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    The Simon Laven Page has not only AI-related books from Amazon.com but also AI-related movies. All of the movies below contain Artificial Intelligence in some spooky form or another.


    Sleeve 2001: A Space Odyssey
    DVD: List Price: $8.99
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $20.99

    Obviously there was no way that 2001 could not be included and I have very little that can be said about this. You really must have this film in your collection along with 2010. More Info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve 2010: The Year We Make Contact
    DVD: List Price: $9.98
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $20.99

    You either love it or hate it. Personally, I love it. A gripping follow-up that explains to you almost as much as it doesn't. Mixing the return to Discovery, the reconnection of Hal and a monumental time for Jupiter in a very enjoyable film. More Info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve AI: Artificial Intelligence
    DVD: List Price: $9.98

    The movie that was probably not quite what Stanley Kubrick had in mind has Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law as marvels of cybernetic progress in this sci-fi rendition of Pinocchio. More Info: DVD


    Sleeve Blade Runner: The Directors Cut
    DVD: List Price: $16.95
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $35.95

    Going beyond the AI to 'Replicants', artificially created intelligent beings indistinguishable from normal humans. Harrison Ford stars as a Blade Runner, whose job is to 'retire' them, in Ridley Scott's brilliant interpretation of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" More Info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve The Day the Earth Stood Still
    DVD: List Price: $14.98
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $17.99

    The movie that made 'Klaatu barada nikto' a handy message to use in case you have to go to seek help from a robot from outer space in an emergency. Starring Gort (with support from Michael Rennie). More info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve Forbidden Planet
    DVD: List Price: $19.98

    Starring the wonderful Robby the Robot, the pop adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest is one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made. More info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1982)
    DVD: List Price: $34.98

    Featuring the manically depressed paranoid android, Marvin, and astonishingly, no computer graphics whatsoever, this 1982 BBC take on Douglas Adams' work makes for cult sci-fi. More info: DVD.


    Sleeve I, Robot
    DVD: List Price: $14.98
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $29.99

    Don't expect much of a connection to Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction. Using the familar theme of machines turning against us when robots are a part of everyday life (this time in the year 2035), this enjoyable movie has more tricks than most. More Info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve Short Circuit
    DVD: List Price: $9.99
    Blu-Ray: List Price: $19.98

    For true Artificial Intelligence it's very hard to beat Johnny 5. The wonderful character took five months to design and build and in the end there were 20 of them. Co-Starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg. More info: DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand.


    Sleeve Short Circuit 2
    DVD: List Price: $9.95

    The sometimes dated and at times almost late 1980's social satire sees 'Number Johnny Five' (as Fisher Stevens insists on calling him) on the streets of New York. The failure to produce the mini Johnny 5's seen at the opening for Christmas 1988 was probably the biggest lost marketing cause in decades. More info: DVD, On Demand


    Sleeve Westworld
    DVD: List Price: $19.98

    "Remember, nothing can go wrong" say the famous last words over the tannoy as Michael Crichton's Delos theme park becomes a vacation spot for James Brolin and Richard Benjamin, where a few things do go wrong. More Info: DVD, On Demand.



    And finally, while it's Artificial Intelligence content is debatable, it is such an enjoyable movie and the family of spaceships are just so cute...
    Sleeve Batteries Not Included
    DVD: List Price: $5.98

    So five little Artificially Intelligent spacecraft which arrive on Earth just in time to help out poor tenants with nothing more than determination to stop the destruction of their building. Great fun. More Info: DVD.


    Note: Due to fluctuations in prices caused by discounts, special offers and the fact that Amazon.com don't inform me automatically when they change, the prices listed here may not be the same as those on Amazon.com. Please e-mail me if this is the case however please be aware that Amazon.com decide the final price of any item which may be either higher or lower than the price listed here.
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