Astro Boy
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | Goodland DVD Collection | AV PG Rated | DVD AST #1847 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39124000209703 |
Based on the original comic strip series by Osamu Tezuka.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: "Drawing a hero" featurette; "The real Metro City" featurette; "Inside the recording booth" featurette; "Getting the Astro Boy look" featurette.
Director of photography, Pepe Valencia ; editor, Robert Anich Cole ; music, John Ottman.
Voices: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage.
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.
MPAA rating: PG; for some action and peril, and brief mild language.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual layer.
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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