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The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film about Anne Sullivan, blind tutor to Helen Keller, directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90.
- The Miracle Worker (2000 film)
The Miracle Worker is a 2000 American made-for-television...
- The Miracle Worker
Network. NBC. Release. October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) The...
- The Miracle Worker (1962 movie)
The Miracle Worder is a 1962 American biographical drama...
- The Miracle Worker (2000 film)
The Miracle Worker is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90.
The Miracle Worker: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine. The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
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Network. NBC. Release. October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) The Miracle Worker is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 ...
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The Miracle Worker, American dramatic biopic, released in 1962, that presented the life of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie (or Anne) Sullivan; it earned Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Academy Awards for best actress and supporting actress, respectively.
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The Miracle Worker—which was based on a Tony Award-winning play by William Gibson, who also wrote the screenplay—recounts the early years of Keller (played by Duke). It highlights her remarkable achievements despite her blindness and deafness and shows the indefatigable efforts of her teacher (Bancroft) to connect with the frustrated and recalcitrant young girl.
The battle of wills (and actual physical fights) between the strongheaded Helen and her equally stubborn teacher is captured memorably by the lead actresses in grueling scenes (for which they wore special padding for protection beneath their costumes). Both Bancroft and Duke had starred in the Broadway production of The Miracle Worker, and Arthur Penn directed both the play and the film. The story was remade as television movies in 1979 and 2000, the former starring Duke in the role of Annie Sullivan.
•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Arthur Penn
•Producer: Fred Coe
•Writer: William Gibson
•Music: Laurence Rosenthal
•Running time: 106 minutes
•Anne Bancroft (Annie Sullivan)
•Patty Duke (Helen Keller)
•Victor Jory (Arthur Keller)
•Inga Swenson (Kate Keller)
•Director
•Screenplay, adapted
•Costume design (black and white)
•Lead actress* (Anne Bancroft)
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The Miracle Worder is a 1962 American biographical drama movie directed by Arthur Penn and is based on Helen Keller's book about her own life, The Story of My Life. The title character is Annie Sullivan, who teaches a blind and deaf girl to communicate.
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Blind and deaf after suffering a terrible fever as a baby, young Helen Keller has spent years unable to communicate, leaving her frustrated and occasionally violent. As a last chance before she is institutionalized, her parents contact a school for the blind, which sends half-blind Annie Sullivan to teach Helen.
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