A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
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Kyle Catlett as T.S. Spivet |
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Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Clair |
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Judy Davis as G.H. Jibsen |
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Callum Keith Rennie as Father |
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Niamh Wilson as Gracie |
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Jakob Davies as Layton |
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Rick Mercer as Roy |
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Robert Maillet as Giant Hobo |
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Dominique Pinon as Two Clouds |
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Julian Richings as Ricky |
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Richard Jutras as Lecturer |
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Mairtin O'Carrigan as Lecturer |
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Michel Perron as The vigilant |
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Dawn Ford as Marge |
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Harry Standjofski as Policeman |
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Susan Glover as Cathy |
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James Bradford as Smithsonian President |
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Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Judy |
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Felicia Shulman as Jibsen's Secretary |
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Dylan Kingwell as Little Boy |
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Eric Davis as Towncar Driver |
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Rebecca Amzallag as Reception Waitress |
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Amber Goldfarb as Reception Waitress |
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Leigh Ann Taylor as Smithsonian's Receptionist |
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Andrew Simms as Reception Guest |
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Una Kay as Reception Guest |
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Sylvia Stewart as Reception Guest |
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Sabrina Reeves as Reception Guest |
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Ana Alarcon as Lady at train station |
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Zachary Amzallag as Waiter |
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Kyle Allatt as Photographer |
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Martin Brisebois as Perpetual motion machine presenter |
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Victor Cornfoot as Airport Officer |
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Christie Claymore as Smithsonian Scientist's Date |
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Anne-Sophie Bozon as Figuration |
Directing | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Director |
Production | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Producer |
Writing | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Writer |
Writing | Guillaume Laurant | Screenplay |
Editing | Hervé Schneid | Editor |
Production | Lucie Robitaille | Casting |
Art | Aline Bonetto | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Madeline Fontaine | Costume Design |
Camera | Thomas Hardmeier | Director of Photography |
Production | Frédéric Brillion | Producer |
Production | Gilles Legrand | Producer |
Production | Tyler Thompson | Executive Producer |
Writing | Reif Larsen | Author |
Art | Jean-Andre Carriere | Supervising Art Director |
Production | Francis Boespflug | Executive Producer |
Sound | Denis Sanacore | Original Music Composer |
Art | Paul Healy | Art Direction |
Art | Geoffroy Gosselin | Set Decoration |