
Temple Grandin
Mick Jackson, 2010
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.
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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

Year
2010
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Temple Grandin
Director: Mick Jackson
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 1h47m
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Year
1995
Pages
240
Book Rate
8.24
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Book
Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Original title: Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
Author: Temple Grandin
Country: USA
First published in: 1995
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Biography
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