| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, 50 GB, BR50; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Voices: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Pepe Valencia ; editor, Robert Anich Cole ; music, John Ottman. |
| Note |
Based on the original comic strip series by Osamu Tezuka. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for some action and peril, and brief mild language. |
| Summary |
Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. |
| Note |
Special features: "Drawing a hero" featurette; "The real Metro City" featurette; "Inside the recording booth" featurette; "Getting the Astro Boy look" featurette. |
| Language |
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Robots -- Drama.
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Scientists -- Drama.
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Grief in men -- Drama.
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Betrayal -- Drama.
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Gladiators -- Drama.
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Reconciliation -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy films.
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Science fiction films.
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Animated films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Garger, Maryann.
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Harris, Timothy, 1946-
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Bowers, David.
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Highmore, Freddie, 1992-
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Bell, Kristen, 1980-
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Lane, Nathan, 1956-
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Levy, Eugene, 1946-
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Lucas, Matt, 1974-
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Nighy, Bill, 1949-
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Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
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Cage, Nicolas, 1965-
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Ottman, John.
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Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.
Tetsuwan Atomu. English.
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Imagi Animation Studios.
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Tezuka Purodakushon.
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Summit Entertainment.
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| Standard No. |
025192058493 |
| Music No. |
66113409 Summit Entertainment |
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