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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Theatrical Version, Trailers
Editor's Note
A touching and philosophical film, set in the 18th century and based on the diaries of real-life French doctor Jean Itard. Itard fought authorities for the right to take charge of the social and intellectual education of a "wild child"--a young boy who somehow had managed to survive, alone and uncared for, in nature. Although most of the medical establishment felt that the child, who could not speak and often exhibited violent behavior, was hopelessly retarded, the tenacious Itard, with techniques sometimes kind and frequently cruel, managed to prove them wrong.
Plot Summary
A touching and philosophical film, set in the 18th century and based on the diaries of real-life French doctor Jean Itard. Itard fought authorities for the right to take charge of the social and intellectual education of a "wild child" -- a young boy who somehow had managed to survive, alone and uncared for, in nature. Although most of the medical establishment felt that the child, who could not speak and often exhibited violent behavior, was hopelessly retarded, the tenacious Itard, with techniques sometimes kind and frequently cruel, managed to prove them wrong.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 1.66 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono - English | | Dolby Digital Mono - French | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/21/2004 |
| Running Time: 84 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1970 | | Catalog ID: 1002218 | | UPC: 00027616864499 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English Dubbed, French | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...This quietly absorbing tale is as much a case study as a drama..." 10/01/2003 p.78Los Angeles Times
"[I]t is clearly one of the director's greatest achievements....It is richly evocative of the essential human mystery of who we are and how we came to be that way." 01/09/2008 |
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