Project Nim

20116.9

Documentary

Project Nim

20116.9

Documentary

From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

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Cast

Bob Angelini
Lab Tech
Bern Cohen
Dr. William Lemmon
Reagan Leonard
Stephanie LaFarge
Nim Chimpsky
Nim Chimpsky
Self (archive footage)
Stephanie LaFarge
Stephanie LaFarge
Self
Herbert Terrace
Herbert Terrace
Self
Wer LaFarge
Wer LaFarge
Self (archive footage)
Jenny Lee
Jenny Lee
Self
Laura-Ann Petitto
Laura-Ann Petitto
Self
Bill Tynan
Bill Tynan
Self
Joyce Butler
Joyce Butler
Self
Renne Falitz
Renne Falitz
Self
Bob Ingersoll
Bob Ingersoll
Self
Alyce Moore
Alyce Moore
Self
James Mahoney
James Mahoney
Self (as Dr. James Mahoney)
Henry Herrmann
Henry Herrmann
Self
Cleveland Amory
Cleveland Amory
Self (archive footage)
Marion Probst
Marion Probst
Self
Chris Byrne
Chris Byrne
Self
Anna May Marsh
Anna May Marsh
Signing Girl: re-enactment unit
Sarah Sakaan
Sarah Sakaan
Renee Falitz: re-enactment unit
Dennis Lauricella
Dennis Lauricella
Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit
Robert Nesi
Robert Nesi
Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit (as Robert J. Nesi)
Scarlett Bermingham
Laura-Ann Petitto: re-enactment unit
Mike Devoe
Mike Devoe
Mike Devoe
Michael S. LePera
Michael S. LePera
Wer LaFarge: re-enactment unit (as Michael LePera)
Peter Elliott
Peter Elliott
Nim Cimpsky - Reenactment Unit (uncredited)