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Tony Foster (writer)
John Kent Harrison (writer)
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Release Date:
18 July 1993 (USA) more
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4 wins & 3 nominations more
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Excellent, enjoyable biography more (1 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | John Bach | ... | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Ian Bannen | ... | Melville |
| Vanessa Vaughan | ||
| Brenda Fricker | ... | Eliza |
| Jim McLarty | ... | Sumner Tainter |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dwight Bacquie | ... | Charles Thompson (as Dwight Peter Bacquie) |
| Lawrence Bayne | ... | Glenn Curtiss |
| Francis Bell | ... | Thomas Watson |
| Rhondee Beriault | ... | Helen Keller |
| Ken Blackburn | ... | Elisha Gray |
| Alistair Browning | ... | Dr. Clarence Blake |
| Gerald Bryan | ... | William Orton |
| Patrick Brymer | ... | Tamblyn |
| Melissa Cassin | ... | Daisy |
| Clare Corridan | ... | Susanna Hall |
 | Henry Czerny | ... | Casey Baldwin |
| Colin Fox | ... | Samuel Langley |
| John Givins | ... | Edward Gallaudet |
| Cindy Marie Gorman | ... | Elsie Bell |
| Tony Groser | ... | Chauncy Smith |
| Yvonne Lawley | ... | Sarah Fuller |
| Dan MacDonald | ... | Arthur McCurdy |
| Joanne MacInnes | ... | Maude |
| Alena McDonald | ... | Miss Sullivan |
| Michael McManus | ... | Bert Grosvenor |
| Peter Nicoll | ... | John Fowler |
 | Jonathan Potts | ... | Douglas McCurdy |
| Elizabeth Quinn | ... | Mabel Bell |
| Timothy Raby | ... | Melville Bell |
| Lewis Rowe | ... | Captain Keller |
| Carole Sinclair | ... | Mrs. Bethune |
| Jeffrey Thomas | ... | Gardiner Hubbard |
| Ian Watkin | ... | President Garfield |
 | J.H. Wyman | ... | Lt. Selfridge |
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Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence (USA)
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
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USA:420 min
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This made-for-tv movie runs 3 hours but is worth it, indeed.
It begins with young Alex Bell's childhood in Ireland, and follows both his development as an inventor and his usually strained, disapproving relationship with his father, who felt Alex was a useless daydreamer.
Instead, Alex goes on to become a successful deaf teacher, contemporary with Gallaudet who is protrayed as well in the movie, although the two didn't see eye-to-eye on approaches to teaching the deaf.
Alex begins to invent a number of interesting items as well as discovering a broad spectrum of new ideas and theories. I was amazed to see what all he has contributed to our civilization in a number of areas, even including his neck-in-neck competition with the Wright Brothers to invent a controllable self-propelled aircraft.
This movie is very heartwarming and fresh. The only annoying part was the sometimes quick changes in age as Alex and others grow old, and the sudden change in a new actor for the character occasionally leaves one bewildered for a few moments or even minutes.
Overall, this is a fantastic, educational film for everyone, and a great family movie that could lead to a nice project on studying the life and contributions of Alexander Graham Bell.