A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- During the filming of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Haley Joel Osment improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
- Steven Spielberg originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- The original script for A.I. Artificial Intelligence was written over a decade before production finally began in 2001.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a 2001 American science fiction drama directed by Steven Spielberg, based on a project originally developed by Stanley Kubrick over two decades. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, the first robot child programmed to love unconditionally, who is adopted by a couple whose biological son is in a comatose state.
When the real son recovers and David's place in the family becomes untenable, the robot boy is abandoned in the wilderness and embarks on a Pinocchio-inspired quest to become a real boy so his mother will love him again. A.I. was one of the most ambitious and divisive films of Spielberg's career — the combination of Kubrick's cold, philosophical conception with Spielberg's warmth and sentimentality created a tonal tension that some found brilliantly complex and others found incoherent. Haley Joel Osment's performance was astonishing in its uncanny quality — his David expressed love with an intensity that was simultaneously touching and unsettling, as the audience was never quite sure whether his emotions were genuine consciousness or sophisticated programming.
Jude Law's Gigolo Joe, a pleasure robot on the run, added darkly comic energy. The film earned $235 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.
