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The Iron Giant   1999         PG, 80 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Sci-Fi Director: Brad Bird   Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Bergman, Ollie Johnston, Jack Angel, Rodger Bumpass   In this animated feature film, set in 1957, a giant mechanical man (voice of Vin Diesel) drops from the sky and lands near a small town in Maine where he is befriended by young Hogarth Hughes (voice of Eli Marienthal). Although Hogarth's neighbors and the U.S. government worry that the robot is a Soviet weapon, by story's end, the message against weapons and war are very clear. The moral is that humans CAN make choices. Cast Jennifer Aniston Annie Hughes (voice) Eli Marienthal Hogarth Hughes (voice) Harry Connick Jr. Dean McCoppin (voice) Vin Diesel The Iron Giant (voice) Christopher McDonald Kent Mansley (voice) James Gammon Marv/Floyd/Gen Sudokoff(voice) Cloris Leachman Mrs. Lynley (voice) John Mahoney General Rogard (voice) M. Emmet Walsh Earl Stutz (voice) Mary Kay Bergman Various Voices Ollie Johnston Train Engineer (voice) Jack Angel Various Voices Rodger Bumpass Various Voices