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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Discover the extravagant journey.

20136.91h 45m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Reif Larsen, Guillaume Laurant
Produced by Frédéric Brillion, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gilles Legrand
Box OfficeBudget: $33.0MRevenue: $9.5M

Top Cast

Kyle Catlett

Kyle Catlett

T.S. Spivet

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Dr. Clair

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

G.H. Jibsen

Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

Father

Niamh Wilson

Niamh Wilson

Gracie

Jakob Davies

Jakob Davies

Layton

Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer

Roy

Robert Maillet

Robert Maillet

Giant Hobo

Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Two Clouds

Julian Richings

Julian Richings

Ricky

Themes & Keywords

freight trainstowawaychild prodigytwin brothertrainboy geniusriding the railrunaway childbrother killing brothersmithsoniancartographerperpetual motion machine

About The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a adventure, drama, family film released in 2013 exploring themes of freight train, stowaway, child prodigy, twin brother, train, boy genius. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, it stars Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis. 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.

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