The latest film Oscar winner James Marsh ("Man on Wire") , "Project Nim," chronicles a Columbia University professor's ill-fated attempt to raise a chimp like a human baby, in an effort to teach it ...

Project Nim, a documentary film directed by James Marsh, is the story of scientist Herb Terrace and his experiment—initiated in December, 1973—to teach sign language to a chimpanzee named Nim. It is ...

Not every homo sapiens who sees Project Nim will be moved to pledge membership to PETA. Still, this documentary biopic of the ’70s chimp picked to endure an “experiment” in simian sign language and ...

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - After weaving an audacious high-wire stunt into an inspiring account of artistic endeavour in his Oscar-winning "Man on Wire," James Marsh again proves himself a ...

CHATHAM — The gift of memory is not without its pain. Following the area premiere of documentary “Project Nim,” Joyce Butler, Bill Tynan and Bob Ingersoll shared their first-hand experiences of ...

Project Nim: A "deeply haunting portrait of the unbridgeable gap between kindred species," according to the Village Voice, this Sundance winner tells the story of Nim, the chimp who became a 70s ...

Two great documentaries ("Project Nim" and "Knuckle") are joined by a sensationalistic but engaging costume drama ("Anonymous") in leading today's (Feb. 7) new batch of DVD titles. Here's a rundown of ...

NEW YORK: HBO has picked up all U.S. rights, covering broadcast, video and theatrical, for Project Nim, a documentary from the filmmaking team behind the Oscar-winning story Man on Wire. Project Nim ...