Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert gave Phenomenal and Outstanding performances of these Challenging characters and Deserved the recognition and Awards they received. Well done Ladies 😢😢😢😊😊😊😊

Way to go Patty Duke for portraying both Characters 😊😊😊 You are Truly an Actress in every sense of the word embodying every aspect of the Characters you portray. R.I.P

The water scene gets me every time, especially when Annie Sullivan says "She knows". It represents the struggles that individuals with disabilities like me face and the glorious triumphs we have in life when we break out of our shells and accomplish something no one ever thought possible.

Oh, Miss Patty Duke, you were simply brilliant

NOBODY can do Helen Keller like Patty Duke!!!!!!!!!!!

i absolutly love this part!!!! its amazing and it makes me cry.

Honestly Patty Duke did an amazing job as Anne Sullivan in this version. Including when she played Helen Keller in the 1962 version.

I prefer the amazing Patty's portrayal as the wild eyed, wild spirited feral Helen - it is not quite captured by this young actress. Anne Bancroft was so magnificent as Teacher, there was a hardness to her portrayal that lent itself beautifully to her own backstory and went a long way to explaining her approach and served to highlight how true love is sometimes a hard teacher. I prefer the original version.

I understand the dialogue more in this version but the intensity of the performances in the first version are gone.

Go see the original with Patty Duke.

I love this story because its fact based about an awesome lady. And any portrayal by any actors in the past or present are just beautiful in my opinion. Love Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert ,great talent

Patty Duke was really talented. She could do any part and be great in it.

Party Duke as the teacher, but as a child she was Helen. She is a master as both.

Thanks for uploading this classic!=)

my eyes its fill with tears thank you for posting this =)

I remember when I first watch this 25 years ago.

The 1962 version directed by Arthur Penn (who would later direct Bonnie and Clyde) was one of the most perfectly realized adaptations of a stage play to film. This reduces it to an episode of "Little House on the Prairie." What a desecration of a great film.

RIP PATTY DUKE (1946-2016)

It was beautiful it made me cry

Melissa Gilbert was a amazing. ❤

ヘレンケラーは小学校の時、授業で見て、感動で涙が止まらないえいがでした。三重苦で生きていくのに、サリバン先生の魂心こめた指導でものには名前があるのを知った最高の喜びにただ感動だったのを今でも脳裏にのこっています。映画を好きになったのもこの映画が原点です。

Interesting observations, Mark; thanks for sharing.

This is such a silly remake! OMG! I Love Melissa Gilbert on Little House but this is just NOT the role for her. Teacher and student are the same height and student looks way too mature on this version. Terribe casting. For those who don't know, go see the ORIGINAL film of this movie... waaaay much better! Anne Bancroft played the Teacher and young Patty Duke played the student, Helen Keller. check it out! Movie title 'Miracle Worker'. Anne Bancroft won Best Actress and young Patty Duke won Best Supporting Actress Awards for these roles at the 1963 Academy Awards!

I like all of the versions of Helen Keller. She was an amazing woman! 2019

beautiful.

For those of you who keep saying that Melissa Gilbert was too old for this part, you all need to do your research and keep your Patty Duke bias to yourselves. Patty Duke was 16 years old when she played Helen Keller in '62...Melissa Gilbert was 15. So none of you naysayers have an argument.

Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880. She was a great baby, but she was sick, when she was 19 mounth old. Of the Rest of her life, she was deafblind. Helen Keller dies on June 01, 1968, at the age of 87

she lost her hearing and sight at 19 months. she heard as a baby the word water. this is why she was able to say wa at the end. the word was very deep in her subconscious.

thanks i didnt have time to watch the full movie so i sticked with the highlights i needed this for my english exam

finally i'm not alone!!!

Yo vi esta película cuando era pequeña y nunca me olvidé de la cena del agua, choré mucho y hoy estoy feliz de haberla encontrado 40 años después jajajaja.

Wonderful ending!

