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Release Date: 1986

Cast: Georgia Ann Cline, Frank Carter Jr., Allison Gompf, Philip Bosco, Barry Magnani, William Hurt, E. Katherine Kerr, John Basinger, Marlee Matlin, John Limnidis, Piper Laurie, Bob Hiltermann ...MORE

Cast: Georgia Ann Cline, Frank Carter Jr., Allison Gompf, Philip Bosco, Barry Magnani, William Hurt, E. Katherine Kerr, John Basinger, Marlee Matlin, John Limnidis, Piper Laurie, Bob Hiltermann, William D. Byrd, John F. Cleary ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Film Adaptation, Romantic Drama, Drama Film

Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. An adaptation of Medoff's Tony Award-winning stage play of the same name, the film stars William Hurt and Marlee Matlin as two employees at a school for the deaf: a hearing speech teacher and a deaf custodian, respectively, whose conflicting ideologies on speech and deafness create tension and discord in their developing romantic relationship. Marking the film debut for deaf actress Matlin, Children of a Lesser God is notable for being the first film... MORE

Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. An adaptation of Medoff's Tony Award-winning stage play of the same name, the film stars William Hurt and Marlee Matlin as two employees at a school for the deaf: a hearing speech teacher and a deaf custodian, respectively, whose conflicting ideologies on speech and deafness create tension and discord in their developing romantic relationship. Marking the film debut for deaf actress Matlin, Children of a Lesser God is notable for being the first film since the 1926 silent film You'd Be Surprised to feature a deaf actor in a major role. After meeting deaf actress Phyllis Frelich in 1977 at the University of Rhode Island's New Repertory Project, playwright Medoff wrote the play Children of a Lesser God to be her star vehicle. Based partially on Frelich's relationship with her hearing husband Robert Steinberg, the play chronicles the turmoiled relationship and marriage between a reluctant-to-speak deaf woman and an unconventional speech pathologist for the deaf. With Frelich starring, Children of a Lesser God opened on Broadway in 1980, received LESS