Movie
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-10-16
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Epithète Films, Tapioca Films, Filmarto, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
- Country
- Canada, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kyle Catlett as T.S. Spivet
- Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Clair
- Judy Davis as G.H. Jibsen
- Callum Keith Rennie as Father
- Niamh Wilson as Gracie
- Jakob Davies as Layton
- Rick Mercer as Roy
- Robert Maillet as Giant Hobo
- Dominique Pinon as Two Clouds
- Julian Richings as Ricky
- Richard Jutras as Lecturer
- Mairtin O'Carrigan as Lecturer
Crew
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Director
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Writer
- Guillaume Laurant - Screenplay
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