Children of a Lesser God
original film poster
Directed by	Randa Haines
Produced by	Chris Bender JC Spink
Written by	Mark Medoff (play) Hesper Anderson James Carrington
Starring	William Hurt Marlee Matlin Piper Laurie Philip Bosco
Music by	Michael Convertino
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 3, 1986
Running time	119 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

This article is about the movie, Children of a Lesser God. For other uses, see Children of a Lesser God (play).

Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 film that tells the story of a speech teacher at a school for the deaf who falls in love with a sign language-using deaf woman. It stars William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, and Philip Bosco. Image File history File links Children_of_a_lesser_god. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Marlee Matlin as Amanda in What the Bleep Do We Know Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress who is almost completely deaf. ... Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1981 Playbill Children of a Lesser God is a play written by Mark Medoff. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... The word deaf can have very different meanings depending on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Marlee Matlin as Amanda in What the Bleep Do We Know Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress who is almost completely deaf. ... Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

The movie, directed by Randa Haines, was adapted by Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson and James Carrington (uncredited) from Medoff's Tony Award-winning play, which ran on Broadway from 1980-1982. Randa Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a notable film and television director and producer, perhaps most famous for directing the critically acclaimed feature film, Children of a Lesser God (1986), starring William Hurt and Marlee Matlin. ... 1981 Playbill Children of a Lesser God is a play written by Mark Medoff. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Marlee Matlin, in her debut role) and was nominated for Best Actor (William Hurt), Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurie), Best Picture, and Best Writing for an Adapted Screenplay. The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

Marlee Matlin, herself almost completely deaf in real life since the early age of 18 months, is the youngest actress to have received an Oscar for Best Actress (she was 21 at the time). Matlin remains active in charities for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing around the world.

Matlin plays Sarah Norman, a deaf, troubled young woman working at a school for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in New England. An energetic new teacher, James Leeds (William Hurt), arrives at the school and encourages her to set aside her isolated life of frustration by learning to lip read but she resists. Romantic interest develops between James and Sarah and they are soon living together, though their mutual stubbornness strains their relationship. The states marked in red show New England. ...

Production

The movie was shot primarily in and around Saint John, New Brunswick with the Rothesay Netherwood School serving as the main set. Saint John[1] is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... Rothesay Netherwood School is a Canadian private boarding and day university-preparatory school (grades 6-12) located in Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada. ...

Trivia

• The film's box office sales shot up by an unprecedented 164% after Matlin's win for Best Actress.

• In one of the film's early scenes, the truck belonging to William Hurt's character can clearly be seen to have a Wyoming license plate on it. (Look for the distinctive bucking horse and cowboy logo on the plate. The first number on the plate is a 2, which means the plate is from Laramie County, Wyoming.)

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See also

• Children of a Lesser God (play)

1981 Playbill Children of a Lesser God is a play written by Mark Medoff. ...

External links

• Children of a Lesser God at the Internet Movie Database
• About Marlee Matlin at Starpulse.com

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