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Synopsis: Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up, "twin speak" if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nell's future.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Apted
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
PG-13
Year:
1994
112 min
1,471 Views


A blood test will pick up childhood

disease, any kind of metabolic disorder

Oh, you carry a blood kit?

You think she's gonna sit there

and let me stick a needle in her?

I'll hold her

It's okay, darling. It's okay

Do it

Do it

Shh... shh. It's okay

If you're right...a big if...

if she's never left this cabin

or this part of the forest

never known anybody but her mother...

never encountered any of

the images of the modern world,

never seen a car,

a television a gun, a Hershey bar...

never heard rock'n'roll music or

But now you said she can talk

Yeah, but it's some kinda

language of her own

Well, we haven't had a true wild child

in this country for sixty years

She's not a wild child

It's just a shorthand term, Dr. Lovell

She's not a child

No. That's what makes

this case so unique

This is not your field, I know

Bur let me tell you

what we're dealing with here

Some pretty fundamental issues

How was the personality formed?

We don't know

How much is innate,

how much is learned? We don't know

Where do gender roles come from?

We don't know

Because you can't take a baby

and have it grow up in a lab...

- and monitor and control every influence...

- You want to have her grow up in a lab?

Grow up in a lab? No

Dr. Lovell thinks you're gonna do

a Frankenstein number on her, Al

Oh, well, uh... all right...

Let me ask you this, Dr. Lovell

Can she survive on her own?

Well

I don't know

Yeah, well, all right,

suppose she cannot

Who's gonna look after her? You?

Me? Why me?

All right, so who's volunteering?

I can tell you this much

It's gonna be somebody

with an ulterior motive

Everybody who cares for

someone has an ulterior motive

Even Mother Teresa

She wants to know that her life

has been of some use to others

And so do I

Excuse me

Oh, sh*t

Yeah, I'm on my way

Well, Lovell, did I wake you up?

Hey, Todd, it's okay.

I overslept. What's up?

I'm looking at a commitment order

that's just been issued for Nell

What does that mean?

Well, it means they're

gonna take her away

It's a court order, Jerry.

I have to enforce it

When, now?

Well, that's what it says

Can you give me some time?

- I guess I could hold off till after lunch

- Try and make it a long lunch, will ya?

Well, what do you say there, Don?

Not fishing today?

Todd

Sorry about this, Jerry?

Hi

Well, we've...

come to pick Nell up

Yeah, I heard

I've got the court order

You do know it's in her

own best interests right?

Did you ask her?

Well, you know that's impossible

Tell 'em, Don

Well, I have a court order

here that says...

if you don't get Nell's informed consent,

you're violatin' her rights

And if you do that, I'm gonna sue

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William Nicholson

William Benedict Nicholson, OBE, FRSL is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar. more…

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