The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Produced by Frédéric Brillion
Gilles Legrand
Screenplay by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Guillaume Laurant
Starring Helena Bonham Carter
Judy Davis
Callum Keith Rennie
Kyle Catlett
Music by Denis Sanacore
Cinematography Thomas Hardmeier
Edited by Hervé Schneid
Production
company
Epithète Films
Tapioca Films
Filmarto
France 2 Cinéma
Orange Cinéma Séries
France Télévisions
Distributed by Gaumont
Release dates
  • 28 September 2013 (DSSIFF)
  • 16 October 2013 (France)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country France
Canada
Language English
Budget $33,000,000[1]
Box office $9,321,225[2]

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a 2013 adventure film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, based on the book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, written by Reif Larsen.[3] The film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie and Kyle Catlett.[4]

Plot

T.S. Spivet is a 10-year-old prodigy with a passion for cartography and scientific inventions. He lives on a ranch in Montana with his mother who is obsessed with the morphology of beetles, his father (a cowboy born a hundred years too late), and his 14-year-old sister who dreams of becoming Miss America. His twin brother Layton died in an accident involving a firearm in the family's barn, which no one ever speaks of. T.S. was with him, measuring the scale of the gunshots for an experiment, and he doesn't understand what happened. One day, T.S. receives an unexpected call from the Smithsonian museum telling him that he is the winner of the very prestigious Baird prize for his invention of a perpetual motion machine and that he is invited to a reception in his honor where he is expected to give a speech. Without telling anyone, he sets out on a freight train across the United States to reach Washington, D.C.

Cast

Awards

At the 39th César Awards the film won the award for Best Cinematography.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981107/business
  2. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=00&id=_fTHEYOUNGANDPRODI01
  3. ↑ Lyttelton, Oliver. "Helena Bonham-Carter And Kathy Bates Sign On To Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 'The Young And Prodigious Spivet'". Indie Wire. Indie Wire. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Casting: Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis Star in The Young and Prodigious Spivet". Collider. Collider. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "France's Cesar Awards: 'Me, Myself and Mum' Wins Best Film". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

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