Bridge to Silence (1989)

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Release Date: Apr 9, 1989 Wide

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This made-for-TV film represented the first speaking role for hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin. A happy wife and mother, Matlin is grief-stricken when her husband is killed in a car accident. Still not fully recovered after several weeks, Matlin must rely on her mother Lee Remick to care for her young daughter. Matlin puts her life back together by joining a theatre troupe comprised of deaf actors, one of whose members is played by Phyllis Frelich, who originated the role in the Broadway

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Television

Directed By: Karen Arthur

In Theaters: Apr 9, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Feb 27, 1991

Cast

Candace Brecker
Mary
Tom Butler
Atty. McHally
Helen Carscallen
Court Clerk
Bob Hiltermann
John Warner
Cec Linder
Sam
Gino Marrocco
Cab Driver
Marlee Matlin
Peggy Lawrence
Maxine Miller
Saleswoman
Michael O'Keefe
Dan
Gerard Parkes
Dr. Block
Irene Pauzer
ICU Nurse
Lee Remick
Marge
Allison Silva
Lisa
Vanessa Vaughan
Nell Lang
Pat Hamilton
Betty
Warren Miller
Tom Wingfield
Michael Rhodes
Emergency Doctor
Josef Sommer
Al Duffield
Phyllis Frelich
Amanda
Geordie Johnson
Interpreter
Claudette Roach
Emergency Nurse
Djanet Sears
Private Room Nurse
Anthony Natale
Gentleman Caller
Graham McPherson
Dr. Whitsett

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Wonderful performances by a talented cast, including Marlee Matlin in her first speaking role, cannot quite overcome a melodramatic story in which a deaf woman nearly loses custody of her daughter to the mother who never understand her. I always regards the deaf culture for the rights to communicate with hearing people

December 18, 2007

Dean McKenna

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As a grandmother of deaf children I think this is an accurate depiction of the family of deaf children. it is a real life situation and I applaud the cast of this movie. Been there done that I am sorry to say but this could help another family avoid falling into the same trap,

November 8, 2010