| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Widescreen DVD collection.
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| Note |
Special features: Interactive menus, scene selection, theatrical trialer. |
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Based on the stage play by Mark Medoff. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. |
| Credits |
Music, Michael Convertino ; editor, Lisa Fruchtman ; production design, Gene Callahan ; director of photography, John Seale. |
| Cast |
William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco. |
| Summary |
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, best actress, Marlee Matlin. |
| Subject |
Deaf -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Feature films -- Videodiscs.
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Films for the hearing impaired -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Haines, Randa, director.
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Sugarman, Burt, production personnel.
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Palmer, Patrick, production personnel.
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Anderson, Hesper, screenwriter.
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Medoff, Mark Howard, screenwriter.
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Hurt, William, actor.
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Matlin, Marlee, actor.
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Laurie, Piper, 1932- actor.
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Bosco, Philip, actor.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
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| Added Title |
Children of a lesser god (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0792169719 |
| Standard No. |
097360183948 |
| Music No. |
01839 Paramount |
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