Information
| Year: | 1991 |
| Rating: | 6.5(6556) |
| Listed in: | Drama |
| Directed by: | Jodie Foster |
| Actors: | Adam Hann-Byrd Harry Connick Jr. David Hyde Pierce Jodie Foster Dianne Wiest Debi Mazar |
| "It's not what he knows. It's what he understands." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
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| Jodie Foster | |
| Actors | |
| Adam Hann-Byrd | as Fred Tate |
| Harry Connick Jr. | as Eddie |
| David Hyde Pierce | as Garth Emmerick |
| P.J. Ochlan | as Damon Wells |
| Alex Lee | as Fred Tate at 2 |
| Michael Shulman | as Matt Montini |
| Nathan Lee | as Matt's Teammate |
| Richard Fredette | as Bartender |
| George Plimpton | as Winston F. Buckner |
| John Bell | as Joey X |
| Chucky Ocampo | as Bob Yee |
| Mark Lienhart | as Fenton |
| Richard Hanson | as Odyssey of the Mind Leader #1 |
| Josh Mostel | as Physics Professor |
| Michael Mantell | as Coral Ray Owner |
| Michael Keavy | as Auctioneer |
| George Kaufman | as Eddie's Friend |
| Gordon Greene | as Fred's Doctor |
| Barry J. Williams | as Preppy Boy in Cafeteria |
| Sam Womelsdorf | as Eddie's Roommate |
| Adam Midkiff | as Evan |
| Sheadrick Richards | as 'LIVEWIRE' Boy Guest |
| Bob Balaban | as Quizmaster |
| Lonzo Jones | as Frisbee Boy |
| Michael Newman | as Man in Park |
| Actresses | |
| Jodie Foster | as Dede Tate |
| Dianne Wiest | as Jane Grierson |
| Debi Mazar | as Gina |
| Celia Weston | as Miss Nimvel |
| Danitra Vance | as Clinic Doctor |
| Jennifer Trier | as Grierson Institute Teacher |
| Ishe Costa | as Cherry Reynolds |
| Mar Ya Zuke | as Odyssey of the Mind Leader #2 |
| Lauren Ashley Stacey | as Valerie |
| Erica Staton | as Girl Outside Classroom |
| Carolyn Lawrence | as Sorority Girl |
| Alexandra Auder | as Eddie's Girlfriend |
| Ellen McElduff | as Make-Up Woman |
| Elizabeth Frietsch | as 'LIVEWIRE' Girl Guest |
| Julia Rosendale | as Freak Girl |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Filming dates: | 11 July 1990 - ? |
| Plot: | The story of the intellectually-gifted eight-year-old Fred Tate, his mother Dede and the director of a program for gifted children, Dr Jane Grierson. It explores the tension between Fred's emotional and intellectual needs and between his mother and Dr Grierson. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"I Get A Kick Out Of You" Words and music by Cole Porter Performed by Ella Fitzgerald Courtesy of Polygram Special Products A Division of Polygram Group Distribution, Inc. "What The World Needs Now Is Love" Lyrics by Hal David Music by Burt Bacharach "Mozart's String Quartet No 21, D Major, KV575" Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart) Performed by Alban Berg Quartett Courtesy of Teldec Classics International GmbH By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Brahms' Liebesliederwalzer" Musc by Johannes Brahms (as Brahms) Performed by Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris Conducted by Armin Jordan Courtesy of Erato Disques By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Mozart's Piana Quartet In E Flat Major, KV493" Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart) Performed by Jacques Rouvier/Mozart String Trio Courtesy of Denon/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products |
Goofs
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Continuity: Fred's backpack strap is down on his elbow when he's talking with Eddie in a longer shot (76:42-76:55), but is up on his shoulder in the immediately preceding and following close-ups of Fred. Continuity: When Jane is giving Fred that vile drink, you can see the band-aid on his head (58:38) where he got hit by the globe that Eddie would later throw (at 63:32). Continuity: The clocks in Jane's house and in the billiard room when Fred is out late with Eddie. The microwave shows 6:24 (at 68:45), but the clock behind Garth shows 10:13 (at 69:47) just before a cut to the pool hall clock showing 6:26 (at 69:56). Continuity: Continuity: When Fred is on the five-day trip with Jane, he goes into her office at her home, leaving the sliding door open, and the light outside the room is on (39:22). After returning a book and speaking with Miss Grierson about photos of her parents, he starts toward the door to leave, and the light is off (41:09). Then, in a longer shot of Fred sliding the door closed, it's back on again (41:14). Revealing mistakes: (At 19:31-19:36) When Fred is