Life, Animated (2016)

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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Documentary

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Life, Animated (2016) 7.7 PG

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.

Genres

Documentary

Top Billed Cast

Owen Suskind
Ron Suskind
Jonathan Freeman
Gilbert Gottfried

Director

Roger Ross Williams

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

Is this DVD available?

Library	Call Number	Availability	Location
Law	KLAUS DVD #1990	Available	Klaus Reading Room

Life, Animated

Alternative Title	Life, Animated
Release Date	March 3, 2016
Original Language	English
Runtime	91
Certification	PG
Popularity Index (TMDB)	3.28
Rating (TMDB)	7.70

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