A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Book vs. Movie
Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) is based on Brian Aldiss's short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long. Haley Joel Osment plays David, a robot child searching for a way to become human and regain his mother's love.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Brian Aldiss
- Year
- 2001
- Pages
- 256Buy book
In a future of restricted parenthood and artificial companions, David struggles to understand why his mother, Monica, seems unable to love him. He confides in his talking bear and drafts letters he cannot bring himself to deliver. Brian Aldiss's short story places this lonely household alongside a businessman's promises about the emotional possibilities of synthetic life.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer
- Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Brian Aldiss, Ian Watson
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 2 hr 26 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
- Genre
- drama, post-apocalyptic, science fiction
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
David is a robot child designed to form a permanent bond with a human mother. When his place in an adoptive family becomes untenable, he sets out with his talking bear to find the Blue Fairy, believing she can make him a real boy. A fugitive robot named Gigolo Joe helps him navigate a world that treats machines as disposable.
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