Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate is a 1991 American drama film directed by Jodie Foster (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Scott Frank. The film stars Adam Hann-Byrd as Fred Tate, a seven-year-old child prodigy who struggles to self-actualize in social and psychological settings that largely fail to accommodate his intelligence. It also stars Foster, Dianne Wiest, Harry Connick Jr., David Hyde Pierce, Debi Mazar and P.J. Ochlan.
Plot
Dede Tate is a young working-class woman of average intelligence and strong instincts, raising her seven-year-old son, Fred, alone. Fred shows every indication of being a genius. Fred's reading and mathematics abilities are remarkable, and he plays the piano "at competition level", but his intellect has isolated him from his public school classmates. He calls his mother, who loves him unconditionally, by her first name.
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| author | Scott Frank |
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| contentLocation | Ohio |
| director | Jodie Foster |
| editor | Lynzee Klingman |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | birthday party case study genius gifted children grade school horseback riding how to isolated mathematics music prodigy odyssey of the mind piano psychologist public school quantum physics read rid run school class spring upbringing walk young people |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | Peggy Rajski Scott Rudin |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures Orion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway |