A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition in Hollywood.
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Ben Lewin
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| Dakota Fanning | ... | Wendy | |
| Alice Eve | ... | Audrey | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Scottie | |
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Lexi Aaron | ... | Self |
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Domonique Brown | ... | Self (as Dominique 'Big D' Brown) |
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Brittanie Sanders | ... | Self |
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Cindy Miyashiro | ... | Self |
| Lara Lihiya | ... | Madeline | |
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Dan Cordell | ... | Richard |
| Tony Revolori | ... | Nemo | |
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Blaster | ... | Pete the Pup |
| Michael Stahl-David | ... | Jack | |
| Matt Corboy | ... | TV Presenter | |
| River Alexander | ... | Sam | |
| Matty Cardarople | ... | Trivia Guy #1 | |
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The world is a confusing place for Wendy, a fiercely independent and brilliant young woman with autism. Wendy longs to leave her group home and return to life with her sister's family and new baby. She is sure that in order to reunite with her family, all she needs to do is convince them of her newfound competence and abilities. As a lover of all things Star Trek, Wendy writes in her free time; so when she hears about a Star Trek screenplay competition, she seizes the opportunity to submit her 500-page script and prove her worth. However, her only problem: if she doesn't hand in her 500-page script to Paramount Pictures in person, she will miss the deadline. Wendy sneaks out of her group home and travels hundreds of miles outside her protective boundaries and refuses to allow anything to stop her from achieving her goals. Written by Magnolia Home Entertainment
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female protagonist | autism | trekkie | pet dog | writing a screenplay |Taglines:
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Wendy: [writing] Light. It can travel for millions of years before finally reaching its destination. It goes lonely and alone, hoping that it will reach someone. But what if it never arrives? What if it never finds a home? Because space is so vast, and time is so long, and out here, it's so easy... to get lost.
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Written by Nadine Jansen
Performed by Don Cole
Courtesy of Fervor Records
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The name tags of Wendy's "Geeksquad" friends at the mall use the same font as the opening titles of Star Trek (1966). See more »Goofs
The Sunrise Times in Wendy's calendar are increasing in February, but they should decrease, because the days start earlier in summer. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Wendy: [writing] Light. It can travel for millions of years before finally reaching its destination. It goes lonely and alone, hoping that it will reach someone. But what if it never arrives? What if it never finds a home? Because space is so vast, and time is so long, and out here, it's so easy... to get lost.
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So Goes My DreamWritten by Nadine Jansen
Performed by Don Cole
Courtesy of Fervor Records
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$4,090, 28 January 2018Gross USA:
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A very nice take on an autistic person life, dreams, difficulties. I watched with pleasure and every scene was so convincing. I simply cannot understand why this movie does not have higher scores. The Star Trek stuff was cleverly inserted into context and as a fan of science and space fiction that could not be better. Go watch it, if, as a Vulcan, you don't mind shedding some tears!