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  1. The Miracle Worker is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90.Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller.The play was adapted for the screen twice before, in 1962 and 1979.

  2. The Miracle Worker: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine. The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

  3. The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film about Anne Sullivan, blind tutor to Helen Keller, directed by Arthur Penn.The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90.Gibson's secondary source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller.

  4. The true story of Helen Keller in the early 1900s who was born deaf, verbally challenged, and blind. Anne Sullivan played by Allison Elliot has the task of teaching Helen to interact with the ...

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  5. Nell Minow Common Sense Media Outstanding movie based on life of Helen Keller. Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Nick Pinkerton Village Voice The centerpiece is a one-room, nine-minute war of ...

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  6. Nov 12, 2000 · The Miracle Worker. Rating: TV-PG. Release Date: November 12, 2000. Genre: Drama, Family, Live Action. Helen, who has been unable to speak, hear, or see since childhood, is increasingly difficult to educate, and her parents find Annie Sullivan. Although she is new to teaching, it is through Annie's strong will and unshakable faith that Helen ...

  7. The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller 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.

  8. Helen Keller penned her autobiography titled, The Story of My Life in 1902, but it wasn't until 1959 that it was adapted for the stage. The Broadway production was directed by Arthur Penn and written by William Gibson. Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft, little known actresses at the time, played the leading roles of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan and received rave reviews for their performances.

  9. The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie 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 touch, the only ...

  10. The Miracle Worker. Academy Awards went to Best Actress Anne Bancroft and Best Supporting Actress Patty Duke for their moving portrayals of Annie Sullivan and her remarkable blind and deaf pupil, Helen Keller. 2,434 IMDb 8.1 1 h 46 min 1962. X-Ray 18+.