REAL STEEL, from DreamWorks SKG, Delivers Championship Entertainment
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- Category: Film
- Published on Sunday, 27 November 2011 23:31
- Written by Janet Walker
REAL STEEL, from DreamWorks SKG and Executive Producers Steven Spielberg and Bob Zemeckis, brings to the screen a futuristic, fast action, emotional story of hope and triumph of the human spirit.
REAL STEEL stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Keaton, Dakota Goyo as Max, Evangeline Lilly (LOST) co-stars as Bailey Tallet, the daughter of Charlie Keaton's trainer and corner man. REAL STEEL also stars Anthony Mackie and Kevin Durand along with Hope Davis, James Rebhorn and Olga Fonda.
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Director Shawn Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM/DATE NIGHT) has a kinder, gentler vision of the future where wind farming and alternative energy sources are commonplace and wind harvest turbines dot the landscape. A future where men have departed from championship boxing and Robots have become the evolution of the sport controlled by corner men with play stations, essentially Soccer Dads on the sidelines. Performance
The film begins in a lonely revamped pickup driven across a deserted 2020 East Texas countryside by Charlie Keaton, embodied by the talented Hugh Jackman, a down on his luck, emotionally challenged, former boxing champion haunted and taunted by the past. Once again, looking to win a few bucks to make it to the next stop the illusiveness of the road seems one step ahead of him.
On a journey of self discovery, Keaton finds himself recreating his deadbeat Dad role for the summer to a son Max (DAKOTA GOYO) he has never seen and can barely remember. Max Keaton, has been reared in wealth, has manners, skills, a love for robotics, the World of Robotics Boxing League (WRB) and a quality, common sense, obviously inherited from his mother.
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The two set out on a father son bonding trip. Keaton, staying true to his gamblers addiction purchases a fighting bot, NOISY BOY, to play the odds and win back some "real" easy money.
Needless to say, betting on the long shot, the 100-to-one odds at the track, leaves the two Kenton's depleted of cash, bot, and pride. Dumpster diving, he and the kid head out to scavenge for parts. A rain storm ensues the two, part man, part boy and all boy, are digging in the mud when potential disaster strikes. Max, is saved from death by a dead bot, a sparring partner buried in the mud. The only one with any plans or common sense he digs the bot of his muddy grave and rescues him from his fate: A junk yard nothing, tossed away, dead and already buried.
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REAL STEEL is produced by Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, along with Mary McLaglen and Josh McLaglen. The screenplay is written by John Gatins, from a story by Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven. REAL STEEL is based in part on legendary sci-fi master Richard Matheson's short story titled STEEL, which was adapted for a 1963 Twilight Zone episode, starring Lee Marvin. Producers include Don Murphy, Susan Montford and Shawn Levy.
REAL STEEL has all the elements of the great period defining films we love, real emotion, fresh storyline and fabulous special affects! REAL STEEL, with all the heart that made moviegoers stand and applaud The Italian Stallion, will have audiences cheering for Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo.
Director Shawn Levy delivers great futuristic boxing sequences, deep retrospect and genuinely funny moments!
REAL STEEL opens in theaters everywhere 10.7.2011!
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