A.I. Artificial Intelligence ~ 2001 Sci-Fi Drama ~ Haley J Osment ~ Movie DVD

Directed by  Steven Spielberg
Produced by   
                   Kathleen Kennedy
                   Steven Spielberg
                   Bonnie Curtis

Screenplay by  Steven Spielberg
Story by  Ian Watson
Based on    "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss

Starring   
    Haley Joel Osment
    Jude Law
    Frances O'Connor
    Brendan Gleeson
    William Hurt

Music by John Williams
Cinematography  Janusz Kamiński
Edited by    Michael Kahn
Production company
    Amblin Entertainment
                  Stanley Kubrick Productions

Distributed by   
     Warner Bros. Pictures
     (United States)
     DreamWorks Pictures
     (International)

Release date  June 29, 2001

Running time  146 minutes

A.I. Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Ian Watson, and based on the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. It was co-produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Bonnie Curtis, and stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, and William Hurt. Set in a futuristic post-climate change society, A.I. tells the story of David (Osment), a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love.

Development of A.I. originally began with producer-director Stanley Kubrick, after he acquired the rights to Aldiss' story in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson, and Sara Maitland. The film languished in protracted development for years, partly because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would convincingly portray. In 1995, Kubrick handed A.I. to Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick's death in 1999. Spielberg remained close to Watson's film treatment for the screenplay.