The Miracle Worker
The story of 'half-blind Yankee schoolgirl' Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy how to communicate.
23 November 1902, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
14 December 1946, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
November 27, 1877 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
8 October 1930, Florida, USA
17 September 1931, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1932, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
March 2, 1896 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
21 March 1951, Rockville Center, New York, USA
15 January 1889, New York City, New York, USA
25 July 1893, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
29 January 1918, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 July 1920, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
14 February 1936, Jennings, Florida, USA
27 July 1890, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
August 14, 2004
Notable not just for its earnestness and two outstanding performances (both won Oscars) -- it's also got one of the longest catfights in cinema history.
February 09, 2006
It's a stunningly impressive piece of work, typically (for Penn) deriving much of its power from the performances.
December 28, 2010
Outstanding movie based on life of Helen Keller.
March 16, 2004
Portrays a literal war for a girl's soul, making that war so ugly that it's impossibly beautiful.
December 26, 2010
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke give intense, powerful Oscar-winning performances in Arthur Penn's successful screen version of the Helen Keller story, based on William Gibson's play.
October 18, 2008
Where the picture really excels, outside of its inherent story values, is in the realm of photographic technique.
January 01, 2000
Anne Bancroft is superb as Annie Sullivan, the teacher who finally reached into Helen Keller's darkness, and Patty Duke is chillingly real as the young Helen.
October 17, 2005
Beautiful black-and-white cinematography, startling performances, and harrowing physicality… the cathartic final scene is nothing short of transcendent.
August 15, 2011
Two well-deserved Oscars grace this unflinching portrait of selfishness in direct resistance to selflessness.
August 16, 2003
Potentially soft material is handled with just the right severity; marvelously acted.
May 25, 2015
An early yet central work for Arthur Penn
