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The Miracle Worker, a review by Tom

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Title: The Miracle Worker
Links: IMDb | Wikipedia

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Year:	1962 / United States
Director:	Arthur Penn
Writing:	William Gibson (Screenwriter), William Gibson (Original Material By)
Rating:	PG
Length:	102 Min.
Video:	Widescreen 1.66
Audio:	English: Dolby Digital 1, German: Dolby Digital 1, French: Dolby Digital 1, Italian: Dolby Digital 1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 1
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Romanian

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Stars:
Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan
Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller
Inga Swenson as Kate Keller
Andrew Prine as James Keller
Kathleen Comegys as Aunt Ev

Plot:
Starring in what is quite possibly the most moving double performance recorded on film, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke are remarkable in their Oscar-winning portrayals of Annie and Helen. Ennobling and uplifting, this inspirational story of courage and hope is one of the finest works of arts in the history of motion pictures.

Locked in a frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness since infancy, 7-year-old Helen Keller has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston arrives. Having just regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch - the only tool they have in common - and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

Awards:

Academy Award	1962	Won	Best Actress	Anne Bancroft
Academy Award	1962	Nominated	Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	Ruth Morley
Academy Award	1962	Nominated	Best Director	Arthur Penn
Academy Award	1962	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Patty Duke
Academy Award	1962	Nominated	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	William Gibson
AFI	1962	Won	100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006)
AFI	1962	Nominated	100 Years... 25 Scores (2005)	"Composer": Laurence Rosenthal
BAFTA	1962	Nominated	Film And British Film
BAFTA	1962	Won	Foreign Actress	Anne Bancroft
Directors Guild of America	1963	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Arthur Penn
Golden Globe	1962	Nominated	Actress in a Leading Role - Drama	Anne Bancroft
Golden Globe	1962	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role	Patty Duke
Golden Globe	1962	Won	New Star of the Year - Female	Patty Duke
Golden Globe	1962	Nominated	Picture - Drama	Fred Coe
National Board of Review Awards, USA	1962	Won	Best Actress	Anne Bancroft
Writers Guild of America Awards	1963	Nominated	Best Written American Drama	William Gibson

Extras:
Scene Access

I bought this movie to see how much of the movie Black is taken from here. The early scenes in Black with the young Michelle show a lot of similarities to this movie. Though I enjoyed it more in Black. Here it stretches too long. This movie ends with the "water" scene, which in Black is the first big breakthrough and after that follows the life of a now adult Michelle.
I also thought that the teacher-pupil relationship has a much bigger weight in Black.
But in itself, "The Miracle Worker" is a good movie with great performances by its stars. My favorite scene is the ten minutes battle between them when Annie is trying to teach Helen table manners.



Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 11th, 2010)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, a review by Dragonfire

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

First he fought for the Crown, now he's fighting for the family jewels!  Mike Myers (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) returns as the world's grooviest superspy in this latest comedy-adventure!

Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo".  Now Austin must return to the Swingin' Sixties, recover his mojo and stop his terminally square arch nemesis from liquidating the world.  Together with the fab CIA superchick Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham, Lost in Space, Bowfinger), Austin faces off against an army of outrageous villains including a heinous henchman of tremendous girth and Mini-Me, Dr. Evil's deranged 1/8 sized clone.

My Thoughts

I fully admit this movie is silly and a bit corny..but it is funny and entertaining.  The explanation for getting rid of Vanessa was really out there, but it somehow seemed to fit with the tone of the movie.  Dr. Evil is very funny to me and the addition of Mini-Me was interesting, especially how he interacted with Scott.  I didn't care for Fat Bastard though.  He was just gross.  The time travel wasn't even remotely believable, but it helped make the movie entertaining.  People who liked the first Austin Powers movie might also like this one.

 

(From My November Alphabet Marathon on November 3rd, 2008)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Bottle Fairy: Volume 2: Autumn and Winter (2003/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 89 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
As they continue their studies into human society, our four fairies learn about the meaning behind holidays like New Year's and Valentine's Day. They're also schooled on the all-important subject of sports. With this much knowledge and perseverance they should definitely be able to become human! But with a strange education like this - reading, writing and 'rithmatic doesn't seem to be part of their curriculum - what sort of humans will they turn out to be?


Bottle Fairy
Season 1.13 And Then
Writer: Yuiko Tokumi (Original Material By), Hideki Shirane (Screenwriter)
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Cast: Nana Mizuki (Kururu), Kaori Nazuka (Chiriri), Yui Horie (Sarara), Ai Nonaka (Hororo), Kisho Taniyama (Sensei San), Haruko Momoi (Tama Chan), Yugo Takahashi (Announcement on the Train), Keiji Okuda (Old Man on the Train), Megumi Nasu (Student), Asami Imai (Fossil Excavation Club Leader), Makiko Ohmoto (Baseball Club Manager), Chie Nakamura (Scout), Ken Takeuchi (Fan A), Yukimasa Obi (Fan B), , Mia Bradly (Chiriri), Jennifer Sekiguchi (Hororo), Mari Daniel (Kururu), Vicky Green (Sarara), Yuri Lowenthal (Sensei-san), Riva West (Tama-chan), Amie Hill (Student), Amie Hill (Baseball Club Manager), Amie Hill (Talent Scout), Sabrina Weisz (Fossil Excavation Club Leader)

The first twelve episodes was teaching the four bottle fairies about Japanese customs. One for each month. This last episode has the bottle fairies being transformed into a human girl with the character traits of all four. A nice episode, but they could have done more with the idea.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on February 17th, 2013)