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	The Iron Giant (1999)
		In order to better blend the computer-generated Giant into the traditionally animated film, technicians came up with a program that gave the Giant's lines a slight "wobble", in order to match the natural line imperfections found in hand-drawn animation.
		The familiar premise is obviously out of Spielberg's E.T. One scene even has the giant reaching out his finger to the boy in much the same way ET did to 10 year old Elliott when he departed this earth.
		IRON GIANT takes place during 1957 in a small town in Maine.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0129167 (830 words)

	The Iron Giant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His mother comes looking for him; and despite his best efforts, Hogarth cannot convince her that the iron giant was real, or that it was still in the woods as they drove off.
		When the Giant is shot down while flying with Hogarth to escape military jets, he sees Hogarth unconscious and assumes that his best friend was killed by the missile attack or the fall to Earth.
		Despite the General now being convinced the Giant means no harm, Kent Mansley causes a nuclear missile from the submarine USS Nautilus to be launched against the robot - who is standing right in the middle of town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Iron_Giant (1594 words)

	Iron Giant
		When the iron giant accidentally touches a generator, he is jolted by a huge electrical charge which threatens to kill it.
		As it turns out, the iron giant is the source of the rumors flying about Rockwell since it is he who has plunged into the ocean a few days earlier and swum to shore.
		What gives "The Iron Giant" additional appeal is that this relationship is set against the very real backdrop of global annihilation in the 1950s, when the threat of all-out nuclear war was very much on the mind of all children, including myself.
	www.columbia.edu /~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Iron_Giant.htm (864 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "The Iron Giant" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"The Iron Giant" is adapted from "The Iron Man," a tale British poet Ted Hughes originally created for his children to explain the death of their mother.
		And the giant wouldn't be such a hit with the town's beatnik artist, Dean (voiced with mellow coolness by Harry Connick Jr.), if he didn't have such a sensitive knack for bending old wrecks into avant-garde sculpture.
		But "Iron Giant's" open-endedness is a deliberate and integral part of the myth -- as one character observes, "Things happen that can't be rationalized." The point is that it doesn't matter where we come from or how strange we may seem, because there is beauty and purpose to all living things.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/08/06/giant (972 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: The Iron Giant (xhtml)
		The giant crash-lands on a 1957 night when America is peering up at the speck of Sputnik in the sky, and munches his way through a Maine village, eating TV antennas and cars, until he finds a power plant.
		One night Hogarth discovers their TV antenna is missing and follows the Iron Giant's trail to the power plant, where he saves the robot from electrocution after it chomps on some live wires.
		The Iron Giant is understandably too big to conceal in the closet, but there's a funny sequence where Hogarth brings the creature's hand into the house, and it scampers around like a disobedient dog.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990806/REVIEWS/908060303/1023 (685 words)

	Iron Giant
		Hogarth saves the Giant at the beginning of the movie and is both terrified in and awestruck by the robot.
		Iron Giant is the rare animated movie that does not condescend towards adults.
		Iron Giant is a way to fulfill their fantasy vicariously through Hogarth.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/iron_giant.html (466 words)

	THE IRON GIANT
		Simply put, "The Iron Giant" is a fun and engaging family film that should entertain adults as much as kids, the latter of whom will probably turn this into a hit, whether in theaters or later on video.
		The Iron Giant's initial appearances, with his towering height, glowing eyes and presumed (to kids) menacing demeanor, may be unsettling or downright scary to some kids.
		The entire ending sequence where the Giant battles the Army men who have opened fire on him, as well as the thought and sight of a quickly approaching nuclear missile and finally a moment where Hogarth appears to be dead (he's not) may be suspenseful and/or frightening to some kids.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1999/the_iron_giant.html (2772 words)

	DVD Review - The Iron Giant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vin Diesel lent his voice to the gentle giant and although he is not actually saying very much in the film, the guttural noises he makes ultimately turn the robot into a thinking and emotional character that learns humanity.
		Warner Home Video presents "The Iron Giant" on this disc in a pan & scan transfer, as well as an anamorphic widescreen transfer that restores the movie’s original theatrical 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
		Without musical numbers or cute animals, "The Iron Giant" is a serious animated movie with a moralistic message that is nonetheless easily accessible and most of all greatly enjoyable.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_iron_giant.shtml (1132 words)

	MichaelBarrier.com - Essays: The Iron Giant and Other Disappointments
		Iron Giant was brought low not by its "look," but by the political content of its story—it is a terribly smug film—and, most critically, by the inadequacies of its character animation.
		The Iron Giant lost me very early, when Hogarth, having seen the devastation the giant has left behind, sets off in pursuit of it armed only with his BB gun.
		What I see in the best computer animation, like that of the giant, is some of the same sense of discovery, the same intense pleasure in the possibilities of the medium itself, that I see in the best drawn animation of the thirties and forties.
	www.michaelbarrier.com /Essays/Iron_Giant/essay_iron_giant.htm (1461 words)

