* AcclaimedFlop: Critics and audiences love the film to pieces, but the box office numbers do not reflect this.
* HeyItsThatVoice
** [[TheFastAndTheFurious Dominic Toretto]] is the Giant.
** [[{{Friends}} Rachel Green]] is Hogarth's mom.
** [[HappyGilmore Shooter McGavin]] is now a JerkAss working for the government.
** Is [[HopeFloats Harry Connick Jr playing]] ''himself?'' [[InkSuitActor Yes.]]
** [[{{Frasier}} Martin Crane]] is General Rogard.
* RealLife: The coordinates transmitted to the ''Nautilus'' are in Maine. The towns of Milbridge, Cherryfield, Harrington, Addison, and Jonesport are nearby, but the actual spot specified is a wooded area near the Atlantic coast.
* ThrowItIn: The witness calling Agent Mansley "[[MyNameIsNotDurwood Mr. Manly]]" was actually a mistake by the actor, but they kept it in because it added to the gag of Mansley being a NoRespectGuy.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first choice to voice the giant was PeterCullen. That's right, [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Effing Prime]] would have been the voice of the Iron Giant.
** Also, the movie itself was originally going to be a musical with songs by [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]], but the songs were dropped when Warner Bros. approached Brad Bird to direct the project.
** There was originally going to be a brief flashback in which the audience would see a few vague details about the Giant's origins, but it was ultimately scrapped. The idea was to have a scene where he dreams about the [[AbsentAliens alien factory]] where he was built, and to have the dream transmitted electronically to Dean's television for the audience to see. The scene was never animated, but some of the sketches for it can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XM9huSWNU here]].
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