peacefully and end his long, sad quest. The resurrected Monica was much warmer than her normal self, and many point out that during the long day she spent with David, she never asked about her husband Henry or her son, Martin. The ending also became a matter of debate among science fiction fans from a storytelling standpoint, with one side supporting the ending and hailing it (and the film as a whole) a classic, and the other side of the opinion that the ending was unnecessary and the film should have ended with David trapped with the Blue Fairy. The debate over the ending is also complicated by the fact that most viewers of the film mistake the androids who rescue David for extraterrestrials since it was not made apparent that they were mechas. In popular fiction and conspiracy theories, life forms, especially intelligent life forms, that are of extraterrestrial origin, i. ...

The ending can also be seen to have parallels to religion, especially Christianity. David, in essence, prays to an icon reminiscent of the Virgin Mary for 2000 years, and his mother is ressurected, and he is finally loved, after the deus ex machina intervention of the androids. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... The term Virgin Mary has several different meanings: For the historical and multi-denominational concept of Mary, see Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... Deus ex machina is Latin for god from the machine and is a calque from the Greek από μηχανής θεός, (pronounced apo mekhanes theos). It originated with Greek and Roman theater, when a mechane would lower a god or gods onstage to resolve a hopeless situation. ...

Website game

The movie had an unusual publicity campaign consisting of a new type of "game" involving approximately 30 interlinked websites. This type of game has since become known as an Alternate reality game (ARG). The A.I. game did not have an official name, but became known as The Beast by its most ardent fans, the 2000-strong team who called themselves the Cloudmakers. The Beast was wildly successful as a game, attracting a much more devoted audience than the game designers had expected. It set the tone for future ARGs, and defined much of the genre's terminology. An alternate reality game is a cross media game that deliberately blurs the line between the in-game and out-of-game experiences. ... The alternate reality game created to promote the release of the movie A.I. which concerned itself primarily with the discovery of the reasons behind the murder of Evan Chan, one of its characters. ... Cloudmakers was the name of the Yahoo group created to tackle the online mystery alternate reality game designed around and to promote the film A.I. By the end of the game, it had more than 3,000 members, and was generating more than 100 messages a day in email...

In the game, the interlinked websites purported to be sites for a number of organizations (universities, businesses, and personal home pages) set in the fictional world of the movie in the 22nd century. Hints to the websites' existence were contained in posters, trailers and other movie publicity materials.

By studying the information on the sites, a story set in the world of the movie involving the murder of one Evan Chan became apparent. Solving various puzzles and hints, some involving email, physical meetings in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, telephone calls and telephone answering services, allowed the unlocking of more websites which gradually revealed the story of whodunnit and why. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline as seen from Hollywood. ... Chicago, Illinois — officially the City of Chicago and colloquially known as Chicago, the Second City and the Windy City — is the third largest city of the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ...

External links

• Official film site
• A.I. at the Internet Movie Database
• Supertoys Last All Summer Long or the copy on the Kubrick site
• Cloudmakers.org, a discussion group and guide to the game
• screen shots