The Iron Giant premiered –

July 30, 1999

Warner Bros. Feature Animation released the directorial debut of The Iron Giant, featuring the voice of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald, and M. Emmet Walsh, on this date

The scene the Giant’s hand is in the living room watching a Maypo cereal advertisement was changed in the “Signature Edition” to an advertisement for the Disneyland attraction, Tomorrowland. Brad Bird originally wanted the Tomorrowland advert in the film as an homage to his mentors, but Disney would not give him clearance to use it. Bird ended up directing the film Tomorrowland.

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