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    Project NIM

    Project NIM

    Presented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre

    September 9-September 12, 2011

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    Dir. James Marsh, UK/USA, 2011, PG-13, 93min, 35mm

    From the Oscar-winning team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who, in the 1970s, became the focus of a landmark experiment that aimed to prove an ape—if raised and nurtured like a human child—could learn to communicate using sign language. If successful, the consequences of the project would be profound, breaking down the barrier between man and his closest animal relative and fundamentally redefining what it is to be human. Combining the testimony of all the key participants, newly discovered archival film, and dramatic imagery, Project Nim tells the picturesque story of one chimpanzee's extraordinary journey through human society and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way. Filmmaker James Marsh returns with an unflinching, unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about Nim’s true nature—and indeed our own—is comic, revealing, and profoundly unsettling.

    "What makes this film especially engrossing is that what happened between that chimp and the humans with whom he spent his life in intimate contact turns out to be only half the story that Marsh, who directed the electrifying "Man on Wire," has to tell." - Kenneth Turan, LA Times

    "At times hilarious but ultimately heartbreaking, "Project Nim" is a great chronicle of the 1970s and all the nutty ideas that implies; academia in particular comes in for a hard reckoning." - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
     


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        Belcourt Theatre

        2102 Belcourt Avenue
        Nashville, TN 37212

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        Tickets:

        Adult - $8.75

        Student - $7.25

        Senior - $6.25

        Child - $7.25

        Military - $7.25

        Info Phone: (615) 383-9140

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        September 9-September 12, 2011

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        Showtimes are posted the Monday prior on the Belcourt Website

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