The Miracle Worker (1979) | Patty Duke Astin, Melissa Gilbert

The Miracle Worker (1979) | Patty Duke Astin, Melissa Gilbert | The Story of Helen Keller...

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The Miracle Worker...

	The Miracle Worker (1979) Patty Duke Astin, Melissa Gilbert Warner Home Video average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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1979 Television Version featuring Melissa Gilbert and Patty Duke

Wonderful Remake! I actually Like It Better Than The Original!

This is the 1979 made for TV movie about Helen Keller who by the way wasn't born blind and deaf but became blind and deaf after an illness when she was a baby. This movie stars Melissa Gilbert as Helen and Patty Duke as Annie who had actually played Helen in the the movie that was made in the early 1960's but to be perfectly honest, as much as I like that movie I actually prefer this remake.

The Story of Helen Keller...

I really love this movie because it tells the true story of Helen Keller. She was born deaf and blind and she had to learn how to use fingerspelling to talk and learn words. I really love this movie because it is a great movie! Watch what happeneds in the end! It has a wonderful ending to the movie!

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One of the best movies of all time

This is one of my favorite movies ever. When I was a teenager I watched it every weekend. It was one of the movies that helped me decide to become a special ed teachers. Though Melissa Gilbert, who was about 14 when she made the film, was a little old and tall to be playing 6 year old Helen Keller, it is still such a moving and beautiful movie that it is a classic.

Better than the 1st...? For some...but not for all.

In short...I too have seen this 1979 "Made-For-Television" classic. Funny though, by 1979, I had only seen the original '61 Bancroft/Duke classic, just bits & pieces, a time or two. So the storyline, plot, theme & "modern" production of the newer Duke/Gilbert version, really struck a chord within me...like many, in that time, I trust. Nothing can take the place of that art filmish-like masterpiece from writer William Gibson & director Arthur Penn, but Duke having such a pivotal role in BOTH films...helps make this re-make a "modern-day" classic as well. The only BIG problem? As of late 2007...a day when those are moving into movie-downloads and viewing them on portable, miniature camera/phone micro-devices...still NO DVD ever released...and still, no plan to...at this time. And for that reason...and that reason only...I leave you with only 4 Stars my film-friend. But THAT, of course, is not "your" fault...!

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