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)

DVD Reviews of The Miracle Worker

DVD 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.

DVD Review: we all need a good teacher
Summary: 4 Stars

Annie Sullivan invents a method of getting through to Helen Keller.
At times this movie is very hard to watch, but
we rejoice at the end victory.
Disease robbed the very young child of two of here sense, but not her mind or her energy.
They result is a "wild child" of a very hard to control type.
Teacher her the basics of language as "feeling" by hand deaf sign language
has to be the hardest kind of teaching known to man.

DVD Review: Owner
Summary: 5 Stars

Product was brand new as stated and was still packaged as such. The delivery was very quick. I was very satisfied.

DVD Review: excellent acting, great movie
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is excellent. The acting is superb. There's a scene where Sullivan tries to make Helen sit and eat with a fork and spoon that seems so real. This is a fascinating, based on real events, movie. It's a must have.

DVD Review: Very Nice Copy
Summary: 1 Stars

Although there were minute, short Scratches on the DVD, the performance of the DVD did not seem to be affected. I am sorry it has taken me so long to review it,but we have not had time to view it until now and we do not have internet at home. Nevertheless, We watched it last night and the DVD performed flawlessly. Therefore I expecially made another trip into town to send you this review so you would get it as soon as possible. Again, sorry for the long delay in this review. Thanks for sending the DVD so rapidly, also. Best regards, Donna Mahnke

Description of The Miracle Worker

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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