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Astro Boy

Year:

2009

Duration:

94 min

Genres:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

David Bowers

Awards:

4 nominations

Details

Country: Hong Kong

Release Date: 2009-10-23

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,702,923 (USA) (25 October 2009)

Gross: $19,548,064 (USA) (17 January 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Charlize Theron

Elle Fanning

Astro Boy

Freddie Highmore

Astro

Ryan Stiles

Mr. Moustachio

Eugene Levy

Orrin

Nicolas Cage

Dr. Tenma

Donald Sutherland

President Stone

Bill Nighy

Dr. Elefun

David Alan Grier

Mr. Squirt

Alan Tudyk

Mr. Squeegee

Newell Alexander

General Heckler

Bob Logan

Stinger One

Dee Bradley Baker

Trashcan

Kristen Bell

Cora

Moises Arias

Zane

Sterling Beaumon

Sludge

Madeline Carroll

Widget

Matt Lucas

Sparx

David Bowers

Mike the Fridge

Nathan Lane

Hamegg

Sofia Bowers

The Little Stinker

Samuel L. Jackson

Zog

Nicole Fletcher

Oh No! Kid

Maryann Garger

Dr. Pigknuckle

Tiffany L. Kurtz

Bride to Be

David Feiss

Cowboy Robot

Nicholas Guest

French Waiter Robot

Max Burkholder

Billy

Victor Bonavida

Sam

Steve Alterman

Press Secretary

Rif Hutton

Metro City Sergeant

Madeleine Russell

Metro City Girl

Pilar Flynn

Cora's Mom

Tony Matthews

Cora's Dad

Did you know?

Trivia

A man in a red cap and glasses with a big nose appears in almost subliminal cameos throughout the film. This is the frequent self-caricature of Osamu Tezuka.

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Scarlett Johansson was set to voice Cora but was (for unknown reasons) replaced by Kristen Bell.

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In the Japanese version, Megumi Hayashibara was the only one who provided voice work for an Astro Boy anime.

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Goofs

Before activating the Peacekeeper for the second time, president Stone says that 50 reporters are waiting for him outside. The next scene shows those reporters, and there are less than 20 of them.

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The number of reporters waiting for president Stone near the end of the movie keeps changing from 11 to 16 between shots.

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Astroboy's hair-spikes change position from left to right and vice versa throughout the whole movie.

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Quotes

Astro Boy: I was made ready

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Dr. Tenma: We have to go.

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Ham Egg: Stop! The Laws of Robotic! You can't hurt a human! It's been that way for 50 years!

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