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Discover the extravagant journey. - The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
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Title: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Release Date: 16 Oct 2013

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family

Director: Epithète Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Tapioca Films, Filmarto

Production Companies: Epithète Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Tapioca Films, Filmarto

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.

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Average Vote: 6.835 (802 votes)

Cast

  • T.S. Spivet: Kyle Catlett
  • Dr. Clair: Helena Bonham Carter
  • G.H. Jibsen: Judy Davis
  • Father: Callum Keith Rennie
  • Gracie: Niamh Wilson
  • Layton: Jakob Davies
  • Roy: Rick Mercer
  • Giant Hobo: Robert Maillet
  • Two Clouds: Dominique Pinon
  • Ricky: Julian Richings
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