Adventure ·Drama ·Family · Canada · 2013 · 1h 45m

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet poster
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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
Crew
Thomas Hardmeier — Director of Photography Hervé Schneid — Editor Denis Sanacore — Original Music Composer Guillaume Laurant — Screenplay Jean-Pierre Jeunet — Writer Gilles Legrand — Producer
Tagline

Discover the extravagant journey.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
freight trainstowawaychild prodigytwin brothertrainboy geniusriding the railrunaway childbrother killing brothersmithsoniancartographerperpetual motion machine
Key Collaborators
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director Thomas Hardmeier Director of Photography Hervé Schneid Editor Denis Sanacore Original Music Composer Guillaume Laurant Screenplay Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer Gilles Legrand Producer Jean-Pierre Jeunet Producer Frédéric Brillion Producer Suzanne Girard Producer Aline Bonetto Production Design Madeline Fontaine Costume Design
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