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The Iron Giant (1999)

Name: The Iron Giant
Director: Brad Bird
Genre: drama film, fantasy film, action film
Rating: 8.1

The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science fiction film directed by Brad Bird and written by Tim McCanlies. Loosely based on Ted Hughes's 1968 novel The Iron Man, it features an ensemble cast consisting of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and M. Emmet Walsh. Set during the Cold War in 1957, the film centers on…

Directed by Brad Bird · Cut by Darren T. Holmes · Music by Michael Kamen

Behind the scenes

Why The Iron Giant is More Than Just a Cartoon | Video Essay — It’s Just Cinema · 14 min

Elsewhere

More by Brad Bird

Do the Bartman — 1990
The Incredibles — 2004
Jack-Jack Attack — 2005
Ratatouille — 2007
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol — 2011
1906 — 2012
Tomorrowland — 2015
Incredibles 2 — 2018
Ray Gunn — 2026
Incredibles 3 — 2028

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