Professor Pfinklepfunder's $1 Sunday Films
Directed by Brad Bird
With Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston
Rated PG, 87 minutes
The first feature film directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille), The Iron Giant is the animated tale of an unlikely friendship between an alien robot from outer space (Vin Diesel) and a rebellious boy named Hogarth (Eli Marienthal). When a giant metal machine falls to Earth in 1958 and frightens the residents of a small town in Maine until it befriends a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices. This remastered version includes two scenes not included in the original theatrical release.
*Sponsored by the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for Classic Cinema.