The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated science fiction film, written and directed by Brad Bird, produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Script (written by Tim McCanlies ), and for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. It is based on a children's book by Ted Hughes, The Iron Man. A young boy named Hogarth Hughes discovers an amnesiac "iron man", and saves him from electrocution. Grateful, the childlike fellow becomes friends with him. Now, Hogarth has to stop the army and a egotistical federal agent from finding him and killing him out of paranoia with the help of Dean, a beatnik. There are many sly references to the McCarthy era and science fiction films and TV of the age. The celebrities who bring their voices are Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, and John Mahoney.

Tagline: It came from outer space!

Synopsis

The story starts in 1957, when a large meteor crashes into the water off the coast of Maine. This meteor turns out to be the Giant, a 50-60 foot robot from outer space. Meanwhile, Hogarth Hughes, home alone, is watching TV when the picture goes out. He goes outside with his BB gun in hand and finds the TV antennae chewed up on the ground. Seeing the giant in the distance, he follows him to the power station. The Giant tries to eat the power station, but gets blasted into nearby powerlines and gets electrocuted. Hogarth heroically saves the giant by shutting the power off.

The next day, government agent Kent Mansley arrives at the power station to investigate, were he finds Hogarth's BB gun. Meanwhile Hogarth goes into the woods to find the Giant. When he does, it follows him home, not understanding Hogarth when he tells him not to. When the Giant accidentally causes a train wreck, Hogarth changes his mind and hides the Giant in a barn. At the same time, the engineer of the wrecked train tells Mansley that the train ran into "a giant metal man" and tells him that the nearest phone is in Hogarth house. He phones his superior, who angrily tells him to get more evidence. when he leaves, he realizes that the BB gun he found belonged to Hogarth.

In order to conceal the Giant, Hogarth relocates the Giant to the nearby scrap yard, where the proprietor, Dean, agrees to let him stay the night. at the same time, Kent rents a room in the Huges house so he can keep an eye on Hogarth. However, Hogarth keeps one step ahead of the agent, but when Hogarth is forced to tell Kent his secret, Dean quickly fools the troops sent by Kent's General boss into thinking this is merely art. However, the Army soon discovers everything. When, despite the General being convinced the giant means no harm, Kent unleashes a missile, the Iron Giant must act, and flies into the missile. Later, Dean and Mrs. Hughes marry, there is a statue of the Giant in dedication of his noble act. The giants body parts are last seen traveling to the Langjokull glacier in Iceland to reassemble themselves.

External links

• Official website