The Miracle Worker
An emotional earthquake!
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 31, 2017
- Originally Released: 1962
- Label: Olive
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Anne Bancroft & Patty Duke | |
Performer: | Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine & Kathleen Comegys | |
Directed by | Arthur Penn | |
Edited by | Aram Avakian | |
Screenplay by | William Gibson | |
Composition by | Laurence Rosenthal | |
Art Direction by | George Jenkins | |
Produced by | Fred Coe | |
Director of Photography: | Ernesto Caparros |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke
Entertainment Reviews:
The best-actress Oscar should go to Anne Bancroft for her remarkable portrayal of the half-blind Irish girl who opened the doors of human communion...Patty Duke, as Helen, is almost equally convincing.
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Maclean's Magazine
Anne Bancroft is superb as Annie Sullivan, the teacher who finally reached into Helen Keller's darkness, and Patty Duke is chillingly real as the young Helen.
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Chicago Reader
The centerpiece is a one-room, nine-minute war of attrition, as a tutor (Anne Bancroft) imposes table manners on her feral charge (Patty Duke). It's a heaving, shin-cracking donnybrook, done with complete commitment.
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Village Voice
Rating: B+ --
The Miracle Worker structurally has much in common with a Western. The plot turns on a stranger who comes to town, confronts a problem the townspeople cannot solve, and leaves when that problem has been addressed.
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Family Home Theater
Rating: 4/5 --
When it came out, The Miracle Worker was seen as dynamic and rule-breaking; in today's lights, it's a finely crafted film, well-acted, a bit stiff.
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The Film Yap
Where the picture really excels, outside of its inherent story values, is in the realm of photographic technique.
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Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
Outstanding movie based on life of Helen Keller.
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Common Sense Media
Product Description:
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, THE MIRACLE WORKER is a gripping and inspiring story of the battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller (a brilliant Patty Duke) is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) comes to help the little girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Under Arthur Penn's controlled direction, Bancroft and Duke deliver unforgettable, flawless performances. The screenplay for THE MIRACLE WORKER was written by William Gibson, who also wrote the book.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 54,098
- UPC: 887090138017
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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