Main Cast: Mare Winningham, Blythe Danner, Perry King, Vera Miles, Peter Cushing
Release Year: 1984
Country: UK/US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
This semi-sequel to William Gibson's The Miracle Worker recounts the early adult years of the profoundly handicapped but brilliant Helen Keller. Helen, played by Mare Winningham, enters college, with her friend and mentor Annie Sullivan Macy (Blythe Danner) by her side. As Helen's international fame grows, she must withstand the pressures of those who'd treat her as a freak rather than a human being as well as Annie's near-strident demands that she excel at everything. The multi-faceted Ms. Keller lived too much of a life to be squeezed into a mere two-hour running time; the script betrays the strain of trying to show us more than it's able by wrapping up everything in a hurried, unsatisfying conclusion. Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues was initially telecast as part of the syndicated Operation Prime Time package in 1984. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Alan Gibson - Director, John Farrell - Editor, J.A.C. Redford - Composer (Music Score), Jack Tillar - Composer (Music Score), William Loos - Composer (Music Score), Roger Hall - Production Designer, Frank Watts - Cinematographer, David Lawrence - Producer, John McGreevey - Screenwriter, Joseph P. Lash - Book Author
