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Release date: June 29, 2001
Studios: Warner Bros. & DreamWorks
Running time: 145 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Ken Leung, Michael Mantell, Michael Berresse, Kathy Morris, Adrian Grenier, Meryl Streep, Ashley Scott, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Clara Bellar, Jack Angel, Paula Malcomson, Ben Kingsley, Enrico Colantoni, April Grace
Technical information: Technicolor, Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
Stanley Kubrick's long-awaited project about an android boy is finally brought to the screen by director Stephen Spielberg.
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Music: John Williams
Orchestrations: John Neufeld
Music editor: Ken Wannberg
Assistant music editor: Peter Myles
Scoring mixer: Shawn Murphy
Solo vocal performance: Barbara Bonney
Chorus: Los Angeles Master Chorale
Score recorded at: Sony Scoring Stage and Royce Hall
Although the soundtrack album contains a pop-song version of the film's main theme ("For Always," with lyrics by Cynthia Weil) this song does not appear in the film. Williams recruited soprano Barbara Bonney to sing a wordless vocalise version of the theme for the film's score.
Warner 48096-2
The soundtrack album for A.I. (Warner Sunset/Warner Bros. 48096-2) was released by Warner Bros. records July 3, 2001. In addition to just over one hour of music from the film score, the CD contains two version of the song "For Always" not used in the film (one a solo by Lara Fabian, the other a duet with Fabian and Josh Groban). The following month it was released in DVD-Audio format, featuring the same contents as the original release. In December of 2001, Warner Bros. Studios released a non-commercial 2-CD edition of the score to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; it omits the two renditions of the song "For Always" heard on the commercial soundtrack release, but includes a great deal of previously unreleased music from the score.
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has released a piano/vocal version of the song "For Always."
References
"Spielberg's Journey into a Darkness of the Heart," Rick Lyman
New York Times, Jun 24 2001
"Do Androids Long for Mom?" A. O. Scott
New York Times, Jun 29 2001
"Williams' touch on A.I. lingers," Richard Dyer
Boston Globe, Jul 6 2001, C, 1
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Internet Movie Database entry for A.I.
Cinebooks Database entry for A.I.
All Movie Guide entry for A.I.
Official web site for A.I.
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