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Date: 2001 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Steven Spielberg

Production company billing: ©2001 Warner Bros. & DreamWorks LLC Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present an Amblin/Stanley Kubrick production a Steven Spielberg film Dolby Digital Surround EX/DTS/SDDS Colour by Technicolor MPAA: 38348 Based on the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long 35mm [1:1.85]
Synopsis: Based on the short story `Super-toys last all summer long' by Brian Aldiss. A sci-fi story following the adventures of an android boy in a future of enforced single child families and global warming.Synopsis: An artificial boy, named David, is placed in the home of a couple whose son Martin has been cryogenically frozen until a cure is developed for the disease he has. David becomes part of the family but tensions arise when Martin returns and eventually, David is abandoned. He takes up with another robot, Gigolo Joe, who has been designed as a pleasure machine for his owners. Joe and David are subsequently rounded up and taken to the sinister 'Flesh Fair'.

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subjects:
Robots, Artificial intelligence, Parents
Releases
Date: 2001not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 145 mins Length: 13124 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 146 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (55)
In: Adaptation v14 n3 December 2021  Pages: 367-383
Title: Kubrick, A.I., and the problem of Pinocchio: reassessing the evidence of A.I.: Artificial IntelligenceAuthor: ALLEN, Graham Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Draws on material in the Stanley Kubrick Archive to explore Kubrick's work on adapting Brian Aldiss’s short-story ‘Supertoys Last All Summer Long’ for the screen, a project ultimately realised as the film 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' (2001) directed by Steven Spielberg. Looks in particular at the treatments produced by Kubrick and two of his collaborators, Sarah Maitland and Ian Watson. Argues that the contradictions within the finished film result not from differences between the styles of Kubrick and Spielberg, as is often suggested, but rather from the tension between science and myth in Kubrick's vision of the story.

In: Adaptation v8 n3 2015  Pages: 372-382
Title: Adaptation as exploration: Stanley Kubrick, literature, and A.I. Artificial IntelligenceAuthor: KRÄMER, Peter Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses Stanley Kubrick's work on a planned screen adaptation of the Brian Aldiss short story 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long', a project eventually filmed by Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death as 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' (2001). Draws on archival sources to examine the process by which Kubrick developed a range of different treatments from the source text. Part of a special issue on Stanley Kubrick and adaptation.

In: New review of film and television studies v7 n1 March 2009  Pages: 51-65
Title: Research article: Spielberg, iconophobia, and the mimetic...Author: STERRITT, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...uncanny". With reference to ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I offers a theoretical and philosophical discourse on the film's (and Spielberg's) supposed hostility towards the 'mechas' and thereby a "terror of the doppelgänger".

In: New review of film and television studies v7 n1 March 2009  Pages: 79-92
Title: Steven Spielberg's 'feelgood' endings and sentimentalityAuthor: BURNETTS, Charles Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: With reference to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, SCHINDLER'S LIST and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I., discusses the problems critics have with the endings of Spielberg's films and argues that the tag of 'sentimentality' misses the realism and melodrama

In: Empire n224 February 2008  Pages: 140-141
Title: Movie trial: A.I.: Artificial IntelligenceAuthor: INGRAM, Simon Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Debate on the merits of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I.

In: Empire n231 September 2008  Pages: 97-101
Title: Science? Fiction!Author: THOMAS, William Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Humourous article comparing the bad science of Hollywood science-fiction films with the actual laws of physics.

In: Science Fiction Film and Television v1 n1 Spring 2008  Pages: 1-13
Title: Love machines: boy toys, toy boys and the oxymorons of:Author: SOBCHACK, Vivian Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...A.I.: Artificial Intelligence". Theoretical critique of the contradictory masculine visions of David and Gigolo Joe in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I., with reference to the contradictions of Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg.

In: Screen v47 n3 Autumn 2006  Pages: 347-365
Title: Virtualizing the Real: sequelization and secondary memory...Author: JESS-COOKE, Carolyn Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...in Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence: A.I.". Th eoretical discussion of the 'Real' in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENC E: A.I and the construction and representation of a virtual subconscious. Refers to Freudian and Lacanian theories.

In: StarBurst n338 July 2006  Pages: 52-53
Title: Top 10 Weird KidsArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief descriptions of children in films: Pinocchio, Sadako, Midwich Cuckoos, Edward Scissorhands, Regan MacNeil, robot boy from A.I., Bart Simpson, Peter Pan, Wednesday and Pugsley Addams and Damien Thorne.

In: CineAction! n66 2005  Pages: 2-11
Title: A.I. or, The Agony of Steven SpielbergAuthor: BEARD, William Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Suggests that A.I. is one of Spielberg's "children's films", and also that it is one of his darkest films.

