'The Iron Giant' trivia and fun facts

The last name for Annie and Hogarth, Hughes, is an homage to Ted Hughes, author of the original children's book upon which the movie is based.

This film is set in 1957, the same year the film's writer/director Brad Bird was born.

Was originally meant to be a musical. Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff developed it as a stage musical, using songs from Pete Townshend's concept album 'The Iron Man'.

When Hogarth first shows the Giant his Superman comics, the theme music from the Max Fleischer 'Superman' (1941) cartoons of the 1940's is heard in the background.

Brad Bird personally animated the scene where Hogarth rants to Dean about his problems in a super fast pace after he gives him Espresso.

Peter Cullen, Sean Connery, Frank Welker, and James Earl Jones were considered to voice the role of The Iron Giant, but it went over to Vin Diesel instead.

Excluding the yells and groans, The Iron Giant only said a total of 53 words.

First traditionally-animated feature to have a major character - the title character - who is fully computer-generated.