	EI > DVD > The Iron Giant (1999)
		Bird and his animators are funniest in their cleverly sarcastic take on the cold war propaganda of the times, exploiting the infamous "Duck and Cover" safety videos, as well as other equally silly atomic era paranoia films.
		"Iron Giant" is a wholly original film that will capture the imagination of children and adults everywhere.
		A hidden gem of 1999, "The Iron Giant" is a charming story about a robot with a soul, that will capture the imagination and hearts of children and adults alike.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/theirongiant.php (542 words)

	The Iron Giant
		When the giant gets too close to the wires, he becomes electrocuted, but Hogarth rescues him and thus begins a strong friendship between the two.
		His rage towards the Iron Giant is the culmination of Cold War paranoia, the belief that the enemy is everywhere.
		His deep and rugged voice is the perfect match for the giant, who requires those attributes in any actor who would want to voice him.
	www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/i/irongiant.html (768 words)

	The Iron Giant
		The Iron Giant comes screaming from the sky and lands in the ocean late one stormy night.
		In the interim, the giant learns from Hogarth what it is to be a kid: reading comic books, doing cannonballs in the lake, and lazing in the woods on an autumn afternoon.
		After a destructive rampage, the injured Hogarth intercedes and convinces the giant that he "doesn't have to be a gun" and that "he is who he chooses to be." But it is too late: the Atom Bomb has been launched at the giant from an offshore submarine.
	www.tranquility.net /~benedict/irongiant.html (971 words)

	The Iron Giant
		The Iron Giant turns out to be a pretty cool artist too, but he eats up most of his raw material.
		The centerpiece of the film is The Iron Giant himself (voice: Vin Diesel), a huge Go-Bot-like figure who has arrived from an unidentified off-planet source.
		The Giant pokes the deer with his finger, and we grit our teeth expecting him to do an E.T. venison reversal and bring the deer back to life.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/IronGiant.htm (525 words)

	Review: The Iron Giant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iron Giant is filled with small moments that only older viewers will get, but which pass so quickly that kids won't realize they have missed anything.
		The filmmakers responsible for The Iron Giant, particularly director Brad Bird (making his feature debut after having helmed episodes of "The Simpsons" on TV), recognize that the best animated features appeal to a wide variety of audience members, not just the pre-teen set, and have used that philosophy as the picture's cornerstone.
		The Iron Giant is the second family-oriented animated film to reach theaters this summer.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/i/iron_giant.html (920 words)

	www.myspace.com/irongiantecwt
		IRON GIANT IS A FUCKIN MACHINE.......a crushing, relentless, bulldozer of a band.
		IRON GIANT's Sabbath meets Motorhead monstrosity is the heaviest of the "Rock" with enough ball-rumbling groove to get the whole room goin.
		IRON GIANT has set their sights on '06 as " The year of the Giant " and that now you have been warned.
	www.myspace.com /irongiantecwt (750 words)

	The Iron Giant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Inspired by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes' book, The Iron Giant is set in 1957 America, during the height of Cold War paranoia.
		With the crash and the electric sandwich, the giant has lost his memory, so Hogarth begins to teach the powerful behemoth the ways of his new world.
		For a film as simply drawn as The Iron Giant, the key characters' faces are remarkably expressive, particularly Hogarth and his beatnik buddy Dean.
	www.nuvo.net /archive/080599/080599_afilm.html (786 words)

	Parent Previews: Iron Giant, The
		Hogarth catches up with the Iron Giant just as the space alien begins a dinner of electrical towers and gets the shock of his life.
		But while the giant is steeling some nuts and bolts, the federal coppers become alerted to his presence, and fearing the worst, begin keeping an i-ron him.
		Iron Giant didn't want to fight, yet when provoked he found it difficult to control his violent response.
	movies.go.com /parentpreviews/review?rid=36 (546 words)

	The Iron Giant - Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Enter "The Iron Giant," the most inventive, captivating and cleverly drawn, the most extraordinary -- the coolest -- Hollywood cartoon since the genre was revived 10 years ago.
		The Giant -- a fantastically rendered, post-war comic book amalgam of gears and armor plating -- is something of an innocent, having lost his memory in his crash-landing off the coast of Maine.
		The last act of "The Iron Giant" comes on a bit abruptly and feels somewhat rushed and gimmicky -- and although it eventually arrives at a feel-good ending (by way of a wonderful homage to Superman), it taps some seriously stressful, heartbreaking scenes as the robot is under attack.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/irongiant (639 words)

