Unjustly disregarded when he came out 26 years ago, this masterpiece of animation is moving even more when you know his history

Free adaptation of the news of Ted Hughes of the same name, published in 1968, The Iron Giant, published in 1999, was the first feature film by Brad Bird to sign a fist in Pixar years later.

Bitter failure in cash registers

The last 2D feature film, which was made by Hollywood (Warner in this case) at a time when the CGIs were not yet invaded by production lines, this story of the young boy was welcomed in the middle of the Cold War when he came out with very good criticism.

The viewers, every thousand times, did not follow their recommendations. The sanctions of the box office were ruthless: with the budget of about $ 70 million, the iron giant selected only 23.3 million green tickets.

It is a very brutal injustice, fortunately at this time he is responsible for removing the tablets. Thanks to the oral cavity and many television diffusion, the iron giant is unanimously recognized as a pure masterpiece today; Moreover, the emotional load is that the stones were half divided.

“It has become a success, despite serious obstacles” Declared a bird, on the day of the film 20. “He survives thanks to a wonderful word. It is incredibly pleasing because he is not related to media media or products. It is just the people who find history and those who move on it.

Intimate and very painful injury to the back of the masterpiece

But more. Originally developed by a group of Pete Taunshand Healthy Like the animated musical, the Brad Bird received the project in a very different vision.

In a 2016 documentary in the 2016, Giant Dream: Making an iron giantThe director shows how the family tragedy was inspired by this story and the message against it.

“My and Susan, who I liked very much, died because of the violence of weapons. He was killed by her husband. I was destroyed. She was killed in 1989 by her ex -husband, who sought to go to the murder suicide.

Although the animation suffered in the 90s, the bird had the opportunity to submit a dream project for Warner Bros., it came with a simple but bold idea: “What if the pistol had a soul but didn’t want a pistol?”

“I didn’t consciously think about it when I came up with an idea but my feelings Are present in a film that is finally dedicated to my sister ”.