A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
- Director
- Writers
- Temple Grandin(based on the book: "Emergence")
- Margaret Scariano(based on the book: "Emergence")
- Christopher Monger(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Temple Grandin(based on the book: "Emergence")
- Margaret Scariano(based on the book: "Emergence")
- Christopher Monger(screenplay)
- Stars
- Won 7 Primetime Emmys
- 34 wins & 36 nominations total
Jenna Elizabeth Hughes
- Four-Year-Old Templeas Four-Year-Old Temple
- (as Jenna Hughes)
- Director
- Writers
- Temple Grandin(based on the book: "Emergence") (based on the book: "Thinking in Pictures")
- Margaret Scariano(based on the book: "Emergence")
- Christopher Monger(screenplay)
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Storyline
Biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who overcame the limitations imposed on her by her condition to become a Ph.D. and expert in the field of animal husbandry. She loves animals! She developed an interest in cattle early in life while spending time at her Aunt and Uncle's ranch. She did not speak until age four and had difficulty right through high school, mostly in dealing with people. Her mother was very supportive as were some of her teachers. She is noted for creating her "hug box", widely recognized today as a way of relieving stress in autistic children, and her humane design for the treatment of cattle in processing plants, which have been the subject of several books and won an award from PETA. Today, she is a professor at Colorado State University and well-known speaker on autism and animal handling. —garykmcd
- Taglines
- Autism gave her a vision. She gave it a voice.
- Genres
- Certificate
- TV-PG
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIn an early draft of the script there was going to be a romance but Temple herself was adamantly opposed to this as she has never had romance.
- GoofsAt the pediatrician's office when Temple is four, her mother claims to be a Harvard graduate. This scene would have taken place in 1952. Although some women attended classes at Harvard as Radcliffe students, they were not given degrees from Harvard until 1963.
- Quotes
Temple Grandin: ...They'll be very calm. Nature is cruel but we don't have to be; we owe them some respect. I touched the first cow that was being stunned. In a few seconds it was going to be just another piece of beef, but in that moment it was still an individual. It was calm... and then it was gone. I became aware of how precious life was. I thought about death and I felt close to God. I don't want my thoughts to die with me. I want to have done something.
- Crazy creditsThere are photos of Temple Grandin (as a child, teenager and adult) shown beside the initial credits at the end.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)
- SoundtracksI Take the Chance
Written by Charlie Louvin (as Charles Louvin) and Ira Louvin
Performed by Jim Ed Brown & The Browns
Courtesy of RCA Records Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Top review
Fantastic movie with an inspiring story
This was a great biopic. The lovely and multi-talented Claire Danes did fantastic work playing an autistic person. I have not seen or met Dr. Temple Grandin in real life, though I have known autistic people in my life and there was never a moment in "Temple Grandin," that wasn't believable.
Addressing the whole "reinforcing the stereotype," situation that constantly come about after films like, "Rain Man," I do not believe the films reinforce stereotypes. It is the mistake of the viewer to make general assumptions based on a single incident.
Temple Grandin shows more about someone with a psychological condition than just having the ability to persistently have a big heart as in "Radio," or "I Am Sam," (important to say that those characters were not autistic)even though they served their own purposes.
Autism is a different way of experiencing the world, but the individuals who are autistic are individuals as any one else. It would be ignorant to say that they are all savants or have special abilities, but if they are immersed in an environment that suits an autistic person's needs and way of thinking, then they can grow, thrive or fail as any other individual in society. As far as the movie illustrates to us, in Temple Grandin's life, she needed to be taught self-reliance, self-awareness, and have her potential recognized and cultivated as well as patient, loving, and understanding emotional support.
Temple Grandin's story explains this all quite well I think. Of course there is an entire spectrum of intelligence levels among autistic people, as there is with people without predisposed psychological conditions, it would be ignorant and cynical to assume otherwise. Temple Grandin is a genius, who happens to be autistic. Fantastic movie.
Addressing the whole "reinforcing the stereotype," situation that constantly come about after films like, "Rain Man," I do not believe the films reinforce stereotypes. It is the mistake of the viewer to make general assumptions based on a single incident.
Temple Grandin shows more about someone with a psychological condition than just having the ability to persistently have a big heart as in "Radio," or "I Am Sam," (important to say that those characters were not autistic)even though they served their own purposes.
Autism is a different way of experiencing the world, but the individuals who are autistic are individuals as any one else. It would be ignorant to say that they are all savants or have special abilities, but if they are immersed in an environment that suits an autistic person's needs and way of thinking, then they can grow, thrive or fail as any other individual in society. As far as the movie illustrates to us, in Temple Grandin's life, she needed to be taught self-reliance, self-awareness, and have her potential recognized and cultivated as well as patient, loving, and understanding emotional support.
Temple Grandin's story explains this all quite well I think. Of course there is an entire spectrum of intelligence levels among autistic people, as there is with people without predisposed psychological conditions, it would be ignorant and cynical to assume otherwise. Temple Grandin is a genius, who happens to be autistic. Fantastic movie.
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- Bobby747
- Feb 11, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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