Rating: NR
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 05/08/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Originally telecast November 12, 2000, on
ABC,
The Miracle Worker was the third film version of the classic biographical play by
William Gibson. Following in the footsteps of
Patty Duke and
Melissa Gilbert as the young
Helen Keller is
Hallie Kate Eisenberg, who skyrocketed to TV fame in 2000 as star of a series of well-circulated cola commercials.
Alison Elliot co-stars as
Annie Sullivan, the dedicated, no-nonsense teacher who ultimately draws the blind, deaf, and mute
Helen out of her lonely shell (literally kicking and screaming at times) and into the "normal" world. Filmed in Mississauga, Ontario,
The Miracle Worker was shown as a two-hour episode of
ABC's
The Wonderful World of Disney anthology.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide