The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker
by Arthur Penn

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Actor: Andrew Prine, Anne Bancroft, Inga Swenson, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Director: Arthur Penn
Cinematographer: Ernesto Caparr?s
Editor: Aram Avakian
Producer: Fred Coe
Writer: Helen Keller
Writer: William Gibson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

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Movie Review: The Movie's title says it all.
Summary: 5 Stars

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 able to witness that with the help of a fine teacher infirmities can be miracles in of themselves.

I gave this movie as a gift to my niece, who is an avid Helen Keller fan and, at the age of 9, had no idea that there was a movie about her. So I sent her this film, one of my all-time favorites and she is now just as big a fan of this film now as I have been since I first saw it. I highly recommend this film to everyone.

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Starring in what is quite possibly the most moving double performance ever recorded on film (Time), Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke are remarkable in their Oscar?(r)-winning* portrayalsof Annie and Helen. Ennobling and uplifting (Variety), this inspirational story of courageand hope is one of the finest works of art in the history of motion pictures (Boxoffice). Locked in a frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness since infancy, 7-year-old Helen Keller has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. ThenAnnie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touchthe only tool they have in commonand leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light. *1962: Actress (Bancroft); Supporting Actress (Duke)

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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