Project Nim

Project Nim

2011
1h 33m
6.8

6.8/10

143 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

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

Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
BBC Film Red Box Films Passion Pictures Icon Productions UK Film Council
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

1970s love of animals wild animal chimpanzee linguistics animal behaviour

Quick Facts

Release Date July 8, 2011
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1814836
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Cast

Bob Angelini
Bob Angelini

Lab Tech

Bern Cohen
Bern Cohen

Dr. William Lemmon

Reagan Leonard
Reagan Leonard

Stephanie LaFarge

Nim Chimpsky
Nim Chimpsky

Self (archive footage)

Stephanie LaFarge
Stephanie LaFarge

Self

Herbert Terrace
Herbert Terrace

Self

Wer LaFarge
Wer LaFarge

Self (archive footage)

Jenny Lee
Jenny Lee

Self

Laura-Ann Petitto
Laura-Ann Petitto

Self

Bill Tynan
Bill Tynan

Self

Joyce Butler
Joyce Butler

Self

Renne Falitz
Renne Falitz

Self

Key Crew

James Marsh
Director
Simon Chinn
Producer
John Battsek
Executive Producer
Andrew Ruhemann
Executive Producer
Jamie Laurenson
Executive Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Hugo Grumbar
Executive Producer
Prudence Arndt
Producer