playing the piano, a close-up of his hands show hands that look completely different (and much larger) than his own. They are obviously hands of a piano-playing double. SYNC: (At 19:50) During a short part of Fred's piano piece, the notes he is hitting are obviously different to the ones that would be needed to make the sound. There is a part where the music is going down, but Fred's hands are moving up the keyboard. Fact errors: There are several errors in simple mathematics in the movie: Firstly, Damon "The Mathemagician" Wells correctly states that there are 25 228 800 minutes in 48 years (but 25,246,080 minutes if one counts the 12 leap-days that would occur in any span of 48 years that doesn't include a century year - only century years evenly divisible by 400, like 2000 but not 1900, are leap years), then says that this is 151 368 000 seconds. This is clearly wrong as 25 228 800 x 60 is 1 513 728 000 (more than 10 times as much). Furthermore, Fred says that the cube root of 3 796 466 is 156 although 156*156*156 is 3 796 416. Continuity: When Fred first enters Jane's office, there is a card on her desk (at 16:52) that Fred takes (at 16:57) but which is soon back on the desk (at 17:00). |
Quotes
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Damon: You see, Fred, it isn't the size of a guy's IQ that matters. It's how he uses it. Jane: Damon? How many fingers? Damon: Orange. Dede Tate: You're crabby today. Fred Tate: I'm not crabby, I'm pensive. Garth: Why don't you play magic digit? Damon: Hey Garth, check out this magic digit [flips Garth the bird] Make-Up Woman: [Fred is getting ready to go on TV] Now remember sweet face, zillions of people all over the world are gonna be watching you; and that means no farting, no picking your nose and no playing with little Mr. Peabody. Jane: Now Fred, these chores are your responsibilities. And for every week that you do them correctly, we'll do something fun like go to the symphony or rent a nice documentary. Dede Tate: Hey, guess what next Saturday is. Fred Tate: You get your period, I get a day alone in the park. Dede Tate: Very funny, lameo. [first lines] Fred Tate: It's funny, cause I *think* I can even remember being born. For the first two weeks of my life I didn't even have a name. Dede couldn't make up her mind. She finally decided on Fred. She said that she had never heard of a little kid named Fred before. Fred Tate: My first grade teacher, Miss Nimvel, told Dede that I never paid attention. That I was probably retarded, and that I had a very limited future as a citizen of the United States. Then a week later, she said I should probably skip second grade, maybe even skip elementary school altogether. Fred Tate: Dede says I don't have dad. She says I'm the immaculate conception. That's a pretty big responsibility for a little kid. Garth: [reviewing children] Fred Tate, 7 years old, 2nd grader at Eisenhower Elementary School. He writes poetry, paints in both oils and water, plays the piano at competition level, all the while maintaining what appear to be unlimited skills in math and physics. Can't explain it Jane, I mean, it's not so much what he knows, but - what he understands. Jane: [speaking to group] It's said that a genius learns without studying, and knows without learning. That he is eloquent without preparation, exact without calculation, and profound without reflection. Damon: Come on, wake up and face north twink. I'm an asshole, assholes don't have friends. But then I don't really care. Fred Tate: You don't? Damon: A reasonable man adapts himself to the world around him. An unreasonable man expects to the world to adapt *to* him. Therefor all progress is made by unreasonable men. Fred Tate: [to his mom] If you send me the checkbook, I'll balance it for you. Fred Tate: [to Jane] How come you always talk like you're reading a book? [last lines] Fred Tate: I once got this fortune cookie that said, "only when all things around you are different will you truly belong". Well, we're all different that's for sure. I see Jane everyday at the institute, and once in while Dede let's her take us out to a fancy restaurant. Sometimes we even have fun. After a while I was the most famous kid at Jane's school. But then a year later, a 6 year old boy named Willie Yamaguchi got into law school, and suddenly I wasn't such a big deal anymore. But I don't care, because I was happy. |
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