Life, Animated

Life, Animated

2016
1h 31m
7.4

7.4/10

143 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

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

Overview

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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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
A&E IndieFilms Motto Pictures Roger Ross Williams Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

autism candid inspirational awestruck empathetic hopeful

Quick Facts

Release Date July 1, 2016
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt3917210
Website Visit Site

Cast

Owen Suskind
Owen Suskind

Himself

Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind

Himself

Jonathan Freeman
Jonathan Freeman

Himself

Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried

Himself

Key Crew

Roger Ross Williams
Director
Julie Goldman
Producer
Robert DeBitetto
Executive Producer
Rob Sharenow
Executive Producer
Molly Thompson
Executive Producer
Roger Ross Williams
Producer
Ron Suskind
Executive Producer