A.I. Artificial Intelligence (film)

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Development of A.I. originally began with producer-director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a> in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers up until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw" title="Bob Shaw">Bob Shaw</a>, Ian Watson, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Maitland" title="Sara Maitland">Sara Maitland</a>. The film languished in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a> for years, partly because Kubrick felt <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer-generated imagery</a> was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would convincingly portray. In 1995, Kubrick handed A.I. to Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick's death in 1999. Spielberg remained close to Watson's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_treatment" title="Film treatment">film treatment</a> for the screenplay. The film was greeted with generally favorable reviews from critics and grossed approximately $235 million. A small credit appears after the end credits which reads, "For Stanley Kubrick."

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In early 1994, the film was in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-production" title="Pre-production">pre-production</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%22Fangorn%22_Baker" title='Christopher "Fangorn" Baker'>Christopher "Fangorn" Baker</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_art" title="Concept art">concept artist</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Maitland" title="Sara Maitland">Sara Maitland</a> assisting on the story, which gave it "a feminist fairy-tale focus".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-Ian-6">[6]</a> Maitland said that Kubrick never referred to the film as A.I., but as Pinocchio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-FAQ-10">[10]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham" title="Chris Cunningham">Chris Cunningham</a> became the new visual effects supervisor. Some of his unproduced work for A.I. can be seen on the DVD, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_of_Director_Chris_Cunningham" title="The Work of Director Chris Cunningham" class="mw-redirect">The Work of Director Chris Cunningham</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Aside from considering computer animation, Kubrick also had <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mazzello" title="Joseph Mazzello">Joseph Mazzello</a> do a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_test" title="Screen test">screen test</a> for the lead role.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-FAQ-10">[10]</a> Cunningham helped assemble a series of "little robot-type humans" for the David character. "We tried to construct a little boy with a movable rubber face to see whether we could make it look appealing," producer Jan Harlan reflected. "But it was a total failure, it looked awful." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Moravec" title="Hans Moravec">Hans Moravec</a> was brought in as a technical consultant.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-FAQ-10">[10]</a> Meanwhile, Kubrick and Harlan thought A.I. would be closer to Steven Spielberg's sensibilities as director.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-find-14">[14]</a> Kubrick handed the position to Spielberg in 1995, but Spielberg chose to direct other projects, and convinced Kubrick to remain as director.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-involve-11">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-creai-15">[15]</a> The film was put on hold due to Kubrick's commitment to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Wide_Shut" title="Eyes Wide Shut">Eyes Wide Shut</a> (1999).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-Harry-16">[16]</a> After the filmmaker's death in March 1999, Harlan and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Kubrick" title="Christiane Kubrick">Christiane Kubrick</a> approached Spielberg to take over the director's position.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-18">[18]</a> By November 1999, Spielberg was writing the screenplay based on Watson's 90-page story treatment. It was his first solo screenplay credit since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind" title="Close Encounters of the Third Kind">Close Encounters of the Third Kind</a> (1977).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Spielberg remained close to Watson's treatment, but removed various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_scene" title="Sex scene" class="mw-redirect">sex scenes</a> with Gigolo Joe, which Kubrick had in mind.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Pre-production was briefly halted during February 2000, because Spielberg pondered directing other projects, which were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone%28film%29" title="Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)">Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report%28film%29" title="Minority Report (film)">Minority Report</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Geisha%28film%29" title="Memoirs of a Geisha (film)">Memoirs of a Geisha</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-Harry-16">[16]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-20">[20]</a> When he decided to fast track A.I., Spielberg brought Chris Baker back as concept artist.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.Artificial_Intelligence#cite_note-creai-15">[15]</a>

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Male sex robot scene from "Artificial Intelligence" (2001) film by Steven Spielberg: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVQWech6N0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVQWech6N0</a>

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (film)

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