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Life, Animated

A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.

Director

Roger Ross Williams

Year

Genre

documentary, comedy, drama

Box Office

$255,388

Production

A&E IndieFilms,Motto Pictures,Roger Ross Williams Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 25 nominations total

Homepage

http://www.lifeanimateddoc.com/

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- What?
- I don't have to keep my hand - Life, Animated

- What? - I don't have to keep my hand

MAN: ...shut his eyes tight shut. - Life, Animated

MAN: ...shut his eyes tight shut.

Oh, but the candle barely flickered,
and there were 39 left to go. - Life, Animated

Oh, but the candle barely flickered, and there were 39 left ...

MAN: Okay. One big, happy family - Life, Animated

MAN: Okay. One big, happy family

You want to watch a video?
Well, I'm taking a video - Life, Animated

You want to watch a video? Well, I'm taking a video

...last book reading,
which we do every single night. - Life, Animated

...last book reading, which we do every single night.

Okay, our next film
is a wonderful children's film. - Life, Animated

Okay, our next film is a wonderful children's film.

So what we're gonna do today,
when you're out in the community, right? - Life, Animated

So what we're gonna do today, when you're out in t...

When you're... Next year,
when you're making appointments - Life, Animated

When you're... Next year, when you're making appoi...

So when we're walking
through the community, - Life, Animated

So when we're walking through the community,

Where's the safest place to cross?
Go back and forth across Main Street? - Life, Animated

Where's the safest place to cross? Go back and forth ac...

- I-I can... I need help here.
- Okay. Who wants to help him? - Life, Animated

- I-I can... I need help here. - Okay. Who wants to help him...

So next year you'll be more independent, - Life, Animated

So next year you'll be more independent,

I've got to teach my son a lesson. - Life, Animated

I've got to teach my son a lesson.

I'll be graduating in a month. - Life, Animated

I'll be graduating in a month.

Then I'll be moving and living
into an apartment of my own. - Life, Animated

Then I'll be moving and living into an apartment of my ...

A grilled ham and cheese.
Excuse me, I need to find... - Life, Animated

A grilled ham and cheese. Excuse me, I need to find...

Okay- - Life, Animated

Now we can start thinking
a little more about the future? - Life, Animated

Now we can start thinking a little more about the future?

- Yeah, yeah.
- How's that feel? - Life, Animated

- Yeah, yeah. - How's that feel?

Fighting with swords in the leaves. - Life, Animated

Fighting with swords in the leaves.

Okay. Come on, Pan, you demon. - Life, Animated

Okay. Come on, Pan, you demon.

There's a video we came across, - Life, Animated

There's a video we came across,

Oh, thank you, thank you.
That's very chivalrous of you. - Life, Animated

Oh, thank you, thank you. That's very chivalrous of you...

Now, in a way, it's just
an unremarkable video - Life, Animated

Now, in a way, it's just an unremarkable video

I'm chasing Owen around.
He's chasing me around. - Life, Animated

I'm chasing Owen around. He's chasing me around.

At the time we shot it,
I'm in my early 30s. - Life, Animated

At the time we shot it, I'm in my early 30s.

I'm a reporter
for The Wall Street journal, - Life, Animated

I'm a reporter for The Wall Street journal,

We had two beautiful boys.
We'd just had our second boy. - Life, Animated

We had two beautiful boys. We'd just had our second boy...

We had a little, tiny house,
but it was just, like, our dream house. - Life, Animated

We had a little, tiny house, but it was just, like, our drea...

But all of a sudden, - Life, Animated

But all of a sudden,

Owen just started changing really fast. - Life, Animated

Owen just started changing really fast.

You know, he wasn't sleeping.
That was the first thing. - Life, Animated

You know, he wasn't sleeping. That was the first thing.

He'd be up in the middle of the night,
and then he'd be up all night. - Life, Animated

He'd be up in the middle of the night, and then he'...

His motor skills were deteriorating, - Life, Animated

His motor skills were deteriorating,

It's like... We're looking for clues
to a kidnapping. - Life, Animated

It's like... We're looking for clues to a kidnappi...

Someone kidnapped our son. - Life, Animated

Someone kidnapped our son.

CORNELIA: We went to the pediatrician, - Life, Animated

CORNELIA: We went to the pediatrician,

He said, "You're out of my league." - Life, Animated

He said, "You're out of my league."

It's one that has
a special room with a window - Life, Animated

It's one that has a special room with a window

The doctor has Owen walk down
a long hall from me to Cornelia, - Life, Animated

The doctor has Owen walk down a long hall from me to Corneli...

"Okay, buddy, just walk
like you know how to walk," - Life, Animated

"Okay, buddy, just walk like you know how to walk,"...

I remember literally just,
like, holding him in a bear hug - Life, Animated

I remember literally just, like, holding him in a bear hug

RON: The doctor says, "He has a
pervasive developmental disorder," - Life, Animated

RON: The doctor says, "He has a pervasive developmental...

It was completely devastating. - Life, Animated

It was completely devastating.

RON: Then after a few minutes, she says, - Life, Animated

RON: Then after a few minutes, she says,

They don't ever talk again." - Life, Animated

They don't ever talk again."

