The Iron Giant, Inspired By Pete Townshend Musical, Returns To Theaters

The Iron Giant, an animated film that was ultimately inspired by a Pete Townshend rock musical, will see a re-release in theaters on October 4. The Iron Giant was inspired by a Ted Hughes’ novel, which in turn inspired Townshend’s 1989 album The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend.More »

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The Iron Giant, an animated film that was ultimately inspired by a Pete Townshend rock musical, will see a re-release in theaters on October 4. The Iron Giant was inspired by a Ted Hughes’ novel, which in turn inspired Townshend’s 1989 album The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, which featured appearances by Townshend’s Who bandmates, Nina Simone and John Lee Hooker, who played the Iron Man. “Ted’s book connected with me at many levels,” Townshend once said. “It was a post-war book, attending to the futility of the nuclear age: when a single bomb can wipe out an entire country. . . . By putting a young boy at the center of his tale, I was always working with the system I knew best: The problems of growing into manhood at such a time.” Townshend then took his idea to the stage, which led to Warner Bros. adapting it into a film. The Iron Giant was originally released in theaters in 1999. The film features Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr. as voice actors. Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «