The Miracle Worker

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - It Has a Name

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - Let's Play a Game

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - Helen's First Lesson

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - She Knows!

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - Helen Kisses Annie Goodnight

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - Annie Is Reminded of Her Past

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - I Want Complete Charge

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - She Wants to Talk Like You and Me

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - Helen's Table Manners

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The Miracle Worker: Official Clip - She Can't See or Hear

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Cast & Crew

Anne Bancroft
Annie Sullivan

Patty Duke
Helen Keller

Victor Jory
Captain Arthur Keller

Inga Swenson
Kate Keller

Andrew Prine
James Keller

Kathleen Comegys
Aunt Ev

Beah Richards
Viney, Keller Maid (uncredited)

Jack Hollander
Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)

Arthur Penn
Director

William Gibson
Writer

William Gibson
Writer

Helen Keller
Writer

Fred Coe
Producer

Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music

Ernesto Caparrós
Cinematographer

Aram Avakian
Film Editor

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Critic Reviews for The Miracle Worker

Audience Reviews for The Miracle Worker

• Jan 02, 2016

  Even with a slight tendency towards melodrama, this is a wonderful film that impresses with a gorgeous cinematography, beautiful direction (the mise-en-scène is exceptional), two superb Oscar-winning performances and an incredible 8-minute fight to "housebreak" a feral child.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Jan 04, 2014

  Intense from the get-go, in both style and acting; still cinematographically modern in a lot of ways and dominated by a fiery performance by Anne Bancroft. It struck me as unusual for a film of its era to start SO in media res, with the stakes already so high and the parents already so distraught, but it's for the better. Stark and powerful, even if it slows into a somewhat repetitive groove after a while. Definitely see it once, it's a classic, winner of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars... given that it's largely a two-hander of a script, it kind of makes you wonder how it wasn't nominated for Best Picture, too, but 1962 was a deep year... Lawrence of Arabia (winner), To Kill a Mockingbird, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Music Man and The Longest Day got that nomination, which means that other great films like The Manchurian Candidate, Days of Wine and Roses, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Birdman of Alcatraz also didn't get the nod. There's one argument in favour of the return to (up to) 10 nominees for the big prize! I digress, though; The Miracle Worker is a fine film and may well have cast the die for future "inspirational caregiver, teacher, etc." films.
  Daniel P Super Reviewer
• Dec 24, 2013

  This story has always amazed me. How do you teach someone with no sight and hearing to have an appreciation for the broader world and be able to be highly functioning as a human being. This is the story about how it came to happen and Anne Bancroft is an excellent choice for someone to bring it to life.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jan 11, 2012

  Few get to men and women's hearts than this movie. When it does, it goes deep and buries itself so that when years later after seeing it, it's still pretty much there to incite again the momentous experience. Power is the word that describes, from the characters that everyone with a heart will care about, and the retelling of the one of the most brilliant stories ever told, not mere fantastical tale, but something that really actually happened.
  Adriel L Super Reviewer

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