Rent Wretches and Jabberers (2011)
4.1 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
"Wretches and Jabberers" is a buddy movie, a road trip movie and a moving adventure. But this new film is different than your typical mainstream fare. The documentary stars two autistic friends and advocates who do most of their communicating through typing. The story follows Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher, as well as their assistants Pascal Cheng and Harvey Lavoy, as they travel around the world, meet other autistic people, and advocate for autism rights. Bissonnette and Thresher share this message in their travels: You can do anything, just look at us. Gerry Wurzburg, the film's director, says the film reveals the personalities of the two friends and how they engage people wherever they go. The general audience, not people who are in the disability community, are amazed by this film,; said Wurzburg. Because it's this journey into a world that they don't know anything about. It challenges the way they have normally approached people who don't communicate or look different...it completely rearranges their brain about how they need to approach the world. With limited speech, Bissonnette and Thresher communicate by typing into mini keyboards that verbalize their words. Thresher describes himself and Bissonnette as, 'Comedic astronauts, with a hero s aura, about presenting a new face for autism'. - Actors:
- Larry Bissonnette, Tracy Thresher
- Directors:
- Gerardine Wurzburg
- Aka:
- Wretches & Jabberers
- Studio:
- State of the Art Inc.
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Drama
