Astro Boy (2009)

Director:

David Bowers

Writers:

Osamu Tezuka (manga)
David Bowers (story)
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Release Date:

23 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Have a blast.

Plot:

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant...

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Scientist | Orphan | Pizza | Flying Robot

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Charlize Theron	...	'Our Friends' Narrator (voice)
Freddie Highmore	...	Astro / Toby (voice)
Ryan Stiles	...	Mr. Moustachio / Burning Robot (voice)
Eugene Levy	...	Orrin (voice)
Nicolas Cage	...	Dr. Tenma (voice)
Donald Sutherland	...	President Stone (voice)
Bill Nighy	...	Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
David Alan Grier	...	Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
Alan Tudyk	...	Mr. Squeegee / Scrapheap Head / Stinger Two (voice)
Newell Alexander	...	General Heckler (voice)
Bob Logan	...	Stinger One (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Trashcan (voice)
Kristen Bell	...	Cora (voice)
Moises Arias	...	Zane (voice)
Sterling Beaumon	...	Sludge (voice)
Madeline Carroll	...	Widget (voice)
Matt Lucas	...	Sparx (voice)
David Bowers	...	Mike the Fridge (voice)
Elle Fanning	...	Grace (voice)
Nathan Lane	...	Hamegg (voice)
Sofia Bowers	...	The Little Stinker (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Zog (voice)
Nicole Fletcher	...	Oh No! Kid (voice)
Maryann Garger	...	Dr. Pigknuckle / Newscaster (voice)
Tiffany L. Kurtz	...	Bride to Be (voice) (as Tiffany Hillkurtz)
David Feiss	...	Cowboy Robot (voice)
Nicholas Guest	...	French Waiter Robot (voice)
Max Burkholder	...	Billy (voice)
Victor Bonavida	...	Sam (voice)
Steve Alterman	...	Press Secretary (voice)
Rif Hutton	...	Metro City Sergeant (voice)
Madeleine Russell	...	Metro City Girl (voice)
Pilar Flynn	...	Cora's Mom (voice)
Tony Matthews	...	Cora's Dad (voice)

Directed by
David Bowers

Writing credits
Osamu Tezuka		(manga)
David Bowers		(story)
Timothy Harris		(written by) (as Timothy Hyde Harris) &
David Bowers		(written by)

Produced by
Pilar Flynn	....	line producer
Maryann Garger	....	producer
Francis Kao	....	executive producer
Cecil Kramer	....	executive producer
Ken Tsumura	....	executive producer
Paul Wang	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Ottman

Cinematography by
Pepe Valencia

Film Editing by
Robert Anich		(as Robert Anich Cole)

Casting by
Linda Lamontagne

Production Design by
Sam Michlap

Art Direction by
Jake Rowell

Costume Design by
Jane Poole

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Kathy Cavaiola-Hill	....	production supervisor (Script/Recording)
Desmond Chan	....	production manager
Greg Emerson	....	production supervisor
Sefine Leung	....	production manager
Romney T. Marino	....	production supervisor
Tony Matthews	....	production manager
Charlie Sweitzer	....	production supervisor
Emerald Wong	....	production manager

Art Department
Brian Beppu	....	visual development artist
Jun Falkenstein	....	storyboard artist
Alex Hill	....	storyboard artist (as Alex Hillkurtz)
Elizabeth Ito	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Johnson	....	head of story
Mark Lefitz	....	visual development artist
Donald Reich	....	visual development artist
Scott Seeto	....	visual development artist
Nicolas Weis	....	visual development artist

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Tim Atkins	....	original dialogue mixer
Paul Aulicino	....	supervising foley editor
James Bolt	....	sound mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Cole	....	recordist
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Dan Hegeman	....	sound effects editor (as Daniel Hegeman)
Thomas Jones	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Michael Kalifa	....	audio layback technician
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Ronnie Morgan	....	sound assistant
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
George Simpson	....	sound effects editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Walston	....	sound designer
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer

