| Uniform Title |
Astro Boy (Motion picture : 2009) |
| Title |
Astro Boy |
| Published |
United States : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009. |
| ©2009. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (90 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. |
| Based on the original comic strip series by Osamu Tezuka. |
| Special features: "Drawing a hero" featurette; "Getting the Astro Boy look" featurette. |
| Co-production between Hong Kong and United States. |
| Credits |
Produced by Maryann Garger ; screenplay by Timothy Harris, David Bowers ; directed by David Bowers |
| Performers |
Voices of: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage. |
| Summary |
Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen (16x9), 1.78:1, standard TV (4:3). |
| Language note |
In English. English captions [CC] (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Subjects |
Tezuka, Osamu, -- 1926-1989 -- Film adaptations |
| Robots -- Juvenile films |
| Scientists -- Juvenile films |
| Families -- Juvenile films |
| Superheroes -- Juvenile films |
| Genre |
Computer animation films |
| Children's films |
| Action and adventure films |
| Comedy films |
| Science fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Bowers, David, 1970- director, writer. |
| Garger, Maryann producer. |
| Bell, Kristen, 1980- actor. |
| Cage, Nicolas, 1965- actor. |
| Highmore, Freddie, 1992- actor. |
| Lane, Nathan, 1956- actor. |
| Levy, Eugene, 1946- actor. |
| Lucas, Matt, 1974- actor. |
| Nighy, Bill, 1949- actor. |
| Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor. |
| Tezuka, Osamu, 1926-1989. Tetsuwan Atomu. English Based on (work). |
| Added Corporate Names |
Imagi Animation Studios production company |
| Tezuka Purodakushon production company |
| Summit Entertainment production company |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Bell, Kristen, 1980- .
- Bowers, David, 1970- .
- Cage, Nicolas, 1965- .
- Garger, Maryann .
- Highmore, Freddie, 1992- .
- Imagi Animation Studios .
- Lane, Nathan, 1956- .
- Levy, Eugene, 1946- .
- Lucas, Matt, 1974- .
- Nighy, Bill, 1949- .
- Summit Entertainment .
- Sutherland, Donald, 1935- .
- Tezuka, Osamu, 1926-1989. Tetsuwan Atomu. English .
- Tezuka Purodakushon .
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