WOMAN 2: Look what we have here!
What is this, Owen? - Life, Animated

WOMAN 2: Look what we have here! What is this, Owen?

All right, we need to stop sillies.
You need... Owen. - Life, Animated

All right, we need to stop sillies. You need... Owen.

MAN 2: I first met Owen
when he was three years old. - Life, Animated

MAN 2: I first met Owen when he was three years old.

At that point, I think that Ron
and Cornelia were devastated. - Life, Animated

At that point, I think that Ron and Cornelia were devastated...

I think that it shattered
their ideal vision - Life, Animated

I think that it shattered their ideal vision

The image of autism in the early 1990s, - Life, Animated

The image of autism in the early 1990s,

So they're looking for any glimmer of hope - Life, Animated

So they're looking for any glimmer of hope

The child with autism
is easily overstimulated. - Life, Animated

The child with autism is easily overstimulated.

They don't filter the constant stimuli - Life, Animated

They don't filter the constant stimuli

This world is just too intense
for their brains, - Life, Animated

This world is just too intense for their brains,

You know, the vacuum cleaner would go on, - Life, Animated

You know, the vacuum cleaner would go on,

So imagine how difficult it would
be to just do the simplest things - Life, Animated

So imagine how difficult it would be to just do the simplest...

RON: Owen, Owen, Owen. - Life, Animated

RON: Owen, Owen, Owen.

When your child goes
into their adult living, - Life, Animated

When your child goes into their adult living,

So now it's gonna be
your turn in a couple of months - Life, Animated

So now it's gonna be your turn in a couple of months

So a lot of those choices that maybe
you only had one or two choices here, - Life, Animated

So a lot of those choices that maybe you only had one or two...

Owen tends to walk with
his chin down and plow ahead, - Life, Animated

Owen tends to walk with his chin down and plow ahead,

Hey, Owen, what would you say is
your greatest concern about next year? - Life, Animated

Hey, Owen, what would you say is your greatest concern about...

That I have to do stuff all on my own. - Life, Animated

That I have to do stuff all on my own.

I would say a little nervous
'cause it's a new thing for me, - Life, Animated

I would say a little nervous 'cause it's a new thi...

You got to remember, - Life, Animated

You got to remember,

- RON: There's Mommy and Owe.
- Having a little pizza. - Life, Animated

- RON: There's Mommy and Owe. - Having a little pizza.

We're about a year along into his silence. - Life, Animated

We're about a year along into his silence.

The only thing we seem
to be able to do as a family - Life, Animated

The only thing we seem to be able to do as a family

They loved to watch
the Disney animated movies. - Life, Animated

They loved to watch the Disney animated movies.

We realized that was the only thing
that was keeping Owen calm - Life, Animated

We realized that was the only thing that was keeping Owen ca...

I didn't know what autism was.
I just knew that autism made - Life, Animated

I didn't know what autism was. I just knew that autism ...

So autism kind of just meant different...
drastically different. - Life, Animated

So autism kind of just meant different... drastically differ...

So Disney was my chance to have
Owen really light up around me - Life, Animated

So Disney was my chance to have Owen really light up around ...

CORNELIA: And, you know, Owen
would be speaking sort of gibberish, - Life, Animated

CORNELIA: And, you know, Owen would be speaking sort of gibb...

Owen's watching the part
where Ariel, the mermaid, - Life, Animated

Owen's watching the part where Ariel, the mermaid,

I'm a very busy woman,
and I haven't got all day - Life, Animated

I'm a very busy woman, and I haven't got all day

RON: Owen rewinds. Walt's like,
"Owen, just watch the movie." - Life, Animated

RON: Owen rewinds. Walt's like, "Owen, just watch ...

Third time, Cornelia grabs me and says, - Life, Animated

Third time, Cornelia grabs me and says,

I grab Owen, and I say, "just your voice." - Life, Animated

I grab Owen, and I say, "just your voice."

Of course, we read every possible meaning - Life, Animated

Of course, we read every possible meaning

"Just your voice." - Life, Animated

"Just your voice."

He's still in there. He's still in there. - Life, Animated

He's still in there. He's still in there.

We go and see a doctor, - Life, Animated

We go and see a doctor,

"This is... You better sit down.
I know you're very pumped up here, - Life, Animated

"This is... You better sit down. I know you're ver...

RON: And I said, "Like a parrot?"
And he's like, "Well, kind of, yeah." - Life, Animated

RON: And I said, "Like a parrot?" And he's li...

And the doctor says, "Maybe.
But there's no way of knowing, - Life, Animated

And the doctor says, "Maybe. But there's no way of...

MAN 3: Could I just recommend that
instead of saying, "Listen up," - Life, Animated

MAN 3: Could I just recommend that instead of saying, "...

Life, Animated poster

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A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Roger Ross Williams

Writer: Ron Suskind, Emily Hubley, Kate Rose

Production: A&E IndieFilms,Motto Pictures,Roger Ross Williams Productions

Genre: documentary, comedy, drama

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $255,388

Released: 20 Oct 2016

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 25 nominations total

Homepage: http://www.lifeanimateddoc.com/