Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

TV Movie
1984
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Blythe Danner and Mare Winningham in Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)

Biography Drama

Annie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.Annie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.Annie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.

Director
- Alan Gibson
Writers
- Joseph P. Lash
- John McGreevey
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

163

YOUR RATING

Director
- Alan Gibson
Writers
- Joseph P. Lash
- John McGreevey
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The last US TV movie for Peter Cushing.

Goofs
Immediately after the Radcliffe graduation ball, when Macy is playing chess with Helen, he stands up startled over an outburst from Annie and knocks most of the chess men over. There is then an edit to a different camera angle and for the rest of the scene the chess men are standing up.

Connections
Follows The Miracle Worker (1979)

Soundtracks
Listen to the Mockingbird
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Milburn and lyrics by Septimus Winner

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Featured review

8/10

Gentle and Profound

The original Miracle Worker with Bancroft and Duke is one of my all-time favorite movies. However, I did not care for the '79 remake, so when I saw this movie begin on cable, I expected more of the same.

What a great surprise! Somehow the movie manages to capture the magic of people connecting, overcoming, living. The acting is subtle and solid, the writing lyrical and vibrant. While it does not have the drama of the original Miracle Worker, its steady pace, cinematography and selective focus on Sullivan's and Keller's life make it an astonishingly good movie. I highly recommend it for anyone in the mood to be inspired.