Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Steven Spielberg; Ian Watson

From short story: Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss

Keywords: Sci-Fi, Robots, Dystopian

A humanoid robot embarks on a quixotic journey to become "real", thereby earning his adoptive mother's true affection.

ABSTRACT
Global warming ravages a near-future Earth by drowning our planet's coastal cities, forcing the human race to retreat inland. Driven to innovate just as they had during so many other calamities throughout history, humanity invents the "mecha", a hyper-realistic humanoid robot designed to assist humans in saving themselves; one such robot, David, becomes the property of a woman intending to nurture him as a replacement for her son stricken with an incurable disease, soon setting out on a Pinocchio-esque quest to become "real" as a means of winning his mom's love after a cure for her son's ailment is discovered and he is returned home.

Strong character development and a gripping narrative largely make up for this Steven Spielberg epic's overindulgence in popcorn-grabbing sap. Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Visual Effects.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Enrico Colantoni	Actor	14-Feb-1963		Elliot DiMauro on Just Shoot Me!
Michael Fishman	Actor	22-Oct-1981		D.J. Conner on Roseanne
Brendan Gleeson	Actor	29-Mar-1955		Mad-Eye Moody
Clark Gregg	Actor	2-Apr-1962		The New Adventures of Old Christine
Adrian Grenier	Actor	10-Jul-1976		Vincent Chase on Entourage
William Hurt	Actor	20-Mar-1950		Altered States, Broadcast News
Al Jourgensen	Musician	9-Oct-1958		Lead for industrial band Ministry
Ben Kingsley	Actor	31-Dec-1943		Gandhi
Jude Law	Actor	29-Dec-1972		Gattaca
Paula Malcomson	Actor	1970		Trixie on Deadwood
Kathryn Morris	Actor	28-Jan-1969		Lilly Rush on Cold Case
Frances O'Connor	Actor	12-Jun-1967		Artificial Intelligence: AI
Haley Joel Osment	Actor	10-Apr-1988		Saw dead people in The Sixth Sense
Sam Robards	Actor	16-Dec-1961		Get a Life
Chris Rock	Comic	7-Feb-1965		Everybody Hates Chris
Ashley Scott	Actor	13-Jul-1977		Dark Angel
Brent Sexton	Actor	23-Jul-1953		Stan Larsen on The Killing
Meryl Streep	Actor	22-Jun-1949		The Deer Hunter
Jake Thomas	Actor	30-Jan-1990		Matt on Lizzie McGuire
Robin Williams	Comic	21-Jul-1951	11-Aug-2014	Mork from Ork

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