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Temple Grandin

Mick Jackson, 2010

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Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Temple Grandin, 1995

Temple Grandin is a movie directed by Mick Jackson in 2010 and based on the book Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin, first published in 1995. The movie features Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, Catherine O’Hara, David Strathairn, Melissa Farman, Barry Tubb, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

The Movie is also based on

Book cover
Emergence: Labeled Autistic (1986)
Book by Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano

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RATING

8.3

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Movie Poster: Temple Grandin (Mick Jackson, 2010)

8.2

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Book Cover: Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism (Temple Grandin, 1995)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, the 1995 book by Temple Grandin.

Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism

Read by: Deborah Marlowe

Storyline

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling. The film focuses on Grandin’s life as a gifted but socially isolated student who has been expelled from numerous high schools for fighting. The film also highlights the discrimination and harassment Grandin endured on the feedlots as a female graduate student in a male-dominated, working-class industry.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Temple Grandin, the 2010 movie by Mick Jackson

Year

2010

Minutes

107

Movie Rate

8.30

Source: IMDb

Movie

Temple Grandin

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Length: 1h47m

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Cover of Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, the 1995 book by Temple Grandin

Year

1995

Pages

240

Book Rate

8.24

S: Goodreads

Book

Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism

Original title: Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism

Country: USA

First published in: 1995

Length: 240 pages

Genre: Biography

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