Edited sentence: " The original producer, Robert Lawrence, was also involved with that movie and met me and my wife in 1995, after we and our local support group were featured in "Against All Odd", a front-page article in the Los Angeles Times."Mozart" is part of the savant abilities of Mary Newport, who can compose music and paint complex art with two hands at the same time.For now, and despite the claims of any "pre-emptive" observations by people not in the know, that is it.I always wanted to be a whale so I could be the parade, rather than worry about not being in step and being ridiculed.I am a certified whale watcher and have volunteered on whale watching cruises in Maui, Alaska, Long Beach and other places.I hope any potential reviser will respect the source :)  About the names: "The Whale" refers to my lifelong love of whales.I was very impressed by his genuine interest and commitment.In that, we succeeded.Josh Hartnett's interest was originally from a friend with an autistic cousin.Josh turned down more lucrative roles to help find a director, co=stars and the money to make this film.Mary and I had no contractual creative control over the movie but were asked for lots of input which was taken very seriously.Naess was nominated for best foreign film for "Elling", a play and then movie which he wrote, about the hilarious misadventures of two men who move from an institution into their own apartment.Originally, the movie was destined to be directed by Stephen Spielberg but was allowed to be done by another director, Petter Næss of Norway.Other details:  Gary Cole, an actor in this movie, has a daughter with autism and met my cockatoo, Shayna, at a panel discussion in Pasadena in 1998.Our major effort was to have the movie depict a wide range of adult autism and aspergers and not just focus on our special talents.The current definition is being written by me, Jerry Newport.The movie is entertaining and inspiring and breaks significant ground in the range of autism spectrum personalities and experiences shown.The official website for this movie, at www.The screenwriter, Ron Bass, co-wrote "Rain Man.There is no release date yet.com is your best source to keep up to date