Themes: Living With Disability, Teachers and Students
Main Cast: Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Alison Elliott, David Strathairn, Lucas Black
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Originally telecast November 12, 2000, on ABC, The Miracle Worker was the third film version of the classic biographical play by William Gibson. Following in the footsteps of Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert as the young Helen Keller is Hallie Kate Eisenberg, who skyrocketed to TV fame in 2000 as star of a series of well-circulated cola commercials. Alison Elliot co-stars as Annie Sullivan, the dedicated, no-nonsense teacher who ultimately draws the blind, deaf, and mute Helen out of her lonely shell (literally kicking and screaming at times) and into the "normal" world. Filmed in Mississauga, Ontario, The Miracle Worker was shown as a two-hour episode of ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney anthology. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Nadia Tass - Director, Charles Hirschhorn - Executive Producer, Peter Green - Executive Producer, William Goldstein - Composer (Music Score), David Parker - Cinematographer, Suzy Beugen - Producer, Monte Merrick - Screenwriter, William Gibson - Play Author
An old farm is shown with different slaves working around the Kellerplantation. Then Helen comes in to the scene groping around. She walks up to one of the slaves named Percy, and starts doing random things with their mouths. Another slave tries to get Helen to stop, but Helen grabs the scissors from her hand and pounces on the slave. Percy runs and rings the alarm bell to signal that Helen's gone wild.
