The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet 2013 Movie

A ten-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, escapes home, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute. More details

Directors

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter Judy Davis Callum Keith Rennie

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action adventure comedy drama family reference to the white house washington d.c.fictional radio show reference to the u.s. president reference to the state of the union speech reference to david letterman reference to wolfgang amadeus mozart reference to an apple reference to trigonometry scientific experiment death of twin brother reference to velcro electricity anger journal guilt gun accident dresssig room mother carries son face slap woman slaps a woman punched in the face slow motion scene barking dog diction exercise peanut butter name calling breakfast pregnancy reference to th onthophagus sagittarius kitchen going birth in a kitchen reincarnation reference to an elephant baby cradle rocking a cradle viewfinder toy animated end credits scene during end credits smithsonian institute wagon father son relationship mother son relationship brother brother relationship brother sister relationship science invention inventor washington d.c.suitcase journey ranch pop up book reference to the union pacific railroad horse clothesline continental divide voice over narration narrated by character pioneer mountains reference to the atlantic ocean reference to the pacific ocean reference to big sur california reference to new orleans louisiana oil well pump camera photographer rifle shooting iris shot lasso cowboy seesaw nunchucks talking to the camera flash forward montana butte montana butte historical museum reference to robert fludd reference to orpheus the perpetual motion machine reference to marco zimara educational video amphitheater applause scientist perpetual motion thermodynamics technology reference to leonardo da vinci reference to god challenge prologue telephone telephone call mother daughter relationship father daughter relationship drawing reference to a manticora herculeana reference to a cicindela eyeglasses eyeglasses chain subjective camera setting room color segues into black and white lie son imitates father magnetic wheel stairway black and white segues into color reference to the holy grail baird award reference to spencer baird reference to the university of montana fantasy sequence journalist reference to new york city text on screen multiple images of same character amateur actress theatre production theatre discover magazine reference to the empire state building manhattan pretending to vomit reference to bette davis precociousness bloody hand reference to the miss america pageant reference to miss montana whiskey drink drinking dog licks man's foot bare feet animated sequence taxidermied animal taxidermied bird cricket the insect reference to the tiger monk cicindela entomology entomologist scientific research reference to the parasitic scolyte caterpillar ecologist ecology split screen blowing apart a dandelion head lice reference to pediculuc humanus capitis reference to anoplura microscope sticking out one's tongue toaster fire cooking toaster reference to aids fly paper roll women's rights death of brother barn classroom reference to the canadian goose reference to geese migration reference to the formation of lakes teacher student relationship alter ego narrow mindedness reference to penicillin reference to chocolate chip cookies reference to relativity reference to sewage drains superiority complex school bus creek reference to a winchester rifle reference to a coyote cowboy hat valley mountain gunshot fluid mechanics urine slur goat blood nickname rattlesnake snake reference to snakebite researcher bat the animal thunder storm reference to dish washing reference to the miss usa pageant reference to a beauty contest singer oboist folding laundry reference to kalispell montana touching hands wind dog licks a plate at dinner table answering machine garbage can telephone in a garbage can packing reference to underwear reference to a burgundy sweater reference to a sextant reference to a barometer reference to a thermometer reference to a hygrometer telescope headlamp notebook reference to a tape measure reference to a gillott pen reference to a handkerchief reference to a box of sun maid raisins reference to a carrot stick reference to a self defense handbook reference to binoculars reference to a leatherman skeletool reference to a seismoscope reference to a woodpecker cartoon woodpecker teddy bear sitting on a suitcase bedroom rocking horse saying goodbye to dead brother apology voice over letter flashlight spoken inner thoughts running hiding stopping a train climbing onto a train climbing under a train jumping from height jumping onto a train train light signal train loading conveyor belt reference to the sun bird catches a fish fish reference to a whip reference to a magnifying glass pounding fists together talking to the dead reference to a japanese weevil flashback reference to larvae looking out a window rain casper wyoming silo railroad security guard looking in a window mobile home camper close up of eyes pretending to be a cutout figure runny nose vomiting sleeping artificial food buffalo melancholy rearview mirror swing set girl falling to the floor north platte nebraska hot dog hot dog stand sparrow reference to johnny cash imitating a bird grandmother grandson relationship sausage reference to the new jersey turnpike restaurant missing person poster culvert reference to a halloween costume running away from home fear reference to a wolf electrical power scrapbook homesickness diary neglecting mother geometry logic chicago illinois freight yard assumed kidnapping russian reference to chernobyl trespassing police baton hiding a suitcase tossing a backpack reference to jesus christ jumping across an opening canal lock compass throwing away a compass hitchhiking injury truck driver truck tanker rig broken rib photograph cigarette smoking selfie american flag pendulum apparition receptionist prototype doctor x ray medical examination bare chested boy speech capitol building washington d.c.limousine chauffeur reference to income tax reference to a dolphin brain examination reference to a lab rat banquet dais reference to tuna tartare reference to asparagus waiter waitress year 1862 reference to guillaume duchenne smiling awards banquet reference to albert einstein genius boy genius speaker's stand handshake microphone phd magnet sound wave gun explosion loneliness hiding in a bathroon hiding in a corner ambulance trust inaudible dialogue overhead shot photo session jack o'lantern magic marker breaking a glass cable television crying dead bird veteran shadow puppet horseback riding killing an animal photograph album shucking corn sign language sock storytelling young boy letter writing imitating a dog scale model school pain television camera television show host television studio map patting someone's head cat bucket pat on the back fictional television show homeless person net payphone tree police officer toy wagon animal figurine can wetting oneself watching television cattle branding backpack egg piggyback ride barbed wire polishing a shoe boot animal skeleton twin brother firefly flower dog chase scream talking animal glove train cartographer 3 dimensional punctuation in title period in title death of son character name in title

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