Visual Effects by
Robert Burden	....	visual effects
Brooks Campbell	....	matte painter
Desmond Chan	....	supervising technical director
Lan-Fang Chang	....	senior technical director
Yan Chen	....	visual effects supervisor
Thomas R. Dickens	....	concept artist / modeler
John Dillon	....	motion graphics artist
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Joseph Lam	....	senior lighting artist
Shun Sing Edward Lee	....	senior lighting supervisor: IMAGI Studios
Jimmy Leung	....	effects artist: Imagi Studio
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	matte painter
Kino Scialabba	....	matte painter
Jesse Silver	....	lead matte painter
Marlon Sutherland	....	senior lighting artist
Waikit Wan	....	assistant cg supervisor
Don Wong	....	assistant cg supervisor
Sheung Leung Yeung	....	visual effects artist

Animation Department
Stuart Allan	....	layout artist
Dominic Bisignano	....	layout artist
Roger Borelli	....	visual development artist
Pablo Calvillo	....	layout artist
Lai Lok Chau	....	supervising animator
Tim Cheung	....	head of animation
Will Finn	....	storyboard artist
Maximilian Graenitz	....	animator "Our Friends The Robots"
Luis Grané	....	character designer
Marianne Hayden	....	layout artist
Earl A. Hibbert	....	senior layout artist
Andreas Hikel	....	senior layout artist
Jakob Hjort Jensen	....	animation director
Jakob Hjort Jensen	....	supervising animator
Yanni Ko	....	animator
Yung Ting Lam	....	character animator
John Lee	....	layout artist
Matt Lee	....	layout artist
Paul Ming Tak Lee	....	animator
Randy Link	....	animator
William Maurer	....	production supervisor: animation crew
Kim Ooi	....	animation director
Kevin Scharff	....	layout artist
Yu Chun Wing Vincent	....	animator
Hock Wong	....	layout artist
Michael Zavala	....	story coordinator: Imagi Animation Studios
Adam Holmes	....	layout artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
James Ahern	....	digital intermediate editor
Brian Beard	....	digital intermediate editor
Anthony Durazzo	....	assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Adam Hawkey	....	digital intermediate colorist
Michael John Koetter	....	software engineer
Tiffany L. Kurtz	....	second editor (as Tiffany Hillkurtz)
Peter Mayer	....	digital intermediate producer
Ray Hansel Morales	....	production supervisor
John Venzon	....	additional editor

Music Department
Thomas Bowes	....	orchestra leader
Andrew Crowley	....	musician
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Kristopher Gee	....	additional arrangements
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Amanda Goodpaster	....	music editor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Larry Groupé	....	orchestrator
Dave Hage	....	score librarian
Todd Homme	....	music supervisor
Lewis Jones	....	pro tools recordist
Lewis Jones	....	score assistant engineer
Jo Ann Kane	....	copyist
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Jason Livesay	....	orchestrator
Frank Macchia	....	orchestrator
Charlotte Matthews	....	assistant orchestra contractor
Jenny O'Grady	....	choirmaster
Sam Okell	....	assistant mix engineer
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Roxana Pope	....	score assistant engineer (as Roxy Pope)
Jeffrey Schindler	....	conductor
Jeffrey Schindler	....	orchestrator
Casey Stone	....	music engineer
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Casey Stone	....	score recordist
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello

Other crew
Carly Berezin	....	production coordinator
Lan-Fang Chang	....	technical director
Itzzia Cohen	....	marketing coordinator
Michael Davison	....	assistant: Nicolas Cage
John Christian de Leon	....	technical director
Brett Feeney	....	vice president of production
Lawrence Gan	....	assistant to executive producer
Maximilian Graenitz	....	title designer: end credits
Jono Hirsch	....	assistant production accountant
Mary Howie	....	layout production assistant
Danny Johnston	....	first assistant production accountant
Tim Kwan	....	production coordinator
Michael Lachance	....	story consultant
Zachary Lam Wing Ho	....	system engineer
Maude Lewis	....	production executive
Bianca Margiotta	....	production coordinator
William Maurer	....	production supervisor: animated movies
Volney McFarlin	....	assistant: Mr. Jackson
Christina Miller	....	executive assistant: executive producer
Stephen Martin Paull	....	executive assistant: Maryann Garger (as Stephen Paull)
Jake Rowell	....	title designer: main title sequence
Yoshihiro Shimizu	....	creative consultant
Mark Tarbox	....	production executive
Macoto Tezuka	....	creative consultant
Peter John Vaughan	....	technical director

Thanks
Erik Feig	....	special thanks
Anthony Stacchi	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Imagi Animation Studios
• Imagi Crystal
• Tezuka Production Company Ltd.

