The movie led to a number of requests for appearances, which increased Peek's self-confidence. Dustin Hoffman, who portrayed Babbitt in the film, met Peek and other savants to get an understanding of their nature and to play the role as accurately and methodically as possible. The character of Raymond Babbitt, although inspired by Peek, was depicted as being autistic. In 1984, screenwriter Barry Morrow met Peek in Arlington, Texas the result of the meeting was the 1988 Academy Award winning film Rain Man. Peek lived in Murray, Utah, and spent a considerable amount of his time reading at the Salt Lake City Library and demonstrating his capabilities at schools, with great help from his father. According to an article in The Times newspaper, he could accurately recall the contents of at least 12,000 books. Peek read by scanning the left page with his left eye, then the right page with his right eye. He could speed through a book in about an hour and remember almost everything he had read, memorizing vast amounts of information in subjects ranging from history and literature, geography and numbers to sports, music and dates. He read books, memorized them, and then placed them upside down on the shelf to show that he had finished reading them, a practice he maintained all his life. According to Peek's father, Fran (Francis) Peek, Kim was able to memorize things from the age of 16–20 months. There is speculation that his neurons made unusual connections due to the absence of a corpus callosum, resulting in an increased memory capacity. Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, a condition in which the bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is missing in Peek's case, secondary connectors such as the anterior commissure were also missing. So, how much is Kim Peek worth at the age of 58 years old? Kim Peek’s income source is mostly from being a successful. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. According to our Database, He has no children. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. We will update Kim Peek's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. Kim Peek Height, Weight & MeasurementsĪt 58 years old, Kim Peek height not available right now. He is a member of famous with the age 58 years old group. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 11 November. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old? Popular As Discover Kim Peek's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Kim Peek (Laurence Kim Peek) was born on 11 November, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, is an American savant, model for the protagonist of the film "Rain Man".
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