- Little Man Tate
Infobox_Film
name = Little Man Tate
caption = "Little Man Tate" Promotional movie poster
director =Jodie Foster
writer =Scott Frank
starring =Jodie Foster Dianne Wiest Adam Hann-Byrd
producer =Peggy Rajski Scott Rudin
distributor =Orion Pictures Corporation
released =October 18 ,1991 (USA)
runtime = 99 min.
language = English
French
budget = $10,000,000
imdb_id = 0102316"Little Man Tate" is a
1991 motion picture which tells the story of Fred Tate, a 7-year-oldchild prodigy who struggles to self-actualize in a social and psychological construct that largely fails to accommodate hisintelligence .Jodie Foster (who also directed) plays Fred’s mother Dede, who attempts to give her son a “normal” childhood while simultaneously feeding his intellectual curiosity. The film marked Foster’s directorial debut. Most of the film was shot in downtown Cincinnati. Other locations include Cincinnati suburb Clifton, the Village of Indian Hill,Miami University inOxford, Ohio and theWexner Center inColumbus, Ohio . The movie grossed about $25 million. [ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=littlemantate.htm Box Office Mojo - Little Man Tate] ]Tagline: "It's not what he knows. It's what he understands."
Cast
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Jodie Foster - Dede Tate
*Dianne Wiest - Jane Grierson
*Adam Hann-Byrd - Fred Tate
*Harry Connick Jr. - Eddie
*David Hyde Pierce - Garth
*Debi Mazar - Gina
*P.J. Ochlan - Damon Wells
*Alex Lee - Fred Tate at 2
*Michael Shulman - Matt Montini
*Nathan Lee - Matt's Teammate
*Celia Weston - Miss Nimvel
*Danitra Vance - Clinic Doctor
*Richard Fredette - Bartender
*George Plimpton - Winston F. Buckner
*Elizabeth H. Frietsch - Live Wire Girl
*Jennifer Trier - Grierson Institute Teacher
*Lawrence Gallegos - Fraternity Guy
*D. Michael Pierce - College Student
*Geoffrey C. York - Infant Fred Tate
*Carolyn Lawrence - Sorority GirlReferences
Footnotes
External links
*imdb title|id=0102316|title=Little Man Tate
*amg movie|id=1:29552~T0|title=Little Man Tate
*rotten-tomatoes|id=little_man_tate|title=Little Man Tate
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/film.php?filmid=478 Movie stills]
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