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- 1962
- Not Rated
- United Artists
- 1 h 46 m
- 1962
- Not Rated
- United Artists
- 1 h 46 m
Summary The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Directed By: Arthur Penn
Written By: William Gibson, Helen Keller
- 1962
- Not Rated
- United Artists
- 1 h 46 m
- 1962
- Not Rated
- United Artists
- 1 h 46 m
The Miracle Worker
83
7.6
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Summary The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Directed By: Arthur Penn
Written By: William Gibson, Helen Keller
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
83
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The film is a harrowing, painfully honest, sometimes violent journey, astonishingly acted and rendered.
It's a stunningly impressive piece of work, typically (for Penn) deriving much of its power from the performances.
Anne Bancroft won the Oscar playing Helen Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, in this intelligent adaptation of William Gibson's Broadway hit, and it's a fierce, moving job, highlighted by the incredibly savage battles between teacher Annie and pupil Helen (fellow Oscar winner Patty Duke). It's a model serious bio-drama.
A film that storms where most biopics respectfully tiptoe.
Where the picture really excels, outside of its inherent story values, is in the realm of photographic technique. It is here that director Penn and cameraman Ernest Caparros have teamed to create artful, indelible strokes of visual storytelling and mood-molding.
Truffaut's The Wild Child is a more beautifully conceived picture on the same theme, but even with its imperfections and staginess this early Penn film is extraordinary.
The absolutely tremendous and unforgettable display of physically powerful acting that Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke put on in William Gibson's stage play The Miracle Worker is repeated by them in the film made from it by the same producer, Fred Coe, and the same director, Arthur Penn.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.6
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.6
86% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
