A.I. is loosely based upon a short story by Brian Aldiss back in the late 60s called «Supertoys Last All Summer Long», and draws influence from Disney's version of Pinocchio for this tale of an android who wishes to become
a real human boy.
Not exact matches
Steven Spielberg's film follows the story of a highly advanced robotic
boy who longs to become a «
real» person in order to regain the love of his
human mother.
Is David, the
boy - robot who «aspires to the
human condition» in Spielberg's inherited masterwork, any less
real to us than his
human counterparts are?
Mad Max: Fury Road's Nicholas Hoult — who has played war
boys, zombies, and beasts — is set to star as
real - life
human J.D. Salinger in the upcoming biopic Rebel In The Rye, Variety reports.
There are moments of personal magic (the
boy «talks» with his sailor father as he passes their Cliffside home using signal lamps), natural magic (schools of fish become literal waves curling upon the shore in the search for the missing Ponyo) and imaginative magic (Ponyo turns a toy boat into a watercraft sized just right for a couple of kids), but the film's
real magic is in the generosity and love on display from
humans and spirits alike.