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The Miracle Worker



இந்தப் படத்தில் ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான தகவல் உள்ளது. பராசக்தி படத்தில் நடிகர் திலகத்தை நடிக்க வைக்க எப்படி பெருமாள் முதலியார் தீர்மானமாக இருந்தாரோ, அதே போல் இத்திரைப்படத்தில் Anne Bancroft அவர்களை நடிக்க வைக்க இயக்குநர் ஆர்தர் பென் அவர்கள் மிகவும் தீர்மானமாக இருந்தார். தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் எலிசபெத் டைலரைப் போடுவதாக இருந்தால் ஐந்து மில்லியன் டாலர் தருவதாகவும், ஆன் அவர்களைப் போட வேண்டுமென்றால் 500000 டாலர் மட்டுமே தருவதாகவும் கூறி விட்டனர். இயக்குநர் அவர்கள் பிடிவாதமாக ஆன் அவர்களையே நடிக்க வைத்தார்.

இத்திரைப்படம் ஹெலன் கெல்லர் அவர்களின் சரிதையை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது.

இத்திரைப்படத்தின் கதாநாயகி பார்வையற்றவர் மற்றும் காது கேளாதவர் ஆவார்.

இந்த படத்திற்காக ஆன் அவர்கள் சிறந்த நடிகை பரிசு பெற்றார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத் தக்கது.

வைகி இணைய தளத்திலிருந்து இப்படத்தைப் பற்றிய தகவல்கள்

The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1902 autobiography of Helen Keller.
Plot synopsis

Young Helen Keller, blind and deaf since infancy due to a severe case of scarlet fever, is frustrated by her inability to communicate and subject to frequent violent and uncontrollable outbursts as a result. Unable to deal with her, her terrified and helpless parents contact the Perkins School for the Blind for assistance. In response they send Anne Sullivan, a former student, to the Keller home to tutor her. What ensues is a battle of wills as Anne breaks down Helen's walls of silence and darkness through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness.

Directed by Arthur Penn
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by William Gibson
Starring Anne Bancroft
Patty Duke
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography Ernesto Caparrós
Editing by Aram Avakian
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) July 28, 1962
Running time 106 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Production notes

Despite the fact Anne Bancroft had won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway production, United Artists executives wanted a bigger name cast as Anne Sullivan in the film adaptation. They offered to budget the film at $5 million if Elizabeth Taylor was cast but only $500,000 if director Arthur Penn insisted on using Bancroft. Penn, who had directed the stage production, remained loyal to his star. The move paid off, and Bancroft won an Oscar for her role in the film.
Also despite the fact that Patty Duke had played Helen Keller in the play, she almost didn't get the part. The reason was that Duke, 15 years old at the time, was too old to portray a seven-year old girl, but after Bancroft was cast as Anne, Duke was chosen to play Helen in the movie.
For the dining room battle scene, in which Anne tries to teach Helen proper table manners, both Bancroft and Patty Duke wore padding beneath their costumes to prevent serious bruising during the intense physical skirmish. The nine-minute sequence required three cameras and took five days to film.[1]
The film was shot at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California and Middletown, New Jersey.
It was remade twice for television, in 1979 with Patty Duke as Anne and Melissa Gilbert as Helen and in 2000 with Alison Elliott and Hallie Kate Eisenberg in the lead roles.
The film ranked #15 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies.

Academy Award for Best Actress (Anne Bancroft, winner)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Patty Duke, winner)
Academy Award for Best Director (Arthur Penn, nominee)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (William Gibson, nominee)
Academy Award for Best Black-and-White Costume Design (Ruth Morley, nominee)
A scene from the film The Miracle Worker