Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
- friendship
- small town
- based on novel or book
- self sacrifice
- cold war
- villain
- alien
- meteorite
- giant robot
- robot
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jennifer Aniston
Annie Hughes (voice)
Harry Connick Jr.
Dean McCoppin (voice)
Vin Diesel
The Iron Giant (voice)
James Gammon
Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)
- Cloris Leachman — Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
- Christopher McDonald — Kent Mansley (voice)
- John Mahoney — General Rogard (voice)
- Eli Marienthal — Hogarth Hughes (voice)
- M. Emmet Walsh — Earl Stutz (voice)
- Jack Angel — Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen — Additional Voices (voice)
- Mary Kay Bergman — Additional Voices (voice)
- Michael Bird — Additional Voices (voice)
- Devon Cole Borisoff — Additional Voices (voice)
- Rodger Bumpass — Additional Voices (voice)
- Directed
- Brad Bird
- Written
- Brad Bird, Tim McCanlies
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 6,347 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Feature Animation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