I actually like this one. No offense to anyone. Must be because I'm a big fan of Melissa Gilbert ❤

🥺🥺🥺😭 siempre me emociona cuando al final aprende

She did a really good job in that movie but I still like the original best as Patty Duke played Helen. That is my favorite version so far. I have that on DVD too but I'm glad they do make newer versions of the life of Helen Keller. People should learn about her and Annie's life, etc. :) Heidi

Like how annie look almost the same in 3 different movies i watched

Anne Bancroft and Patty duke were lightning in a bottle.no reproduction compares to the rawness of their performance.

wow!!! over the top acting on both parties!!!!! powerful and moving movie

I think it is actually funny how the family continues to ramble on about those good old days. And they ignore Helen. But there is Annie on top of it all. :)

Esta foi a cena mais marcante para mim

It's astonishing how much Patty resembled Anne Bancroft in this role.

Wonderful ! I hope to see this in full length someday ! The life of Helen Keller seems amazing, I want to find out more:)

The actress playing Helen looks like a teenager.

by the way, Patty was actually just barely 15 when this movie was made. It premiered in May 1962 and she turned 16 that Dec. Wa wa was the only word Helen knew before going deaf at 19 mths.

The tense is gone from the first version.. eventhough i can clearly understand their dialogue this time

The teacher had Patience

Oooohhh - Dr. Pulaski from Star Trek is playing Helen's mom...

Jimmy taking a stand was a great development in his character. Throughout the play, he acted immature up until this moment

Hermosa película

I feel terrible that Patty Duke, finally getting to play the part of Anne Sullivan, couldn't have been in a better rendering of the story she originally did--as Helen, to perfection--than this!

I prefer the 2000 version. That little girl was a natural artist...

She is massively tall for someone who was 7 at the time. Lol

Everyone on here blasting this and saying it is so terrible. Yeah, if any of you can act any better. Melissa Gilbert acted the same way Patty Duke did in the earlier 1962 movie. So what if they were both older than the real Helen Keller at this time of learning in her life. Do you really think they could have come up with an actual 6 or 7 year old in Hollywood to play this difficult part? Get real people and stop being so damn critical because the actors are only doing what the directors, producers, and writers are telling them and portraying the characters as best as their research will allow. Ok ok, you all think the first one is better. Ok we get it. But it doesn't mean this one is total crap. Why can't you all just enjoy the movie and appreciate the acting for what it is? Not every movie can be perfectly made and flawless. Your expectations are too high people! Amazing how critical everyone on here is, but the reality is that NONE of you so called experts could do any better. So... just be quiet, and try to enjoy this.Yes, I think the first movie is better as well, but I still think this is wonderful because I am not expecting perfection like most of you.

I LOVE Hellen

You mean that not one remake has every been better than the original in your opinion. I thought that this remake was well done. In fact, as a child, I saw this version first before I even knew that there was an eariler version. I didn't see the original until a few years later. They're both good...so was the other remake done in 2000.

Helen keller is amazing

1962 is better

hey its laura ingalls!

i know its hard to be a special edaucation teacher it take one secret it COURAGE and patience..

I personally think the one with Hallie Eisenberg as Helen Keller is the best one. I know it is newer than the two that came before but I prefer it because one the color pallet was gorgeous two the actress looks to be around the age of six years old same age as Helen when she started and three Patty and especially Melissa looked way too old to play the part of Helen. They might have been better as older Helen’s but as young Helen’s nope

VERRY BEUATIFUL R.I.P. HELEN K.

The best one here was Duke.. For me, she and only she outshines anyone as far as the Keller movies go. This didn't have the backing of a wholly outstanding cast the way the Duke as Helen production did. It made Helen too candy-coated, I thought. Duke's gave a much truer portrail of the tyrant child Helen Keller was. ~Imagine the fire inside her.. a brilliant child, trying to communicate from within a dark, silent world~ I'D be a tyrant, TOO!

Who cares if she was tall at the time this movie was filmed? And too old?! If you were really serious in your "critique" then you'd realize that Melissa Gilbert was 15 when she portrayed Helen; and Patty Duke was 16... So who was too old? Don't be a hypocrite.You can't complain about one and not the other. Your point is moot.

Melissa Gilbert it is way too old for this part.

