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The truth is, when you have such a moving, powerful story as the life of Helen Keller, then it can be filmed many times and each version will have its own quality and value to it. Lawrence of Arabia (winner), To Kill a Mockingbird, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Music Man and The Longest Day got that nomination, which means that other great films like The Manchurian Candidate, Days of Wine and Roses, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Birdman of Alcatraz also didn't get the nod. Obviously, everyone has their personal opinions on which version of The Miracle Worker is the best, the 1960s one, the 1970s one, or this 2000s one. Five years pass, and Helen is now a little girl. By investing real people and real events with a combination of heart, humor, and suspense, Gibson’s bio-drama tells a story that every parent and child, or teacher and student, can identify with. Soon after, they learn that Helen has lost her ability to see or hear. A half century later, The Miracle Worker remains playwriting at its emotion-packed, crowd-pleasing best. Captain Arthur Keller and his second wife, Kate Keller, summon a doctor to treat Helen for a fever. given that it's largely a two-hander of a script, it kind of makes you wonder how it wasn't nominated for Best Picture, too, but 1962 was a deep year. A television remake of William Gibsons classic play about Annie Sullivans efforts to draw Helen Keller from her world of darkness. In Alabama in the 1880s, the wealthy Keller family has just given birth to a baby girl, Helen Keller. His mother encouraged him to achieve beyond normal expectations and tutored her son so that he could skip grades in school. Definitely see it once, it's a classic, winner of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars. Born in 1914, William Gibson spent most of his childhood in an area of New York City called the Bronx. Ennobling and uplifting, this inspirational. Stark and powerful, even if it slows into a somewhat repetitive groove after a while. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke are remarkable in The Miracle Worker, the Oscar-winning story of Helen Keller. It struck me as unusual for a film of its era to start SO in media res, with the stakes already so high and the parents already so distraught, but it's for the better. Intense from the get-go, in both style and acting still cinematographically modern in a lot of ways and dominated by a fiery performance by Anne Bancroft.