In: Film Quarterly v56 n2 Winter 2002/03  Pages: 32-39
Title: [Film Quarterly - v56 n2 Winter 2002/03: no known title]Author: KREIDER, Tim Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Positif n502 December 2002  Pages: 100-101
Title: Deux ou trois choses qui me restent d'elle. Un bref état...Author: LAULIAC, Christian Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A reflection on the quality of music used in American cinema with particular reference to REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, The CELL, SUR MES LEVRES, UNBREAKABLE, and A.I.

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v29 n4 2001  Pages: 256-263
Title: Robots redux: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)Author: TIBBETS, John C. Article type: BibliographyLanguage: English
Description: Includes a short article on the relationship between Stanley Kubrick and the science fiction writer, Brian Aldiss, whose work 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long' formed the basis for the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

In: Signis Media n4 2002  Pages: 135-16[in French and English]
Title: Children on the ScreenAuthor: MALONE, Peter Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Personal opinion on the way children are portrayed in films, such as A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE in particular.

In: Radio Times v312 n4071 16 Mar 2002  Page: 75
Title: Video.Author: NORMAN, Emma Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.

In: Sight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002  Page: 58
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst n285 May 2002  Page: 66
Title: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAuthor: ATKINS, Ian Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Metro n134 2002  Page: 301
Title: AI - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAuthor: AOUN, Steven Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of Steven Spielberg's AI.

In: Film Score Monthly v7 n1 January 2002  Page: 24
Title: The best and the worst of 2001: FSM's annual compendium...Author: BOND, Jeff Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
Description: "...of film scores on screen and CD: my two cents: worst movie in human history."

In: Sight and Sound v12 n4 April 2002  Page: 69
Title: Interview: star sailorAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Arthur C. Clarke who talks about A.I., television and table tennis.

In: Premiere v14 n10 June 2001  Pages: 46-50
Title: Jude Law is an android.Author: SCHNELLER, Johanna Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with actor Jude Law on his career and new Spiel- berg film A.I. where he plays an android.

In: StarBurst n279 November 2001  Page: 50
Title: It's only a movie!Author: BROSNAN, John Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Ponders over the failings of Spielberg and Kubrick's A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

In: StarBurst vSpec. n48 June 2001  Pages: 6-14
Title: Sci-fi blockbuster film previewArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of summer 2001 sci-fi blockbusters.

In: American Cinematographer v82 n8 August 2001  Pages: 60-63,66-67
Title: Views of the future: Industrial Light & Magic artists...Author: MAGID, Ron Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the visual-effects for A.I. where the ILM team created a previsualisation system that allowed Spielberg to move a virtual camera through rough mock-ups of sets and make ad- justments to the potential architecture.

In: American Cinematographer v82 n8 August 2001  Page: 64
Title: Mr.RobotoAuthor: MAGID, Ron Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the Stan Winston-designed robots for Spielberg's A.I..

In: Screen International n1315 6 Jul 2001  Page: 1,6
Title: Spielberg's A.I. makes it big in Japan.Author: SCHILLING, Mark Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Steven Spielberg's new film A.I. is living up to the market- ing hype in Japan with $12m in the first two days.

In: Empire n148 October 2001  Page: 106
Title: [Empire - n148 October 2001: no known title]Author: Nathan, IanArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Legend n36 2001  Pages: 23-24
Title: CD ReviewsAuthor: WICKENDEN, Dirk Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst vSpec. n48 June 2001  Pages: 52-55
Title: A.I.: Kubrick's last visionAuthor: BROWN, Anthony Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Background to the project A.I.

In: Cinema Scope n8 September 2001  Pages: 63-65
Title: Feature: Where the rainbow ends: Kubrick, Spielberg and a...Author: HILL, Lee Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: "...Dream Called A.I.".

In: American Cinematographer v82 n7 July 2001  Pages: 32-36,38-43
Title: Boy wonder: Steven Spielberg taps key collaborator Janusz..Author: HOLBEN, Jay Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the cinematographic work of Janusz Kaminski on Spielbergs A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, his fifth collaboration with Spielberg.

In: Film Ireland n83 Oct/Nov 2001  Pages: 36-37
Title: Movie reviews: AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAuthor: DUFFY, Noel Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Cinefantastique v33 n5 Oct/Nov 2001  Pages: 54-55
Title: Three decades of A.I.Author: FORDHAM, Joe Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Details and background on the conception and production of Steven Spielberg's A.I.

In: StarBurst n276 August 2001  Pages: 30-35
Title: Nothing more than feelingsAuthor: SLOANE, Judy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Haley Joel Osment talks about working on A.I.

