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Steamboy

Steamboy

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Beautiful animation set in the Victorian era, about a young inventor whose life is endangered by a mysterious contraption called the...

CertificatePG

Duration100 mins

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  • Tanisha, 10
  • 1 reviews

Steamboy will get your ears steaming

1 stars

27 Oct 2018

Tanisha Begum

teamboy is a Japanese , animated and steampunk film which has action ,romance and adventure in it .This is also a science fiction story that has mechanicals that run on steam. It is an award winning film, which is suitable for any ages and was made in 2004. This film has got awards for notable entry and best arts direction .Steamboy is set in the 1860s Britain. What happens is scientist Lloyd Steam and his son Edward have yet to battle a great expedition, which may take over the world if they are not careful enough.

Characters who are featured:

Anna Papuan who played as James Ray Steam

Kari Walgreen who played as Scarlett o Hara St.Jones

Patrick Stewart who played as Lloyd Steam

Alfred Molina who played as Edward Steam [Eddy]

Olive Cotton who played as Robert Stephenson

Robin Atkin Downs who played as David

Rick Zieff who played as Archibald Simon

Mark Bramhall who played as Alfred Smith

David S. Lee who played as Jason

Kin Thomson who played as Rays mother

Paula j. Newman who played as Emma

Moira Quirk who played as Thomas

What happens in Steamboy is that a 13yr old is living in Manchester and is an inventor who is following his father and grandads footsteps .He possesses a mechanical talent which is unknown to the world .Scarlett , who was selfish and dishearted , never had feelings for anybody .She then later in the story improves her behaviour and her actions .Lloyd Steam is Rays intelligent grandfather who was the original conceiver of the Steam ball .He succeeds in developing with his son Edward and they both have different perspectives about science about what to do .Edwards Steam, who is Rays father, when he was in the making of the Steam ball he was left so injured that he had to have a machinery to replace some of his body ,including his right arm and parts of his leg.He is not that physically disfurgred as much as he thought he would be .

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