Project Nim (film)
| Project Nim | |
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| Directed by | James Marsh |
| Based on | Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess |
| Produced by | Simon Chinn |
| Starring | Stephanie LaFarge Herbert S. Terrace Laura-Ann Petitto Bob Ingersoll |
| Cinematography | Michael Simmonds |
| Edited by | Jinx Godfrey |
| Music by | Dickon Hinchliffe |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Roadside Attractions HBO Documentary Films (United States) Icon Entertainment International (International) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,583,533 |
Project Nim is a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh. It tells the life story of a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky, who was the center of a 1970s research project to determine whether a primate could learn to speak using American Sign Language. Project Nim draws from Elizabeth Hess' book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human (2008).