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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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I started a Disney club so
I can get to know more people, - Life, Animated

I started a Disney club so I can get to know more people,

Tonight we're watching
some of The Lion King, - Life, Animated

Tonight we're watching some of The Lion King,

Not only am I a big Disney fanatic, - Life, Animated

Not only am I a big Disney fanatic,

We watch parts of Disney animated films - Life, Animated

We watch parts of Disney animated films

That's not my father.
It's just my reflection. - Life, Animated

That's not my father. It's just my reflection.

- You see?
- You see? - Life, Animated

- You see? - You see?

He lives in you. - Life, Animated

He lives in you.

Remember who you are. - Life, Animated

Remember who you are.

You are my son and the one true king. - Life, Animated

You are my son and the one true king.

- No, please, don't leave me.
- Remember. - Life, Animated

- No, please, don't leave me. - Remember.

What was Mufasa teaching Simba? Jessica? - Life, Animated

What was Mufasa teaching Simba? Jessica?

They're teaching us that there's more
to you than you ever would see. - Life, Animated

They're teaching us that there's more to you than ...

Their parents are teaching how,
when you grow up, - Life, Animated

Their parents are teaching how, when you grow up,

And how to learn how to,
like, live on your own. - Life, Animated

And how to learn how to, like, live on your own.

Yeah. It's important - Life, Animated

Yeah. It's important

RON: Four years have passed
since our "juicervose" moment. - Life, Animated

RON: Four years have passed since our "juicervose"...

Owen has said almost nothing
but gibberish since then. - Life, Animated

Owen has said almost nothing but gibberish since then.

We're beginning to give up hope. - Life, Animated

We're beginning to give up hope.

So on Walt's ninth birthday,
he's in the backyard with his buddies. - Life, Animated

So on Walt's ninth birthday, he's in the backyard ...

Party ends, the kids leave, - Life, Animated

Party ends, the kids leave,

He stands there, stock still,
like something's bubbling up, - Life, Animated

He stands there, stock still, like something's bubbling...

I was like, "What the hell just happened? - Life, Animated

I was like, "What the hell just happened?

"Did Owen just say,
'Walter doesn't want to grow up, - Life, Animated

"Did Owen just say, 'Walter doesn't want to g...

I felt the same way that Walter felt
when he was nine at teeny, tiny bits. - Life, Animated

I felt the same way that Walter felt when he was nine at tee...

When you grow up,
you lose all your magical, - Life, Animated

When you grow up, you lose all your magical,

This was a complex sentence
of a complex thought, - Life, Animated

This was a complex sentence of a complex thought,

He's using these movies - Life, Animated

He's using these movies

CORNELIA: But I said to Ron, "You
know, we've got to try and figure out - Life, Animated

CORNELIA: But I said to Ron, "You know, we've got ...

I see Owen on the bed,
flipping through a Disney book, - Life, Animated

I see Owen on the bed, flipping through a Disney book,

Now, Iago is the evil sidekick
to the villain Jafar from Aladdin. - Life, Animated

Now, Iago is the evil sidekick to the villain Jafar from Ala...

- Now, I know Owen loves this puppet.
- Jafar, Jafar! Get a grip! - Life, Animated

- Now, I know Owen loves this puppet. - Jafar, Jafar! Get a ...

I grab the puppet,
I pull it up to my elbow, - Life, Animated

I grab the puppet, I pull it up to my elbow,

I say to him, "Owen, Owen, - Life, Animated

I say to him, "Owen, Owen,

I just say to myself, "Stay in character," - Life, Animated

I just say to myself, "Stay in character,"

"Owen, when did you and I - Life, Animated

"Owen, when did you and I

It's the first conversation
we've ever had. - Life, Animated

It's the first conversation we've ever had.

I love the way
your foul little mind works. - Life, Animated

I love the way your foul little mind works.

That's the next line of dialogue.
That's Jafar, the villain, - Life, Animated

That's the next line of dialogue. That's Jafar, th...

If you throw him a line of dialogue,
he'll throw you back the next line." - Life, Animated

If you throw him a line of dialogue, he'll throw you ba...

I memorized every Disney
animated movie ever made. - Life, Animated

I memorized every Disney animated movie ever made.

I memorized the credits,
and that's how I taught myself to read. - Life, Animated

I memorized the credits, and that's how I taught myself...

It felt like a great, wonderful... - Life, Animated

It felt like a great, wonderful...

When we'd be down in
the basement watching movies, - Life, Animated

When we'd be down in the basement watching movies,

And these were hand-drawn figures
with exaggerated expression, - Life, Animated

And these were hand-drawn figures with exaggerated expressio...

