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What the Deaf Man Heard
“For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.”
6.4 / 10• 1997• 2h 0m•PG• English
DramaComedyTV Movie
Storyline
In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced that he is deaf and mute. Deciding that silence offers some power and protection, the boy decides to remain mute and just listens to all that is being said around him by people who think that he cannot hear.
Cast & Crew
Matthew Modine
Sammy Ayers
Lead
Claire Bloom
Mrs. Tynan
Judith Ivey
Lucille
James Earl Jones
Archibald Thacker
Jerry O'Connell
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Bernadette Peters
Helen Ayers
Tom Skerritt
Norm Jenkins
Anne Bobby
Tallasse Tynan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Kent Harrison's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. What the Deaf Man Heard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
