Mockingbird Don’t Sing is an American independent film which is based on the true story of Genie, a modern-day feral child. The film is told from the point of view of Dr. Susan Curtiss (whose fictitious name is Sandra Tannen), a professor of linguistics at University of California, Los Angeles. Although the film is based on a true story, all of the names are fictitious for legal reasons. The name “Genie” has been changed to “Katie”. The film was released to US theaters on May 4, 2001. It won first prize for best screenplay at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Plot: The film begins in the year of 1970. Katie Standon (Tarra Steele), a girl who has been imprisoned in her room (and without any human contact) since the age of one, is now 13 years old. Her mother Louise (Kim Darby), has taken enough abuse from her domineering husband Wes (Jack Betts); she now has enough courage to desert him after he leaves the house. She gets her son, Billy (a few years older than Katie; Michael Azria), to help her and Katie escape their home. Louise and Katie come into a welfare office to seek benefits for the blind.
Cast
Actor – Role – Real life counterpart
* Tarra Steele – Katie Standon – Genie
* Melissa Errico – Sandra Tannen – Susan Curtiss
* Kim Darby – Louise Standon – Irene, Genie’s mother
* Joe Regalbuto – Dr. Norman Glazer – David Rigler
* Sean Young – Dr. Judy Bingham – Jean Butler
* Michael Lerner – Dr. Stan York – James Kent
* Laurie O’Brien – Beverly Glazer – Marilyn Rigler
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