The Miracle Worker
starring: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine
directed by: Arthur Penn
directed by: Arthur Penn
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Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 05/20/2008
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Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft had been playing their respective roles as Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, on Broadway for some time before director Arthur Penn (The Left-Handed Gun) built a mesmerizingly beautiful film around their layers-deep performances. Duke is astonishing as the deaf, blind, mute Keller, who awakens to an awareness of language under Sullivan's determined guidance. Bancroft is fascinating and focused. Penn wisely kept his adaptation unencumbered by cinematic indulgence. The black-and-white film is sparse and charged with the immediacy of the drama. The script is by William Gibson, who also wrote the original play. --Tom Keogh
Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 05/20/2008
Amazon.com essential video:
Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft had been playing their respective roles as Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, on Broadway for some time before director Arthur Penn (The Left-Handed Gun) built a mesmerizingly beautiful film around their layers-deep performances. Duke is astonishing as the deaf, blind, mute Keller, who awakens to an awareness of language under Sullivan's determined guidance. Bancroft is fascinating and focused. Penn wisely kept his adaptation unencumbered by cinematic indulgence. The black-and-white film is sparse and charged with the immediacy of the drama. The script is by William Gibson, who also wrote the original play. --Tom Keogh
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- Helen Keller
A true classic!Superior acting, inspirational.Helen Keller was a remarkable woman...and thanks to her devoted teacher, she was spared living untrained and thought to be hopeless.
Rating: - The miracle Worker
I aboslutely love this movie.The black and white makes it all the more dramatic.It is such an amazing story, but Patty Duke was absolutely fantastic in this production.
Rating: - The Movie's title says it all.
This is one of those rare movies that I could watch once a day if I had the time.Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke (as well as the entire rest of the cast) give just flawless performances in this film.
The story of Helen Keller is one of the most inspirational stories ever told.It's inspirational for teachers, students, people with obvious infirmities and those with less than obvious infirmities.Because of the talented portrayals of the characters in this real-life drama, people are ... Read More
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- we all need a good teacher
Annie Sullivan invents a method of getting through to Helen Keller.
At times this movie is very hard to watch, but
we rejoice at the end victory.
Disease robbed the very young child of two of here sense, but not her mind or her energy.
They result is a "wild child" of a very hard to control type.
Teacher her the basics of language as "feeling" by handdeaf sign language
has to be the hardest kind of teaching known to man.
Rating: - Owner
Product was brand new as stated and was still packaged as such.The delivery was very quick. I was very satisfied.
- Helen KellerA true classic!Superior acting, inspirational.Helen Keller was a remarkable woman...and thanks to her devoted teacher, she was spared living untrained and thought to be hopeless.
- The miracle WorkerI aboslutely love this movie.The black and white makes it all the more dramatic.It is such an amazing story, but Patty Duke was absolutely fantastic in this production.
- The Movie's title says it all.This is one of those rare movies that I could watch once a day if I had the time.Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke (as well as the entire rest of the cast) give just flawless performances in this film.
The story of Helen Keller is one of the most inspirational stories ever told.It's inspirational for teachers, students, people with obvious infirmities and those with less than obvious infirmities.Because of the talented portrayals of the characters in this real-life drama, people are ... Read More
- we all need a good teacherAnnie Sullivan invents a method of getting through to Helen Keller.
At times this movie is very hard to watch, but
we rejoice at the end victory.
Disease robbed the very young child of two of here sense, but not her mind or her energy.
They result is a "wild child" of a very hard to control type.
Teacher her the basics of language as "feeling" by handdeaf sign language
has to be the hardest kind of teaching known to man.
- OwnerProduct was brand new as stated and was still packaged as such.The delivery was very quick. I was very satisfied.
