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Project Nim

2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 93 min · ★ 6.9 · 90% critics

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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Details
Years
2011
Release date
2011-07-08
Language
English
Rated
PG-13
Runtime
93 min
Critic score
90/100
TMDB rating
6.9/10 (144 votes)

Themes

  • 1970s
  • love of animals
  • chimpanzee
  • wild animal
  • linguistics
  • animal behaviour

Awards & recognition

  • Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Documentaries · 2011
  • Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary · 2011
  • BAFTA Award — Best Documentary · 2012 · nominated
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary Film · 2011 · nominated
  • Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Documentaries · 2011 · nominated
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  • Satellite Award — Best Documentary Film · 2011 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by James Marsh