The Miracle Worker
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nadia Tass
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Alison Elliott
David Strathairn
Lucas Black
Kate Greenhouse
Film Details
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Synopsis
An adaptation of William Gibson's 1959 play about Annie Sullivan, the teacher that opens up the world for the blind and deaf Helen Keller.The Kellers of Tuscumbia, Alabama are a family in crisis. Their 8-year-old daughter, Helen, has been blind, deaf and mute since she was 18 months old, and her most consistent form of communication is to grab, tear and scratch violently at anything, or anyone, handy. Captain and Kate Keller feel such love and pity for Helen that they indulge her every whim. The result is that they have lost any semblance of peace in their home and son James bitterly resents how much attention is lavished on his sister. The Kellers make a last attempt to find a solution to their problem. The Perkins School For the Blind in Boston offers to send one of their best students, Annie Sullivan, a recent graduate, to the Keller household to be Helen's live-in teacher in 1887.Sullivan, herself the product of an arduous childhood, also suffers from failing eyesight. Nevertheless, she hatches a plan to control the family interference and create a world of structure for her bright, lively young student that is essential for her to learn and survive. Annie's determination finally leads Helen to a climatic breakthrough that allows her to discover the world through the eyes and ears of others.
Director
Nadia Tass
Cast
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Alison Elliott
David Strathairn
Lucas Black
Kate Greenhouse
Damir Andrei
Stewart Arnott
Kevin Duhaney
Neville Edwards
Patricia Gage
Eugene Lipinski
Twila Provencher
Jackie Richardson
Liam Robinson
Stephanie Sams
Crew
Suzy Beugen
Maryann Brandon
John Buchan
Annie Fort
William Gibson
William Goldstein
Peter M Green
Christopher Hargadon
Lindsey Hermer-bell
Charles Hirschhorn
Monte Merrick
Sandra Moore
Marsha Norman
David Parker
Cathy Rehl
Donna Rosenstein
Robert F. Scherer
Cathy Shibley
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video February 13, 2001
Aired in United States November 12, 2000
Telecast as a presentation of "The Wonderful World of Disney."
Began shooting July 2000.
A 1962 film version of "The Miracle Worker" starred Ann Bancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen Keller. A 1979 telefilm for NBC starred Patty Duke as Annie Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller.
