The Miracle Worker (1979)
1h 38m
Running Time
October 14, 1979Release Date
The Miracle Worker (1979)
1h 38m
Running Time
October 14, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.
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Cast & Crew.
Patty Duke
Anne Sullivan
Melissa Gilbert
Helen Keller
Diana Muldaur
Kate Keller
Charles Siebert
Capt. Keller
Anne Seymour
Aunt Ev
Stanley Wells
James Keller
Hilda Haynes
Viney
Titos Vandis
Anagnos
Byron Green
Percy
Noniece Williams
Martha
Jonathan Gilbert
Jimmy (voice)
James Lee Canady
Servant
Paul Aaron
Director
William Gibson
Screenplay / Theatre Play
Helen Keller
Book
Fred Coe
Producer / In Memory Of
Barbara Cowan
Associate Producer
Sandy Gallin
Executive Producer
Raymond Katz
Executive Producer
Billy Goldenberg
Original Music Composer
Ted Voigtlander
Director of Photography
Gerald Lee Taylor
Editor
Kim Swados
Art Direction
Ruth Morley
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
teacher
blind people
deaf-mute
biography
tutor
teacher student relationship
female teacher
deaf girl
deafness
deafness
handicap
sign language
impairment
Wiki.
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 autobiography of Helen Keller. The play was adapted for the screen before, in 1962.
The film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's struggles to teaching her. It starred Patty Duke (who played Helen Keller in the original 1962 film, for which she won the Oscar) as Annie Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller. It produced a TV sequel, Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues in 1984.
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