The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a 2012 American fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Peter Hedges and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on a concept by Ahmet Zappa, the film is about a magical pre-adolescent boy whose personality and naïveté have profound effects on the people in his town. It received mixed reviews from critics and had modest ticket sales in its debut weekend. Plot The film is told from the perspective of Cindy (Jennifer Garner) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton), as they explain their experience with Timothy (CJ Adams) in an effort to persuade an adoption agency to allow the couple to adopt a child. Cindy, who works in the town's local museum, and Jim, who is employed at the town's historic pencil factory, reside in the drought-stricken town of Stanleyville, North Carolina. 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 child's characteristics and life events on slips of notepad paper. The couple places the notes inside a box and buries it in the backyard garden. After a thunderstorm, which seemingly affects only their property, a ten-year-old 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. The next day, at a family picnic, Timothy is introduced to members of his family: Brenda Best (Rosemarie DeWitt), Cindy's pompous sister; James Green Sr. (David Morse), Jim's estranged father; and Mel (Lois Smith) and Bub (M. Emmet Walsh), Cindy's paternal aunt and uncle. The parents take Timothy to their friend and town botanist, Reggie (Lin-Manuel Miranda), where they learn that Timothy's leaves cannot be removed. Timothy begins to attend school, where he meets Joni Jerome (Odeya Rush), a girl he meets during a bullying incident, with whom he begins a friendly relationship. Meanwhile, the town's pencil factory, the largest employer in Stanleyville, begins laying off its employees. Timothy convinces Cindy and Jim to design a prototype for a new pencil in an effort to keep the pencil-producing business viable. Unbeknownst to the parents, one of Timothy's leaves falls off each time he fulfills one of the qualities listed on the original slips of paper. Timothy eventually reveals to Cindy and Jim that his time of existence is short and that he will eventually disappear. The Greens' meeting with the adoption counselor concludes with Cindy presenting a letter that Timothy left them before leaving. In the letter, he explains to them what he did with each of his leaves that fell off, with a montage sequence showing each person whose life Timothy touched. After an unspecified amount of time, the adoption counselor is shown pulling up to the Greens' house in a car with the little girl who is to become the Greens' daughter. Cast[edit] Jennifer Garner as Cindy Green[5] Joel Edgerton as Jim Green[1], Cindy's husband that works in the pencil factory. Dianne Wiest as Ms. Crudstaff, Cindy's boss. CJ Adams as Timothy Green.[5] Adams was chosen to be cast in the titular role after working with Hedges in Dan in Real Life.[6] Rosemarie DeWitt as Brenda Best, Cindy's sister who brags about her own kids Ron Livingston as Franklin Crudstaff, Jim's boss David Morse as James "Big Jim" Green Sr. Common as Coach Cal Odeya Rush as Joni Jerome, Timothy's crush who has a big birthmark above her chest that she's embarrased about. She is the one that urges Timothy on because he wants to make her happy Shohreh Aghdashloo as Evette Onat M. Emmet Walsh as Uncle Bub Lois Smith as Aunt Mel Lin-Manuel Miranda as Reggie James Rebhorn as Joseph Crudstaff Michael Arden as Doug Wert Rhoda Griffis as Dr. Lesley Hunt Track listing No. Title 1. "You're Gonna Find It Hard to Believe" 2. "Life Goes On" 3. "That's Not Normal" 4. "Our Kid" 5. "...Now What?" 6. "Is He for Us?" 7. "Cherry on Top" 8. "I Can Only Get Better! (A Glass Half Full Person)" 9. "Love and Be Loved" 10. "There's Something You Need to See" 11. "Funny, Like Uncle Bob" 12. "Why Not Make a New Kind of Pencil?" 13. "Nice Socks" 14. "Picasso with a Pencil" 15. "Run the Other Way" 16. "This World They Created" 17. "Think "Tree"" 18. "The Championship Game" 19. "I'm with "0"" 20. "The Winning Goal" 21. "I Let Her Go" 22. "We Better Get Inside" 23. "Never Give Up" 24. "So Much Is Possible" + The Odd Life of Timothy Green - Glen Hansard "This Gift" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKFPN_tGN7c http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462769/

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