	'The Iron Giant' (PG)
		The dialogue is sprightly and engaging and the off-screen actors – particularly Eli Marienthal as Hogarth, the boy, and Jennifer Aniston as his perky mom – are terrific.
		The artistic conceit of "The Iron Giant" is to invert the stereotypes of the '50s invasion-from-space movie, with its paranoid, xenophobic overtones and anti-communist metaphoric structure.
		Yes, I suppose the makers of "The Iron Giant" are morally superior to the FBI, CIA, USAF and USN and USA agents, soldiers and officers who fought the Cold War, but it's easy to be superior when your dads have already beaten all your enemies.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/irongianthunter.htm (798 words)

	Iron Giant 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Synopsis: A huge child-like, iron visitor from Outer Space lands off the coast of Maine during a hurricane and is saved from being electrocuted from downed power lines by a kindly human named Hogarth.
		The two start up a friendship, but Hogarth, does not know that this Iron Giant is troubled by a deep dark secret.
		However, a sinister government agent is hot on his trail, and Hogarth and a junkyard owner team up to try to protect their Iron Giant.
	www.showbizdata.com /credits.cfm?mid=101423 (116 words)

	The Iron Giant Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iron Giant is a delightful Warner Brothers animated feature that didn’t make much of an impact at the box office when initially released.
		The Iron Giant is a great example of how good a family film can be when its creators don’t belittle the audience.
		The Giant is unquestionably frightening and awesome, especially when viewed from a low angle, which makes it easy for us to forgive many of the characters’ fear of him.
	www.geocities.com /d-patanella/irongiant.html (477 words)

	THE IRON GIANT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is Hogarth's 1957 world, the Iron Giant, and a traditional cartoon style used for television and public service films.
		The style of the Giant is reminiscent of the classic animated "Gigantor," but when provoked looks more like his more modern counterparts like "Voltron" or "The Power Rangers." They employ the C.G.I. animation to create a 3-dimensional look to the film's environments, like the sea and Forrest.
		THE IRON GIANT is a rare cinematic event to share repeatedly with friends and family.
	www.fearsmag.com /REVIEWS/movies/irongiant/irongiant.html (666 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: The Iron Giant review
		Largely overlooked during its theatrical release, The Iron Giant received strong critical notices and has already amassed a growing cult audience, which is usually a sign that despite the box office tallies, audiences may have missed out.
		Both book and film tell the story of a boy who befriends a rather large and clunky robot, the "Iron Giant," who is as innocent and well meaning as he is intimidating.
		Cynics out there might not enjoy the simplicity and easy emotions of the film, but this is the type of story that is really best left for one to experience with a child-like attitude and open frame of mind.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/irongiant.htm (711 words)

	Movie-Page.com: "THE IRON GIANT"
		The Iron Giant Collector's Edition DVD is expected to contain a wealth of bonus material not found on the original DVD release.
		In the deleted scene, the Giant is in the junkyard having a bad dream that is transmitted to Dean's TV while Dean is watching a late night talk show.
		The Iron Giant tells us a wonderful story of a boy and his robot, with funny gags, poignant moments, and important messages.
	www.movie-page.com /1999/TheIronGiant.htm (485 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Iron Giant -- Brad Bird - VHS
		Hogarth must keep the iron man hidden from his mother (Jennifer Aniston) and a snooping government agent (Christopher McDonald) determined to find the metal man and destroy it.
		The Iron Giant is loosely based on the book The Iron Man by late British poet Ted Hughes, previously adapted for the stage by rock musician Pete Townshend, who executive produced the film.
		This story about a boy and a giant robot that doesn't remember what he's supposed to be, is the perfect example of what an animated film should be like.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=mHu1SuT6VN&ean=85391809838&FRM=0 (788 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'Iron Giant'
		Though Tetsujin 28-go and the Iron Giant are both are colossal flying robots with metal crests on their heads, there are differences.
		The Iron Giant is wasp waisted and lantern eyed, a retro-robot drawn as if by Chris Ware or Winsor McKay.
		I am not claiming The Iron Giant is the first boy and robot movie, that's absurd.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/08.05.99/irongiant2-9931.html (360 words)

	The Iron Giant (review)
		No, Iron Giant is competing against my rose-tinted memory of those shows - shows seen back when I was so young and impressionable, when I didn't recognize the crude or amateurish, but when I was ready to soar through the sky, cradled in the hands of a giant flying robot.
		The characters are all interesting and well-defined, especially the boy, Hogarth Hughes (voiced by Eli Marienthal) and the giant robot, voiced in basso profundo by Vin Diesel.
		However, I would still have to say that Iron Giant is a slick 90's take-off of the 60's Gigantor.
	www.frankwu.com /iron.html (1001 words)

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