In: Cinefex n87 October 2001  Pages: [62-63],64-93
Title: mecha odysseyAuthor: FORDHAN, Joe Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the making of A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, initiated by Stanley Kubrick and completed by Steven Spielberg. Discusses the visual effects, robots, make-up used to create such fig- ures as Gigolo Joe, The Specialists, and also Rouge City. /

In: Variety 25 Jun 2001  Page: 19, 26
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Cinefantastique v33 n5 Oct/Nov 2001  Pages: 58-59
Title: ReviewsAuthor: KLEINMAN, Dennis Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst n278 October 2001  Page: 52
Title: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: StarBurst n278 October 2001  Page: 73
Title: SoundtracksAuthor: WHITE, Dave Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1313 22 Jun 2001  Page: 1,6
Title: Spielberg's AI turns on media machine.Author: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the promotion of Stephen Spielberg's new film A.I. ART- IFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and the glowing advance reviews.

In: Venice Film Festival Catalogue v58th August 2001  Pages: 116-117
Title: [Venice Film Festival Catalogue - v58th August 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian
Description: Includes director's comment

In: Empire n140 February 2001  Page: 66
Title: 21 for 2001Author: [IF] Article type: PreviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v11 n10 October 2001  Pages: 38-39
Title: ReviewsAuthor: STRICK, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Classic Images n317 November 2001  Page: 40
Title: Music in filmsAuthor: LONG, Harry H. Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v11 n9 September 2001  Pages: 16-18
Title: The sci-fi issue: the dreamlife of androidsAuthor: HOBERMAN, J. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review of Spielberg's A.I. which suggests it is the director's first art film.

In: Film Comment v37 n4 Jul/Aug 2001  Pages: 22-25
Title: Primal screen.Author: ARTHUR, Paul Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analysis of Spielberg's A.I. and whether the wedding with cold Kubrick works in this sci-fi fairy tale.

In: Screen International n1314 29 Jun 2001  Page: 22
Title: Captivating media event provides food for thought.Author: LEVY, Emanuel Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Creative Screenwriting v8 n3 May/Jun 2001  Pages: 49-53
Title: Steven Spielberg as writerAuthor: ARGENT, Daniel Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looks at Steven Spielberg as writer and at his work with writers.

In: StarBurst vSpec. n50 Yearbook 2001  Pages: 12-15
Title: Jack AngelAuthor: JANKIEWICZ, Pat Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Jack Angel talks about doing the voice of Teddy, David's robot bear in A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

In: Music from the Movies n31/32 Winter 2001  Page: 83
Title: Film music review: the latest releases reviewed and ratedAuthor: KEECH, Andrew Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n146 August 2001  Page: 47
Title: Sneek peek.Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: First look at Spielberg's A.I.

In: Film Score Monthly v6 n6 July 2001  Page: 29,43
Title: A.I.: artistic integrityAuthor: ADAMS, Doug Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the John Williams' score for A.I.

In: Film Score Monthly v6 n6 July 2001  Page: 43
Title: A.I.: Artificial IntelligenceAuthor: BOND, Jeff Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst vSpec n46 Yearbook 2000  Pages: 100-109
Title: 2001: an SF odysseyAuthor: ALEXANDER, Brian Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A look ahead to the forthcoming sci-fi films of 2001.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v364 n32 5 Sep 2000  Page: 37
Title: IN PRODUCTIONAuthor: FUSON, Brian Article type: CreditsLanguage: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (10)
Title: cinematic sublime: negative pleasures, structuring absences
Author: Carroll, Nathan  Pages: xi, 201 pages

Title: Darkness in the bliss-out: a reconsideration of the films of Steven Spielberg
Author: KENDRICK, James  Pages: xviii, 225 pages

Title: last laugh: strange humors of cinema
Author: POMERANCE, Murray  Pages: xi, 244 pages

Title: Empire of dreams: the science fiction and fantasy films of Steven Spielberg
Author: GORDON, Andrew M.  Pages: x, 291 p.

Title: cinema of Steven Spielberg: empire of light
Author: Morris, Nigel  Pages: vii, 434p.

Title: Solaris effect: art and artifice in contemporary American film
Author: DILLON, Steven  Pages: xiii, 265 p.

Title: Building sci-fi moviescapes: the science behind the fiction
Author: Hanson, Matt  Pages: 176 p.

Title: Catching light: looking for God in the movies
Author: ANKER, Roy M.  Pages: x, 402 p.

Title: Philosophy through film
Author: LITCH, Mary M.  Pages: vii, 242 p.

Title: The Winston effect: the art and history of Stan Winston Studio
Author: DUNCAN, Jody  Pages: 336 p.