Distributors

• International Film Distribution Consultants (2010) (Non-USA) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2010) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Summit Distribution (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Summit Entertainment (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Belga Films (2009) (Benelux) (all media)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Endgame Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (in association with)
• Enlight Pictures (2009) (China) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Golden Harvest Company (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Hoyts Distribution (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Intercontinental Video (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• KD Media (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (all media)
• Kadokawa Pictures (2009) (Japan) (all media)
• Monolith (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2009) (Scandinavia) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• PVR Pictures (2010) (India) (all media)
• Panasia Films (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Paris Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• SND (2009) (France) (all media)
• Summit Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Summit Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• United King Films (2009) (Israel) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• iO Films  digital intermediate
• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities
• Abbey Road Studios  music mixed at
• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Bridge, The  dialogue recording studio
• Dakota Music Services  music librarian
• Flagstaff Studios  dialogue recording studio
• Howard Schwartz Recording  dialogue recording studio (as Howard Schwartz)
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  copyist: US (as Jo Ann Kane Music Services)
• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr voice casting (as L.A. MadDogs)
• L.A. Studios, The  dialogue recording studio (as L.A. Studios)
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Margarita Mix  dialogue recording studio
• Metro Voices  choir
• POP Sound  dialogue recording studio
• Real World Studios  dialogue recording studio
• Reigate St. Mary's Oratory School  children's choir
• Reigate St. Mary's Oratory School  children's choir (as Choristers of Reigate St. Mary)
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Soundelux  sound editorial
• Technicolor  release printing
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• iO Film  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some action and peril, and brief mild language

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #45465) | Japan:G | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Hong Kong:I | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Peru:PT | Netherlands:6 | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/6 (dubbed version) | Malaysia:PG-13 | Spain:T

Company:

Imagi Animation Studios

Trivia:

At one point, Brad Bird was interested in directing.

Goofs:

Continuity: The number of reporters waiting for president Stone near the end of the movie keeps changing from 11 to 16 between shots.

Quotes:

Astro Boy:I was made ready

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Aladdin (1992)

Soundtrack:

All Right

Nice family movie

I never expected to see some high-art film when I saw the trailer for the movie. It's Astro Boy, the kid fighting evil aliens or robots on Saturday mornings. I expect it to be just a movie about a young super kid fighting.. well.. robots and aliens.

So when I walked into the movie I was pleasantly surprised that there are more than fighting in the movie. I was touched in many places where the father (Dr. Tenma) and son (Toby/ Astro)'s bittersweet relationship is shown. The acting is GREAT! Both by the actors (Nicholas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, they're all great) and by the animators in Hong Kong.

There are also many funny moments, although not enough time was given to laugh at them. I wish the pacing was a bit slower at the start of the movie (but I read many people were bored at the start of the movie). Well.. the problem is that they need to zip in all the story about the beginning of Astroboy, in about 15-20 minutes time.

I love the little robots like Trash Can and the RRF. They are such relief makers in the movie. Most of the funny moments came from them.

I read reviews about certain political agendas etc, in the movie. But i disagree. Those statements are only made to support the story, and shouldn't be looked at with too much thought. Remember this is a kid's movie, and should be taken lightly as an entertainment source, don't think too much about it.

I don't really get why the box office for this movie is so bad. I mean, this is WAY BETTER THAN Bee Movie, or Space Chimps, or Open Season 2... SERIOUSLY. It deserves better.

I went to see this movie on a Saturday and there were a lot of parents with kids in the cinema. When the movie finished the kids were happy and thrilled and said "That was awesome!" Take your kids to this movie. They'll love it.