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Scripter/director Steven Spielberg's realization of a long-in-the-works Stanley Kubrick project is set in a future where robots are used as workers and for human companionship. A couple adopts David, the first "mecha" designed to love, as a replacement for their cryogenically frozen son. But when the boy recovers, David is abandoned and undertakes a perilous quest to become "a real boy." Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, and William Hurt star. 145 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.