What the Deaf Man Heard

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Movie Info

This made-for-television comedy starts with a young boy who is abandoned by his mother on a bus. Years pass, and the now-grown Sammy has not once said a word, and people think that he is deaf and mute. But eventually Sammy reveals his secret.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Television
Directed By:

John Kent Harrison
Written By:

Robert W. Lenski
In Theaters:

Nov 23, 1997 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jan 12, 1999
Runtime:

120 minutes
Studio:

Hallmark Entertainment

Cast

Matthew Modine
as Sammy Ayers

Claire Bloom
as Mrs. Tynan

Judith Ivey
as Lucille

James Earl Jones
as Archibald Thacker

Jerry O'Connell
as Rev. Perry Ray Pruitt

Bernadette Peters
as Helen Ayers

Tom Skerritt
as Norm Jenkins

Anne Bobby
as Tallassee Tynan

Stephen Spinella
as Percy

Jake Weber
as Tolliver Tynan

Frankie Muniz
as Young Sammy

Tyler Noyes

Hallee Hirsh

Teagle F. Bougere

Lance Reddick

Patrick Garner

Patt Noday

Mary Lucy Bivins

Terry Nienhuis

Lorri Lindberg

J.R. Horne

Karen Williams

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Oct 13, 2008

TV movie I enjoyed. Quite a few well known and soon to be better known actors filling out this cast. Philosophically the story is very interesting. Being a shy, generally quiet person myself, I identified with the character when I first saw it during my high school years. If people feel comfortable around you, either by feeling unthreatened or by taking a position of superiority, it's amazing what you may hear. As the current plot synopsis states, silence does offer protection and a little power.

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