Themes: Teachers and Students, Living With Disability
Main Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Diana Muldaur
Release Year: 1979
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
In a casting twist, this remake of Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker casts Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for her work as Helen Keller in the original, as Annie Sullivan, the woman who taught the deaf and blind Keller sign language. (In Penn's original, Sullivan was portrayed by Anne Bancroft.) The story, however remains the same; through perseverance and a bit of luck, Sullivan teaches Keller first to dress herself, then the sign-language alphabet, then finally the means of communication. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Kim Edgar Swados - Art Director, Ruth Morley - Costume Designer, Paul Aaron - Director, Jerry Taylor - Editor, Sandy Gallin - Executive Producer, Raymond Katz - Executive Producer, Barry Goldberg - Composer (Music Score), Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Ted Voigtlander - Cinematographer, Fred Coe - Producer, Sandy Gallin - Producer, Raymond Katz - Producer, William Gibson - Screenwriter, William Gibson - Play Author