CORNELIA: I think the idea
that it never changes, - Life, Animated

CORNELIA: I think the idea that it never changes,

Our lives, as his parents,
we're getting older. - Life, Animated

Our lives, as his parents, we're getting older.

You know, people are dying.
Everything's changing, - Life, Animated

You know, people are dying. Everything's changing,

- What's Mommy doing?
- I'm making plans - Life, Animated

- What's Mommy doing? - I'm making plans

There's Mickey, Goofy, Donald,
and blah, blah, blah. - Life, Animated

There's Mickey, Goofy, Donald, and blah, blah, blah.

CORNELIA: He began to use different
movie scenes to express his feelings, - Life, Animated

CORNELIA: He began to use different movie scenes to express ...

And the goal was...
whatever works to get to Owen. - Life, Animated

And the goal was... whatever works to get to Owen.

These are - Life, Animated

- Thank you, Owen.
- You're so welcome, Emily. - Life, Animated

- Thank you, Owen. - You're so welcome, Emily.

"Thank you for always being there for me - Life, Animated

"Thank you for always being there for me

I love you more than anything." - Life, Animated

I love you more than anything."

And... And I made it myself. - Life, Animated

And... And I made it myself.

- OWEN: It's Mickey Mouse on it.
- Yeah. Yeah. - Life, Animated

- OWEN: It's Mickey Mouse on it. - Yeah. Yeah.

Emily is wonderful and cute and adorable - Life, Animated

Emily is wonderful and cute and adorable

When I move into my apartment, - Life, Animated

When I move into my apartment,

Another day, another day. - Life, Animated

Another day, another day.

So we are going to just
say things about our lives - Life, Animated

So we are going to just say things about our lives

Okay, so I'm gonna make a comment,
and my comment is, - Life, Animated

Okay, so I'm gonna make a comment, and my comment is,

My girlfriend Emily, she has a pet cat. - Life, Animated

My girlfriend Emily, she has a pet cat.

I didn't know that. That's perfect.
Put that on there. - Life, Animated

I didn't know that. That's perfect. Put that on th...

That's great. And we're not
working on questions right now, - Life, Animated

That's great. And we're not working on questions r...

I never liked dogs,
and it turns out I love dogs. - Life, Animated

I never liked dogs, and it turns out I love dogs.

- I love our dog, Gus.
- That was a perfect comment. - Life, Animated

- I love our dog, Gus. - That was a perfect comment.

Owen, given his autism,
he really likes things scripted. - Life, Animated

Owen, given his autism, he really likes things scripted.

In fact, things that are unpredictable
make our folks really anxious, - Life, Animated

In fact, things that are unpredictable make our folks really...

So can we pull out your phone, - Life, Animated

So can we pull out your phone,

You kind of get in a routine of telling
her that you really care about her. - Life, Animated

You kind of get in a routine of telling her that you really ...

- Yeah.
- But you don't really - Life, Animated

- Yeah. - But you don't really

But Owen, he's just filled
with the desire to relate, - Life, Animated

But Owen, he's just filled with the desire to relate,

This is for putting your thoughts on, - Life, Animated

This is for putting your thoughts on,

At his age, he wants to have
a job. He wants to grow up. - Life, Animated

At his age, he wants to have a job. He wants to grow up.

And he tries to make sense of the world - Life, Animated

And he tries to make sense of the world

But the real world is not a Disney script. - Life, Animated

But the real world is not a Disney script.

Yeah. Is it also about how you feel - Life, Animated

Yeah. Is it also about how you feel

I think it's easy,
when a kid has had so much therapy, - Life, Animated

I think it's easy, when a kid has had so much therapy,

But when I see him working with you and
really on these very basic conceptual... - Life, Animated

But when I see him working with you and really on these very...

Ability for conceptual thinking,
it makes it very clear how... - Life, Animated

Ability for conceptual thinking, it makes it very clear how....

You know, 23-year-olds
are off graduating from college. - Life, Animated

You know, 23-year-olds are off graduating from college.

- Right.
- No one expects that - Life, Animated

- Right. - No one expects that

- Right, right.
- What do you think - Life, Animated

- Right, right. - What do you think

We asked ourselves that for so many years, - Life, Animated

We asked ourselves that for so many years,

This is my Disney friend - Life, Animated

This is my Disney friend

- Yeah! Hi, Jonathan.
- Hi, how are you? - Life, Animated

- Yeah! Hi, Jonathan. - Hi, how are you?

OWEN: Jonathan Freeman is a great actor - Life, Animated

OWEN: Jonathan Freeman is a great actor

Your father's charged me
with keeping peace in Agrabah. - Life, Animated

Your father's charged me with keeping peace in Agrabah.

He is the voice of the evil
Jafar in Disney's Aladdin - Life, Animated

He is the voice of the evil Jafar in Disney's Aladdin

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/