The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a 2012 American fantasy comedydrama film starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Dianne Wiest, CJ Adams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, David Morse and Common, written and directed by Peter Hedges and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on a concept by Ahmet Zappa, the film is about a magical preadolescent boy whose personality and navet have profound effects on the people in his town. The film was released theatrically on August 15, 2012 by Walt Disney Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, earned 55.3 million on amillion budget and had modest ticket sales in its debut weekend. It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The Odd Life of Timothy Green was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Bluray and DVD on December 4, 2012.

Cindy, who works in the towns local museum, and Jim, who is employed at the towns historic pencil factory, reside in the droughtstricken town of Stanleyville, North Carolina, selflabeled as the pencil capital of the world. The Greens are informed by doctors that they are unable to conceive. Distraught by the news, Jim convinces Cindy to dream up their ideal child and write the childs characteristics and life events on slips of notepad paper.The couple place the notes inside a wooden box and bury it in the backyard garden. After an immediate thunderstorm, which seemingly affects only their property, a tenyearold arrives at their home claiming the Greens as his parents. After finding the box they buried smashed to pieces around a large hole in the ground where they originally buried it, and finding the boy inside their house, covered in mud, they realize that the boy, named Timothy, is actually a culmination of all their wishes of what their child would be. The Greens also discover that Timothy has a startling feature he has leaves growing on his legs, which he can only cover up by wearing long tube socks. ........

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