:17:03
At 8...
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he had written
his first of several polonaises.
:17:08
And at the ripe old age of 12...
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he was asked to play for the Czar of Russia.
:17:17
Pretty scary, even for an old-timer of 12.
:17:26
In this school, where we're dealing with
gifted children with emotional problems...
:17:30
we have to open them up.
:17:31
So, we make them aware of the fact...
:17:33
that other famous child prodigies
shared similar problems.
:17:37
It makes them comfortable
to know they're not that different.
:17:40
These kids are about to find out
that Chopin was crippled by shyness...
:17:43
- and used music to overcome it.
- Excuse me, Dr. Seaton...
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that little blonde girl keeps staring
at the mirror as if she sees us.
:17:53
- Do you think she can?
- No.
:17:55
But you think she's staring straight at you?
:18:00
That is one of her dubious talents,
making people believe things.
:18:04
- Has she ever...
- Let's talk in the hall.
:18:25
She's a very interesting case,
our Carol Anne.
:18:28
Reasonably well-balanced,
extremely intelligent...
:18:31
IQ well into the 150s,
and one hell of an imagination.
:18:34
- Most bright kids do.
- True...
:18:36
but even the brightest ones allow adults
to intimidate them back to reality.
:18:40
"Dad, there's a purple cow in our yard. "
:18:43
"What, are you nuts? Get out of here. "
:18:46
But Carol Anne's different
than most of our other geniuses.
:18:49
She seems able to project her imagination...
:18:51
convince others that
the purple cow in the yard is real.
:18:55
Apparently, she actually convinced
an entire neighborhood that it was haunted.