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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

"Discover the extravagant journey."

2013-10-16 Adventure 1hr 45m

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

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A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

  • Released
    2013-10-16
  • Revenue
    $9,494,789
  • Budget
    $33,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 45m
  • Genre
    Adventure, Drama, Family
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7
  • Production
    Epithète Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Tapioca Films, Filmarto

Crew

Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer
Frédéric Brillion
Producer
Keywords:
freight train stowaway child prodigy twin brother train boy genius riding the rail runaway child brother killing brother smithsonian cartographer perpetual motion machine

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Cast

Kyle Catlett

Kyle Catlett
T.S. Spivet
Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Clair
Judy Davis

Judy Davis
G.H. Jibsen
Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie
Father
Niamh Wilson

Niamh Wilson
Gracie
Jakob Davies

Jakob Davies
Layton
Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer
Roy
Robert Maillet

Robert Maillet
Giant Hobo
Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon
Two Clouds
Julian Richings

Julian Richings
Ricky
Richard Jutras

Richard Jutras
Lecturer
Mairtin O'Carrigan

Mairtin O'Carrigan
Lecturer
Michel Perron

Michel Perron
The vigilant
Dawn Ford

Dawn Ford
Marge
Harry Strandjofski

Harry Strandjofski
Policeman
Susan Glover

Susan Glover
Cathy
James Bradford

James Bradford
Smithsonian President
Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Judy
Felicia Shulman

Felicia Shulman
Jibsen's Secretary
Dylan Kingwell

Dylan Kingwell
Little Boy
Eric Davis

Eric Davis
Towncar Driver
Rebecca Amzallag

Rebecca Amzallag
Reception Waitress
Amber Goldfarb

Amber Goldfarb
Reception Waitress
Leigh Ann Taylor

Leigh Ann Taylor
Smithsonian's Receptionist
Andrew Simms

Andrew Simms
Reception Guest
Una Kay

Una Kay
Reception Guest
Sylvia Stewart

Sylvia Stewart
Reception Guest
Sabrina Reeves

Sabrina Reeves
Reception Guest
Ana Alarcon

Ana Alarcon
Lady at train station
Zachary Amzallag

Zachary Amzallag
Waiter
Kyle Allatt

Kyle Allatt
Photographer
Martin Brisebois

Martin Brisebois
Perpetual motion machine presenter
Victor Cornfoot

Victor Cornfoot
Airport Officer
Christie Claymore

Christie Claymore
Smithsonian Scientist's Date
Anne-Sophie Bozon

Anne-Sophie Bozon
Figuration
Kyle Gatehouse

Kyle Gatehouse
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A Review by Rangan 8

Written by Rangan on 2016-07-14

> Sure, everyone finds their pine tree. The film was produced by three countries from three different continents, carved by one of my fav... read more

> Sure, everyone finds their pine tree. The film was produced by three countries from three different continents, carved by one of my favoutire French directors that talks of a prodigy child. An English language film set in the American soil. If you had liked his films, then you would like this one as well. Like all his films, it was visually fantastic and it was his first digital 3D project. One of the underrated film of the recent time. A road adventure and a coming-of-age film that neatly rendered especially for the family and children film fans. More like it was a kid version of 'Amelie' and now I realise why the author picked this particular foreign filmmaker for the cinematic translation. This is not some kid's summer vacation tale or the school related stuff, but a rural kid and his weird family. They're united by family, but divided by their field of interest. Born in such family, the film focused his life and mostly the fighting of his loneliness. It was based on the book about a 12 year old boy T.S. Spivet who lives on a ranch in the Rockies with his family. He's a scientific research enthusiastic and so one day he receives an unusual call from the Washington DC that he had won a prestigious award for his invention. After a sudden tragedy in the house he set to travel by his own to the other side of the country. The adventure begins as he hitchhike to his destination where he learns many things. > "The amazing thing about water drops, is that they always take the path of least resistance. For humans, it's exactly the opposite." The kid was brilliant, it was his perspective story. In one of the scenes when he gets hurt, that felt like it was real. His co-stars supported him all the way, but not as a game changer. You might agree with me that it is not a great story, somewhat familiar too, but the film topic is inspiring like how an atypical family cooperates during the bad times that compared with their negligence to each other at one point before. There are a few fun moments, but also gets emotional at the final part. The train journey had lots of effects on the narration, because I'd seen a road movie, but this is a very rare, especially it gives us some glimpse over awesome landscapes of different part of the country. Like I said, the cinematography was the best part of the film followed by many others. In the end, I was very satisfied for it is being somewhat simple with having an extraordinary boy character. Because, you know, genius boy means usually the writers goes for an extra mile to make him shine with his brain powers to perhaps face the bad guys or the bad situations for which the audience sets to go awe. Really very sad that it was not as popular as 'Hugo' where everyone who saw it comparing with, especially for the digital 3D visuals. That tells how much the people are addicted to Hollywood and of course marketing was not upto the standards as against the film's standard. In fact, it took me two years to learn such film is exist. So I definitely recommend it to all. If you have not seen it yet, just do it, you might like it, surely you would enjoy it. 8/10

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A Review by Reno

> Sure, everyone finds their pine tree. The film was produced by three countries from three different continents, carved by one of my favoutire French directors that talks of a prodigy child. An English language film set in the American ...

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A Review by Rangan 8

Written by Rangan on 2016-07-14

> Sure, everyone finds their pine tree. The film was produced by three countries from three different continents, carved by one of my favoutire French directors that talks of a prodigy child. An En...

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