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Life, Animated

When he fell into silence, movies gave him back his voice

2016 91 min ★ 7.4 (143) Released
Documentary

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

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Life, Animated
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Cast 4
Owen Suskind

Owen Suskind

Himself

Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind

Himself

Jonathan Freeman

Jonathan Freeman

Himself

Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried

Himself

Crew 9
Marshall Curry

Marshall Curry

Thanks

Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

Director

Christopher Clements

Christopher Clements

Co-Producer

Molly Thompson

Molly Thompson

Executive Producer

Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind

Executive Producer

Julie Goldman

Julie Goldman

Producer

Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

Producer

T. Griffin

T. Griffin

Original Music Composer

Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind

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Gallery 9
Videos 1
US Release Dates 3

Jan 23, 2016

Sundance Film Festival

Premiere

Apr 23, 2016

Tribeca Film Festival

Premiere

Jul 1, 2016

PG Theatrical (Limited)

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