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After Helen's family hires Sullivan in desperation, the film chronicles their intense struggle to break through Helen's world of isolation, culminating in the iconic "water" breakthrough at the well where Helen finally connects words to objects.
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00:03:00Don't you have some occasion you need to dress for?
00:03:03Why don't I ever meet any of your young friends, James?
00:03:08Why can I invite people here?
00:03:09But surely your friends don't think that Helen is any reflection on you?
00:03:14Well, Helen is the real head of this house.
00:03:17She's probably just pretending she can't speak off here,
00:03:19so she don't have to answer to anyone.
00:03:21Your jealousy of that helpless child is intolerable.
00:03:26Auntie?
00:03:32Oh, well, here we are.
00:03:35Here's our father and Aunt Eve.
00:03:38I saw James.
00:03:42I hope that you knew he went calling again.
00:03:45No, no.
00:03:46Oh, Katie, we all love Helen.
00:03:50But surely you must see what an effect she is having on your household.
00:03:54Why, James and Arthur can barely speak a civil word.
00:03:58And all your time is given over to the girl.
00:04:02You hardly ever have time for your new baby.
00:04:05James is right.
00:04:07You and Arthur must do something and sue.
00:04:11What can we do, Evelyn?
00:04:13The only thing left to do is to take Helen to an asylum.
00:04:17And Kate would never stand for it.
00:04:18Well, have you tried?
00:04:20We have taken her to every hospital in two states.
00:04:22No one holds out any hope.
00:04:24What about that Dr. Chisholm up in Baltimore?
00:04:26I read an article in your very own newspaper, Arthur.
00:04:29They say he has cured many cases of blindness that other doctors have given up on.
00:04:35Now, why not write to him?
00:04:38And have Kate's heart broken again.
00:04:40I'm prepared for my heart to break any number of times, Captain.
00:04:43I'll write to him myself if you like, Katie.
00:04:46There isn't going to be any cure.
00:04:48And the sooner we accept that fact, the better off we'll all be.
00:04:52I will never accept it, Captain.
00:04:55I can't.
00:04:57I'm going to the printers.
00:05:01Now, look, I can't turn my back for a moment.
00:05:04Arthur, Helen knows a lot more than you think about what goes on in this house.
00:05:08Nothing is solved by running all over the country every time some quack doctor gets his nail in the papers.
00:05:13Nothing is solved by running to the office either.
00:05:16Hmm.
00:05:18Kate, darling, what can anyone do?
00:05:21The kindest thing we could do would be to find a sanitarium in a beautiful spot where she would be taken care of.
00:05:26No, never.
00:05:28Oh, she tore off my buttons.
00:05:30It's eyes.
00:05:37She wants the doll.
00:05:39She wants the doll to have eyes.
00:05:42I'm sorry, Evelyn.
00:05:43Just tell me what it'll cost to have the buttons replaced tonight.
00:05:45I know she does.
00:05:47Oh, don't mind about that.
00:05:50What are a couple of buttons if it makes Helen happy?
00:05:53I'll sew them on if you like.
00:05:55Is that what you're trying to do?
00:05:57Make Helen happy?
00:05:58Nothing makes her happy.
00:06:00Everything you give her only makes her worse.
00:06:02She can have these little things that make her happy.
00:06:05Oh, Helen.
00:06:06Look, Helen.
00:06:09Helen.
00:06:11Listen, you cannot do things like that, okay?
00:06:13Why?
00:06:14She can have the little things that make her happy.
00:06:16If you won't send her away, then we must find some way of confining us.
00:06:22You want to lock her away in the attic like some sort of madwoman?
00:06:26She wants to talk.
00:06:28All right.
00:06:42I'll write to Dr. Chisholm.
00:06:44I know.
00:06:45Dr. Chisholm could do nothing for the girl and refer them to Dr. Legender Gray and Bell.
00:06:51As the girl is young and the parents are not willing to send her to us,
00:06:54I have put you up for the role of governess.
00:07:00Governess.
00:07:02Or nursemaid.
00:07:04We both knew you'd get rid of me one of these days.
00:07:07You've accomplished so much here.
00:07:09When you first came to us, you couldn't even spell your name.
00:07:14Are your eyes still so painful?
00:07:16No, it's my ears, sir.
