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Is this the only movie primarily about Deaf people?

posted 17 years ago by Abe_Phroman
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I cannot seem to find any other movies under this genre, a movie starring deaf characters. Can anyone think of any others?

[–] bianca23br 17 years ago

Just type in search "Deafness" (select keywords) and you will find here many titles. The actress Marlee did many movies like this one and "Bridge to silence", just check her filmography.

I recomend "Papa's Angels" (2000), it's soo lovely! "Mr. Holland's Opus" with Richard Dreyfuss is wonderful too.

Bianca

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[–] lilyas 17 years ago

Check this movie: "Jenseits der Stille" (Beyond the Silence)

[–] hannahwig 17 years ago

Also, you might want to check out a movie called: Crazy Moon . It has a young Kiefer Sutherland in it. Here's the link: www.imdb.com/title/tt0090882/.

[–] moviepimpdj 17 years ago

Universal Signs! It's amazing. Amazing. And much better than this movie.

[–] timothyhodge 16 years ago

Check out "The Miracle Worker" about Helen Keller.

[–] SeisCinemaSeis 16 years ago

The best movie about deaf people that I've seen is Johnny Belinda.

[–] FlamRatamacues 15 years ago

"Man of a Thousand Faces," which is about Lon Chaney Sr., also has some prominent themes with deaf people (Chaney's parents).

[–] wtbgc311 14 years ago

"Dear Frankie" is about a young deaf boy and it's a touching family drama.

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[–] Homestead2 14 years ago

True, but use caution here because "Dear Frankie" uses hand shapes and signs used in Great Britian, which is different from American Sign Language, so don't use Frankie for your ASL class homework assignment (LOL)!!!

Many attempts have been made to generate a universal sign language, but to date each country has their own set of signs - incidentially, ASL is also made up of 15-20% Native American hand signs (which makes me happy), so ASL is stricly a language of North American origin...

Glades2

[–] Emily-65-Roses 14 years ago

ASL is also closer to French sign language than it is any other, including Britain, despite the US and Britain having similar spoken languages.

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[–] silverkid 14 years ago

No one has mentioned the alan arkin film The heart is a lonely hunter??? It's a great movie.

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