Project Nim

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

Aug 12 2011 PG-13 1h 33m
Documentary

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.

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Plot

From the Oscar-winning 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.

Written by

Elizabeth Hess

Directed by

James Marsh

Cast

Nim Chimpsky, Stephanie LaFarge, Herbert Terrace

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Passion Pictures, Red Box Films, BBC Films

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award16 wins & 30 nominations total

Trailers
Project Nim Trailer 2011 HD
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Average Rating
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Metascore
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