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Actors: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Miracle Worker |
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The touching story of Helen Keller's struggle to overcome her disabilty. Annie Sullivan comes to the Keller's home from a school for the blind, where she was a student, to teach Helen. She has had 9 operations on her eyes and has her sight, however poor it may be. Helen's father is skeptical and after a battle scene in the dining room between Annie and Helen, he concedes to letting her live for 2 weeks alone in a small house used only in the hunting season. At the end of 2 weeks Annie has taught Helen manners, but she still doesn't understand what words mean. It isn't until Helen's welcome home diner that she is taken out to the water pump and it all clicks for her.
This movie was adapted from the Broadway play and before that a teleplay of the same title and also stared Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. The play and movie earned Anne Bancroft a Tony and an Oscar and earned Patty Duke an Oscar as well, making her the youngest actress up to that point to win an Oscar. This movie is a definate classic.
--Samantha , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Miracle Worker |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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