The Genius and the Boys is a tv movie movie released in 2009. The film has gained attention for its storyline, performances, and production quality. Viewers can explore detailed information including cast, ratings, plot summary, and similar recommendations on CinemaToday.
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
The cast of The Genius and the Boys features talented actors who bring the story to life with memorable performances.
Himself - Professor of Medicine - Expert on Kuru
Professor in Medical Anthropology
Medical Reporter - PNGIMR
Himself - Virologist - Anthropologist - Linguist - Author - etc
Brother
Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV
Himself - Professor of Neurology and Author
Secretary
Himself - Former Professor of Mathematics - Yale and Princeton (as Benoit Mandelbrot)
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