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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 26, 2014
Box Office
$9.5M
Budget
$33.0M
Return
0.3x
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Denis Sanacore
Studio
Epithète Films, Tapioca Films, Filmarto, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
Cast
Full credits →K
Kyle Catlett
T.S. Spivet
H
Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Clair
J
Judy Davis
G.H. Jibsen
C
Callum Keith Rennie
Father
N
Niamh Wilson
Gracie
J
Jakob Davies
Layton
R
Rick Mercer
Roy
R
Robert Maillet
Giant Hobo
D
Dominique Pinon
Two Clouds
J
Julian Richings
Ricky
R
Richard Jutras
Lecturer
M
Mairtin O'Carrigan
Lecturer
M
Michel Perron
The vigilant
D
Dawn Ford
Marge
H
Harry Standjofski
Policeman
S
Susan Glover
Cathy
J
James Bradford
Smithsonian President
L
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Judy
F
Felicia Shulman
Jibsen's Secretary
D
Dylan Kingwell
Little Boy
