Nim's Island

"Be the hero of your own story."

2008 1h 36m EN

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5.9

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51%

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★5.9TMDB · 1,220🥫51%Rotten Tomatoes●55Metacritic★6IMDB · 37,841

AdventureComedyFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

“Be the hero of your own story.”

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Cast

Abigail Breslin
Nim Rusoe
Jodie Foster
Alexandra Rover
Gerard Butler
Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
Michael Carman
Captain
Maddison Joyce
Edmund
Christopher James Baker
Ensign
Rhonda Doyle
Edmund's Mother
Bryan Probets
Australian Tourist #1

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jennifer Flackett
Writers: Paula Mazur, Joseph Kwong, Jennifer Flackett
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Nim's Island Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jennifer Flackett, shot by Stuart Dryburgh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stuart Levy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Abigail Breslin and Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Be the hero of your own story.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0410377 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jennifer Flackett directs. Stuart Dryburgh behind the camera. Patrick Doyle scores. Stuart Levy cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "Nim's Island Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Jennifer Flackett, shot by Stuart Dryburgh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Stuart Levy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Abigail Breslin and Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Be the hero of your own story.".
8IMDB entry: tt0410377 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "daughter", "exotic island", "shipwreck", "cruise".

The technical file

Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Original score: Patrick Doyle
Editing: Stuart Levy
Production design: Barry Robison
Costume design: Jeffrey Kurland
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $37,000,000
Box office: $100,104,565
Return: 271% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Nim's Island (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes: 51% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 55/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 37,841 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations total

Part of

Nim's Island Collection

Collection of movies based off of the Nim's Island and Nim at Sea books by Wendy Orr. Nim's Island is a 2008 Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin and starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler. A sequel, Return to Nim's Island, will air on the Hallmark Channel on March 15 in the U.S. and will be released on DVD 19 March 2013, exclusively to Wal-Mart, and two days later on 21 March worldwide. Bindi Irwin will replace Abigail Breslin as Nim Rusoe, Toby Wallace will replace Maddison Joyce as Edmund, and Matthew Lillard will replace Gerard Butler as Jack Rusoe, Nim's father. Return to Nim's Island will be released theatrically in Australia on 4 April 2013.