The Iron Giant

Trivia: The film was originally developed as a musical by Pete Townshend, the guitarist of The Who. While it evolved into the science fiction story it became, Townshend still receives an "executive producer" credit.

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Trivia: At the end of the movie, when the screw is tapping on the window for Hogarth to let it out, it's actually tapping the word "Go" in Morse code. This could further be a play on Iron Giant saying earlier in the movie, "I go, you stay, no following".

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Trivia: When Hogarth first goes into Dean's house, there's artwork all about. One of which is a painting on the wall that has the common animation Easter egg of A113, a famous animation studio, which has that number appear in many animated films. Later in the film, a farmer is showing Mansly his half-eaten car, and the license plate also shows A113 but partially eaten.

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Trivia: After Mansley's car is eaten by the Giant and disappears, Mansley is trying to get Marv to look at it but doesn't realise it's gone yet. Marv then asks, "What are we looking at here, Manly?" leaving out the S in Mansley to call him Manly. This was a mistake on the voice actor's part, but Brad Bird liked it and thought it appropriate for the character, so left that take in.

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Continuity mistake: When the Iron Giant follows Hogarth home they cross a railwayline and the Giant starts to eat the steel rail. During this scene you can see the distance of the railway sleepers changing from a fair distance apart to close together over the course of the shots. In the same scene you can also see that, although there is a crossing with lights, no vehicle could possibly pass as the rail has no crossover facility at that level. (00:24:30)

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Question: Do we ever hear what happened to Hogarth's father?

Answer: He was in the military. Probably died in the military.

Answer: No.

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