Autism gave her a vision. She gave it a voice.
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.
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- tmdb76622195on TMDB · Sep 202310/10
Temple Grandin (Claire Danes) is just out of high school and sent to her Aunt Ann's (Catherine O'Hara, fitting into dramatic character roles very nicely) Arizona ranch. Her initial reaction to the climate and awkward way of behaving shows us that she has Asperger's Syndrome and/or autism. Asperger's is a milder form of autism, where the subject has better communication skills like speech, but is still unable to connect with our view of normal behavior. Temple grows to love the ranch, working with the animals and inventing an automatic gate that can be opened with the pull of a brass rod. She is very smart and detail-oriented, but must go to college. Temple's mother Eustacia (Julia Ormond, also maturing nicely into character roles) has been dealing with Temple's outbursts all of her life, and knows what it takes to calm Temple down. Unfortunately, college life is tough for Temple, who builds a machine that calms her but horrifies other students (it's a version of a cattle hold). Temple is thrown into this collegiate setting in the days before special services, yet she manages to make it through, and goes on to get her master's degree in animal husbandry back in Arizona. Again, Templ
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Cast
- Claire DanesTemple Grandin
- David StrathairnProfessor Carlock
- Barry TubbRandy
- Melissa FarmanAlice
- Charles BakerBilly
- Blair BomarEllen
- Cherami LeighMarcia
- Tamara JolaineNancy
- Julia OrmondEustacia
- David BornProfessor Shanklin
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- Mick JacksonDirector
- Ivan StrasburgDirector of Photography
- Alex WurmanOriginal Music Composer
- Leo TrombettaEditor
- Scott FergusonProducer
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