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Project Nim
Project Nim

Project Nim

The world will be a different place once you've seen it through his eyes.

Genres

Documentary

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From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6.839/10

Release Date

08 July 2011

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Bob Angelini

Bob Angelini

Lab Tech

Bern Cohen

Bern Cohen

Dr. William Lemmon

Reagan Leonard

Reagan Leonard

Stephanie LaFarge

Nim Chimpsky

Nim Chimpsky

Self (archive footage)

Stephanie LaFarge

Stephanie LaFarge

Self

Herbert Terrace

Herbert Terrace

Self

Wer LaFarge

Wer LaFarge

Self (archive footage)

Jenny Lee

Jenny Lee

Self

Laura-Ann Petitto

Laura-Ann Petitto

Self

Bill Tynan

Bill Tynan

Self

Joyce Butler

Joyce Butler

Self

Renne Falitz

Renne Falitz

Self

Bob Ingersoll

Bob Ingersoll

Self

Alyce Moore

Alyce Moore

Self

James Mahoney

James Mahoney

Self (as Dr. James Mahoney)

Henry Herrmann

Henry Herrmann

Self

Cleveland Amory

Cleveland Amory

Self (archive footage)

Marion Probst

Marion Probst

Self

Chris Byrne

Chris Byrne

Self

Anna May Marsh

Anna May Marsh

Signing Girl: re-enactment unit

Sarah Sakaan

Sarah Sakaan

Renee Falitz: re-enactment unit

Dennis Lauricella

Dennis Lauricella

Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit

Robert Nesi

Robert Nesi

Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit (as Robert J. Nesi)

Scarlett Bermingham

Scarlett Bermingham

Laura-Ann Petitto: re-enactment unit

Mike Devoe

Mike Devoe

Mike Devoe

Michael S. LePera

Michael S. LePera

Wer LaFarge: re-enactment unit (as Michael LePera)

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott

Nim Cimpsky - Reenactment Unit (uncredited)

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