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Widely
regarded as the first film to ever utilize the Alternate Reality Game as a
promotional tool.
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A.I.
marks Steven Spielberg's first writing credit since 1982's Poltergeist.
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When work
began on the film in 1993, Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park, Radio Flyer)
was originally cast as David.
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In order
to keep the film's PG-13 rating, a building resembling a penis was
digitally removed from the "Rouge City" set.
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A.I. was
originally inspired by the Brian Aldiss short story "Super-Toys Last All
Summer Long" published in 1969.
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During
the 1980s, Aldiss and Stanely Kubrick began developing the story into a
feature-film script. After a dispute over money and creative differences
over Kubrick's desire to use elements from Pinocchio in the film, Kubrick
fired Aldiss from the project in 1990.
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Other
writers that worked with Kubrick on the project included science fiction
writers Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Arthur C. Clarke as well as noted
feminist writer Sara Maitland and music video director Chris Cunningham.
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To date,
Osment has appeared in just one theatrically released film since A.I., the
2003 film Secondhand Lions.