Helen was mean but when she gets to the pump it works for Annie and Helen

You are thinking of the original with Patty Duke playing Helen Keller. This is a re-make with Melissa Gilbert playing Helen Keller. I have the original on DVD and it is black and white. I do wish they would colorize it but oh well. lol. :) Heidi

WATER HELEN, WATER!! hahahaha

I'd never seen this movie. This is inspirational, even though it's unrealistic. Melissa Gilbert needed to put more research in to the material that she would be portraying. Melissa Sue Anderson portrayed being blind better then Gilbert did. Blind people are not spasmatic like Gilbert portrayed obviously.

Melissa Gilbert is exactly the same age in this as Patty Duke was when she played the part did the original film.

It's Doctor Polaski from Star Trek TNG 😮

The nicest movie about Hellen Keller is the one from Disney (2000).

I love Patty McCormack and would love to see her portrayal of Helen.

She spelled water wrong hahaha

I prefer Hallie Eisenburg in the 2000s remake

I prefer 1962, btw this story is extraordinary.

Does it matter if she wouldnt have understood at this stage when all that really mattered was that she was learning to communicate? I think that would be something to celebrate whether or not she did understand full sentences. It's like when a child SPEAKES their first words, she's still speaking, just in a different way. I think you need that this was a big moment in her life and is not something to criticize.

Where can you get it?????

Así es Sofi usaba este tipo de gafas cuando me cuidaba si ella intentó que yo hablara y no quise porque yo me comunico telepáticamente solo con mi mamá sorry Sofi pero la misma vida y la gente dura que me tocó en mx tuve que hablar para defenderme lo siento todo el tiempo que gastaste en vano ve dónde viene a hablar mmm cosas de la vida y te pido perdón por lo niña que fui y lo orgullosa que era y terca de eso no queda nada aún así perdon❤

I like this version (even though the original was much better), this version isn't all that bad

youd be surprised to learn what else she learned to say. she learnt to speak like you and me through vibrations that occurs when we talk on our lips, nose and throat area.

@LadyMisfitAngel That's because they are both based on the same stage play.

i have a feeling u got that from wikipedia

Annie is absolutely correct

Mute people can still make sounds.

But the new version is far great 👍

Helen es Laura de la familia ingalls

The actress playing Helen looks much older than 7....

Well it is too bad to be blind and can’t hear Hellen Keller. Karen Lehr

I dont see how this is bad acting.. She did really well! Not the best remake but definitely not bad!

No puedo tomar enserio a Laura Ingalls 😂

I'm disappointed by the performance of Patty Duke. She was a better Helen Keller than Annie Sullivan. And for those who say that Melissa Gilbert did the same as Patty Duke: not at all. There are similarities, but her performance is less powerfull than Patty (in my opinion)

In comparison to the original classic, The Miracle Worker, {of 1962}, this is a ridiculous remake, mediocre at best. In comparison to much of Melissa Gilbert's following ventures into adult acting, it's not bad. Patty Duke, for her outstanding portrail of Helen in the gritty, earthy, and haunting motion picture, deserved a far finer production than a tv send-up. Sorry Melissa~:-s

The one from 2000 is way better

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Diana Muldaur reigns!❤

Can't believe how some people think that this girl did exactly as Patty Duke. Patty was funny as Helen and very strong mentally and physically for her age. And if some people question if anyone else can do better, well HELLO, ANYONE can!! Acting is easy for practically anyone. 5 year olds and BABIES act now! It's no big challenge. How do I know this? Cuz I'm a born actress. I don't go around saying it's hard and very complicated to understand cuz it ain't. Acting is simply pretending to be like someone else. This version had no feeling, or emotion. That's why it's not good. Everyone sounded like robots when they were saying their lines. That's really sad considering Patty alReady went thru these lines. Please, don't anyone say that you doubt anyone could do better cuz practically ANYONE can act!

This would be much more believable if Melissa wasn't as tall as Patty. She was like 15 when they filmed this? Hard to see her as Helen when the girl was 8 or 9 in real life back when the events shown in these movies took place. And back in 1890s children were averagely not was tall as nowdays or late 1900s

For godsakes no she is not!!! She was a year younger than Patty Duke was when she portrayed Keller. So you have no argument.

Hellen Keller should know how to use a napkin properly instead of throwing it down on the ground fighting is useless. Karen Lehr

Sadly this movie is a COPY of Patty Duke's version.. they could have made it their own, its not verbatim that Helen literally did this when making the connection of signing.