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does he draw?

posted 21 years ago by Luv Starfairy
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for the longest time, i've been trying to find a movie i saw that was about an autistic boy who was a witness to a crime. after searching, i think it's silent fall, but i'm not quite sure. the actors seem right; i think i remember liv tyler and richard dreyfuss (or at least people who look kinda like them). there is one scene i remember, though...the boy i able to draw very well, and at one point he draws a picture for the richard dreyfuss character. is this the right movie? or am i totally confused???

[–] Kastore 20 years ago

I just saw the film last night.

The boy (Ben) draws, but not "well". It's more like the usual childish sketches with crayons. In one scene he is completing a face which Dreyfus' character has started, but he goes out of control and scribbles furiously along the edge of the paper. In another scene (which turns out to be a red herring plotwise) he's scrawling stars on a paper, which Dreyfus draws a circle around one to make a pentagram (Satanic symbol), and the boy begins filling it in with yellow.

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[–] kimzstar 20 years ago

It isn't a pentagram. It is the sherif's badge. Look at the car on the next scene, you will see it on the side of the cop car.

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[–] claudia02127 17 years ago

a pentagram would have had the star with two points on the top...and one point on the bottom.

That statement made no sense...as Dreyfus' character would not made a pentagram.

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[–] dizzie64 19 years ago

Maybe you're thinking of "The Innocent" wih Kelsey Grammer. It's about an autistic boy who witnesses the murder of a store clerk. The boy draws well and has photographic memory. He draws pictures for the detective (Grammer).

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[–] goblu57 17 years ago

My friend and I remember this movie only for the simple part that this little boy keeps repeating the phrase "god damn, god damn" in a strange voice. This all has something strange to do with cards too. It's been years since we've seen it, but that weird little boy saying "god damn, god damn" really stuck with us.

[–] Heidi_Smiles 14 years ago

The "strange voice" was him imitating his father.

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