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Astro Boy [DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 210265DV | E1 Entertainment. Publication details: [Toronto] : distributed in Canada by E1 Entertainment, c2010.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., colOther title:

Astroboy [videorecording (DVD)]
French title from container: Astro [videorecording (DVD)]

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Imagi Animation Studios ; Tezuka Production Company ; produced by Maryann Garger ; story by David Bowers ; screenplay by Timothy Hyde Harris, David Bowers ; directed by David Bowers ; music by John Ottman.

Cast: Starring the voice talents of: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Charlene Theron and Nicolas Cage.Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J DVD	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	J DVD 4-21 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		32107000496898

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Based on the original manga series by Osamu Tezuka.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Animated.

Imagi Animation Studios ; Tezuka Production Company ; produced by Maryann Garger ; story by David Bowers ; screenplay by Timothy Hyde Harris, David Bowers ; directed by David Bowers ; music by John Ottman.

Starring the voice talents of: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Charlene Theron and 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.