Project Nim
Release Date: July 8th, 2011
PG-13|1 hr. 39 min.
Plot Summary
In the 1970s, professor Herb Terrace and his team raise a baby chimp as a human child, as part of an experiment intended to break the language barrier between animals and people.
Cast:
Director: James Marsh
Genres: Documentary
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
For the most part, though, the real people - the movers and shakers of Nim's world - are there to speak for themselves in the present as well as the past, and the main ones are, with a conspicuous exception, a sorry, self-serving lot. show more
Nim is as unforgettable as the treatment of him is unspeakable. show more
While this is fascinating material, it's the flawed human behavior it exposes that makes the story so compelling. And yet what elevates Marsh's film is the even-handedness of his perspective. show more