00:07:20Tell me about the child.
00:07:21Todd, is she bright or dull?
00:07:27Can she be Todd?
00:07:29She's given to tantrums, they say.
00:07:33So am I.
00:07:34Maybe you should warn the killers about me.
00:07:36I've told them nothing of your history except your qualifications for the job.
00:07:42Here is the money for your train ticket.
00:07:46And here is a gift from all of us, with our love.
00:07:55We're going to miss you.
00:07:57This is my last chance to counsel you, Annie.
00:08:05You lack tact and a talent to bend to others.
00:08:09You're hard to fool and harder to please.
00:08:13But all the same, we are proud of you.
00:08:16Well, we'll have to meet the train again.
00:08:33That's why I hope the girl is on this one.
00:08:35Oh, she will be.
00:08:37Well, we'll see you at supper then.
00:08:38Your mother's not here, child.
00:09:08Well, I'm here, though.
00:09:12I'm your father.
00:09:14I'm your father.
00:09:19I used to swing you through the air.
00:09:22You weren't even two years of age yet.
00:09:25I wonder if you remember any of that.
00:09:28Or any of us.
00:09:30Here you are.
00:09:32Here's a piece of candy for you.
00:09:34Here.
00:09:38Here you are.
00:09:38Mm-hmm, you want your mama, don't you miss it?
00:09:42Captain Keller wouldn't like this if he saw it,
00:09:44but what's one little candy gonna hurt?
00:09:47What's your gift, sir?
00:09:49Ma'am?
00:09:50What's your gift, sir?
00:09:51Ma'am?
00:09:52What's your gift, sir?
00:09:53Ma'am?
00:09:54Ma'am?
00:09:55Ma'am?
00:09:56Ma'am?
00:09:57Ma'am?
00:09:58Ma'am?
00:09:59Ma'am?
00:10:00Ma'am?
00:10:01Ma'am?
00:10:03Ma'am?
00:10:04Ma'am?
00:10:05Ma'am?
00:10:06Ma'am?
00:10:07Ma'am?
00:10:08Yes, sir.
00:10:13Ms. Sullivan?
00:10:14Yes.
00:10:15I'm James Keller.
00:10:17I had a brother, Jimmy.
00:10:19Are you Helen's...
00:10:21I have brother.
00:10:22Do you ever talk?
00:10:23Yes.
00:10:24Andrew, pass it.
00:10:25Come on, person.
00:10:26Ms. Sullivan.
00:10:27Miss Sullivan!
00:10:28I'm so relieved we were beginning to get a little bit worried about you.
00:10:31The man who sold me that ticket ought to be tied to the tracks.
00:10:33I'm, uh, Catherine Keller. I'm Helen's mother.
00:10:36you didn't bring Helen I was hoping you would well her father wanted to spend
00:10:41the afternoon with her actually they so enjoy their time together okay you should
00:10:46be ashamed Miss Sullivan you'll find it in the South and make up these little
00:10:51stories just to amuse each other I hope you won't mind how much can a blind and
00:11:03deaf child learn Miss Sullivan I don't know does she communicate with you at
00:11:08all oh well I always know what she wants if that's what you mean no you don't all
00:11:15anybody knows that if you give Helen a piece of candy she'll be quiet for a
00:11:18while can you teach her to sit still Miss Sullivan I'd have to teach her language
00:11:25first language if she doesn't know words how could you know why you want her to
00:11:30sit still Miss Sullivan perhaps you were misled as to Helen's condition she can
00:11:35neither see nor hear but if it is her senses that are impaired and not her mind
00:11:40she must have language language is more important to the mind than light is to
00:11:45the eye but how will you teach her if you can't talk to her anyway I can we are
00:11:53going to do everything that we can to help you I don't want you to think of us as
00:11:57strange as Miss Annie strangers aren't so strange to me I've been around all my life
00:12:04watch your step
00:12:11welcome to Ivy Green Miss Sullivan I trust you had a good journey I had several thank you
00:12:24where's Helen oh Miss Annie we've put you in the upstairs corner room now if there's any breeze at all this summer you're going to feel it
00:12:31I'll take my suitcase I'll have it Miss Sullivan no please let me I wouldn't
00:12:35think of it I have something in it for Helen I needn't be treated like a guest now
00:12:45when may I see Helen well there she is that's Helen
00:13:15well that's Helen
00:13:42Oh, my God.
