Project Nim
James Marsh, 2011
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
Elizabeth Hess, 2008
Project Nim is a documentary directed by James Marsh in 2011 and based on the book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess, first published in 2008. The documentary features Nim Chimpsky, Stephanie LaFarge, Herbert Terrace, Wer LaFarge, Jenny Lee, Laura-Ann Petitto, and others.
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Storyline
The documentary tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Year
2008
Pages
384
Book Rate
7.56
S: Goodreads
Book
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
Author: Elizabeth Hess
Country: USA
First published in: 2008
Length: 384 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“Movies adapted from books never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end.”
JEREMY SISTO (Actor)
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