The Miracle Worker

"An emotional earthquake!"

1962 1h 46m EN

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METACRITIC

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8.1

IMDB

★7.9TMDB · 358🍅96%Rotten Tomatoes●83Metacritic★8.1IMDB · 21,817

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Synopsis

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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 tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

“An emotional earthquake!”

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Cast

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
John Bliss
Admissions Officer (uncredited)
Grant Code
Doctor (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Arthur Penn
Writers: William Gibson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Arthur Penn, shot by Ernesto Caparrós. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Laurence Rosenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Aram Avakian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke and Victor Jory carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An emotional earthquake!".

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The take

Arthur Penn directs. Ernesto Caparrós behind the camera. Laurence Rosenthal scores. Aram Avakian cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.
364 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Arthur Penn, shot by Ernesto Caparrós. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Laurence Rosenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Aram Avakian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke and Victor Jory carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "An emotional earthquake!".
9IMDB entry: tt0056241 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 19 themes, including "blindness and impaired vision", "deaf-mute", "education", "biography".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.