Comedy, Documentary
In 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Along the way, they reunite with old friends from the USA, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Happiness Is in the Field
Our Brand Is Crisis
13 Moons
Google Me
The Living Wake
The Gathering 2
Lazybones
Witch Hunt
The Sinking of Santa Isabel
BFF: Best Friends Forever
Paradise Calling
Reason Over Passion
Crazylove
Die, Mommie, Die!
Colonel Effingham's Raid
The Ultimate Tally Hall Documentary
Pressure Cooker
Remodeling Her Husband
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
Apache
SIMILAR MOVIES
Happiness Is in the Field
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1995
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis...Our Brand Is Crisis
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2005
A documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.13 Moons
IMDB 5.3 | Aug , 2002
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, Lily, just serves to compound Banana's despair.Google Me
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2007
Jim Killeen googled his own name and made a documentary about the men with whom he shares it.The Living Wake
IMDB 4.4 | Jun , 2007
A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time.The Gathering 2
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 2011
A group of friends reunites for a vacation amid nature, where they laugh about their shared history and bond over difficult truths.Lazybones
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2017
Ben, a wannabe stand up comedian in Melbourne, doesn't live for the weekend like the O'Jays hit song, in fact he finds that philosophy kinda depressing. Spending most of his life on the stage, in his Uber and hanging out with his friends, he floats through life wondering - is there more to this?Witch Hunt
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2008
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Voters in Bakersfield, California elected a tough on crime district attorney into office for more than 25 years. During his tenure he convicted dozens of innocent working class moms and dads. They went to prison, some for decades, before being exonerated. He remains in office today. This story on a micro level mirrors what the US has experienced over the last eight years. When power is allowed to exist without oversight civil rights are in jeopardy.The Sinking of Santa Isabel
IMDB 3 | Mar , 2008
With no job and no relationship -- and no prospects for either -- twentysomething Webster (Maclain Nelson) opts to start over. He heads to his childhood home and climbs up a tree, where he plans to stay the entire summer in a house of his own creation. Not surprisingly, Webster captures the attention of his neighbors, who soon find that they have a stake in his mission as well.BFF: Best Friends Forever
IMDB 6 | May , 2009
Best Friends Forever (BFF) is the 16th year anniversary presentation of Star Cinema starring the Megastar Sharon Cuneta and the Comedy Queen Ai Ai delas Alas. Sharon and Ai Ai will be playing as best friends in this comedy film helmed by box-office director Wenn Deramas of Tanging Ina and Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat.Paradise Calling
IMDB 3 | Jan , 1988
Elise is content being the lover of Alex, a wealthy magnate who lavishes her with attention and money. When she gets religious and decides to hide from him in a French convent, Alex hires agents to bring her back.Reason Over Passion
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1969
The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau's infamous motto.Crazylove
IMDB 5.2 | Oct , 2005
Letty Mayer, young and beautiful, has a cherished job as a teacher, a successful attorney boyfriend, and a tight knit family that is excited about her sister's impending wedding. But inside Letty there¹s an anxiety that¹s building. Suddenly the pressure of Letty's world overwhelms her and she suffers a devastating nervous breakdown. Institutionalized, she meets Michael, a schizophrenic who has been in and out of hospitals his entire life. Although major obstacles exist, Letty and Michael throw caution to the wind to pursue an intense new love as Letty finds herself torn between a safe past and a daring future...Die, Mommie, Die!
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2003
Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her husband. However, Angela's manipulative daughter, gay son and alcoholic maid are not going to make it easy for her.Colonel Effingham's Raid
IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 1946
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.The Ultimate Tally Hall Documentary
IMDB 10 | Aug , 2021
A complete historical documentation of one of the world's most unique bands, Tally Hall, & its membersPressure Cooker
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 2008
A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.Remodeling Her Husband
IMDB 1 | Jun , 1920
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange woman. Jaine sets out to remodel her husband into the man she wants.The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1975
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...Apache
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1953
Short about the daily life of the Apaches, including their ceremonies.