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Life, Animated

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

Where to Stream

  • Foxtel Now
  • DocPlay
  • DocPlay Amazon Channel

Where to Rent

  • Apple TV Store
  • Amazon Video
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube
  • Beamafilm

Where to Buy

  • Apple TV Store
  • Amazon Video
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube

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Box Office

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Verdict: Unknown

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> Roger Ross Williams (Director)
> Thomas Bergmann (Director of Photography)

Writers

> Ron Suskind (Book)