What the Deaf Man Heard
Brief Synopsis
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Sammy, a 10-year-old boy pretends to be a deaf mute after his mother abandons him at the Barrington, Georgia, bus station. There, he spends twenty-six years in secret silence, realizing the benefits of pretending he cannot hear or speak. Thinking he is deaf, the townsfolk have blurted out their true
Cast & Crew
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John Kent Harrison
Director
James Earl Jones
Daniel Kamin
Jake Weber
Frankie Muniz
Bernadette Peters
Film Details
Also Known As
Hallmark Hall of Fame (11/23/97)
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Period
Release Date
1997
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Sammy, a 10-year-old boy pretends to be a deaf mute after his mother abandons him at the Barrington, Georgia, bus station. There, he spends twenty-six years in secret silence, realizing the benefits of pretending he cannot hear or speak. Thinking he is deaf, the townsfolk have blurted out their true feelings, uncensored. It is only when he overhears a crook and his partner planning a scam that he realizes he must speak out to expose the truth.
Director
John Kent Harrison
Director
Cast
James Earl Jones
Daniel Kamin
Jake Weber
Frankie Muniz
Bernadette Peters
Patrick Garner
Patt Noday
Anne Bobby
Tom Skerritt
Tyler Noyes
Matthew Modine
Hallee Hirsh
Lorrie Lindberg
Teagle F. Bougere
Andy Stahl
Karen Williams
Mary Lucy Bivins
Stephen Spinella
Jerry O'connell
Claire Bloom
J.r. Horne
Lance Reddick
Judith Ivey
Terry Neinhuis
Crew
Dorothy Amos
Costume Designer
John R Bayless
Makeup
Logan Berkshire
Key Grip
Timothy M. Bourne
Assistant Director
Darlene Brumfield
Hair Stylist
Sue Bugden
Production Associate
Rick Clark
Assistant Director
David E Fluhr
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Craig Galka
Assistant Editor
G D Gearino
Source Material (From Novel)
John B Griffin
Location Manager
Stephen Grubbs
Sound Supervisor
Veronica Hadfield
Production Designer
Neil Hyman
Transportation Coordinator
Tracy Kilpatrick
Local Casting
Lynn Kressel
Casting
Robert W Lenski
Screenplay
Edward Leviseur
Property Master
Tom Luse
Producer
Tom Luse
Unit Production Manager
Jim Oliver
Editor
Marthe Pineau
Set Decorator
J A C Radford
Music
Thom Rainey
Script Supervisor
Allan K Rosen
Music Editor
Jeffrey Schlatter
Construction Coordinator
Michael Schorr
Special Effects Coordinator
Brent Shields
Co-Executive Producer
Steven R Smith
Sound Mixer
Tommy Ray Sullivan
Gaffer
Linwood Taylor
Art Director
Eric Van Haren Noman
Director Of Photography
Karen Mayeda Vranek
Post-Production Supervisor
Richard Welsh
Executive Producer
Dale Williams
Production Coordinator
Film Details
Also Known As
Hallmark Hall of Fame (11/23/97)
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Period
Release Date
1997
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 23, 1997
Telecast as a presentation of "Hallmark Hall of Fame."
Began shooting April 1, 1997.
Completed shooting May 3, 1997.
