The Iron Giant (1999)
Set in 1957 Maine against the backdrop of the Cold War, The Iron Giant follows Hogarth Hughes, a young boy who finds an alien robot crashlanded in the woods outside his hometown. Determining that the robot is friendly, Hogarth quickly becomes its protector against forces in the US Army who wish to use the robot for their own means. Eli Marienthal voices Hogarth, with a further cast that includes Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., and Christopher McDonald.
The Iron Giant
- Director
- Brad Bird
- Release Date
- August 6, 1999
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Vin Diesel , Christopher McDonald , Harry Connick Jr , Jennifer Aniston , Eli Marienthal
- Writers
- Tim McCanlies
- Runtime
- 86 minutes
- Budget
- $70 million
Summary
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
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