00:14:12She seems very rough, Kate.
00:14:20Why didn't she take her glasses off?
00:14:23Well, the Institute said that the light hurts her eyes.
00:14:26Apparently, she was nearly blind as a child.
00:14:29Blind?
00:14:29Well, she's had nine operations on her eyes.
00:14:32And they expect one blind person to teach another one?
00:14:36How long was she employed at that school?
00:14:39Well, she wasn't employed, Bea.
00:14:41Yeah. She was one of their best students.
00:14:45Students?
00:14:46Now you have two blind girls to take care of, Father.
00:14:49You stay out of this.
00:14:54James, why do you have to be so mean about Helen?
00:14:59Why, to confirm my father's view of me, of course.
00:15:08Those are mine.
00:15:11Yes, yes.
00:15:26All right, then, Helen.
00:15:33Doll will be your first word.
00:15:40It's as good as any.
00:15:42D.
00:15:48O.
00:15:51L.
00:15:55L.
00:15:56It's an alphabet for the deaf.
00:16:21Each letter has a sign.
00:16:23D.
00:16:25O.
00:16:26L.
00:16:28L.
00:16:29Doll.
00:16:32First, she will learn to imitate.
00:16:35D.
00:16:36O.
00:16:38Ah.
00:16:39Oh, she can imitate things, all right.
00:16:41Like a regular little monkey.
00:16:43A bright little monkey.
00:16:44D.
00:16:44I think she wants her doll back.
00:16:51She can have it back when she spells it.
00:16:53She has no idea what words even are.
00:16:55How could she spell them?
00:16:57If her fingers learn the letters now, then maybe someday her brain will learn that they have a meaning.
00:17:02Did you make up this alphabet?
00:17:04Me?
00:17:05No.
00:17:05Spanish monks under a vow of silence.
00:17:07Which, Mr. James, I wish you would take.
00:17:10I wish you would take it back.
00:17:40C.
00:17:47C.
00:17:48A.
00:17:50K.
00:17:50E.
00:17:52Cake.
00:17:53C.
00:17:54C.
00:17:59C.
00:18:00A.
00:18:01K.
00:18:02E.
00:18:03C.
00:18:03A.
00:18:05K.
00:18:06E.
00:18:07K-E.
00:18:11Very good.
00:18:13Cake.
00:18:20D-O-L-L.
00:18:25D-O-L.
00:18:43Very good, Helen. Very good.
00:18:46Good first lesson.
00:18:48Very well done. Very well done.
00:18:55Let me out, you wicked girl!
00:19:12Mmm!
00:19:14Mmm!
00:19:15Oh!
00:19:16Mmm!
00:19:22Mmm!
00:19:28Oh! I wondered if she was bright.
00:19:33She's the brightest one in this house.
00:19:39Where's Miss Annie?
00:19:41She's in her room.
00:19:43Didn't anyone call her to supper?
00:19:46James, go upstairs and bring her down.
00:19:48Certainly. I'll get the ladder.
00:19:50What?
00:19:51I'll need a ladder. It won't take long.
00:19:53What are you talking about?
00:19:57Well, Helen locked her in the room and ran off with the key.
00:20:03And I suppose you were gonna sit there and say nothing.
00:20:06You told me it was none of my business, Father.
00:20:08I was just trying to respect your wishes.
00:20:20Miss Sullivan, are you in there?
00:20:22Yes, sir. I'm in here.
00:20:24Isn't there a key on your side?
00:20:28No, sir. There's no key, sir.
00:20:30Put that ladder away, Jimmy.
00:20:40Whatever you say, Father.
00:20:42Captain, if we can't keep Miss Annie locked up till we find the key.
00:20:45James!
00:20:51Bring the ladder back.
00:20:54Whatever you say, Father.
00:20:55I heard her to solve problems, not create them.
00:21:12Put it, Jimmy.
00:21:13Thank you, Percy.
00:21:20Miss Sullivan!
00:21:21Yes, Captain Keller?
00:21:24I hope this is not a sample of what we can expect of you.
00:21:28Come out and sit on my shoulder.
00:21:43I'm perfectly capable of going down a ladder by myself.
00:21:45Do as I say, Miss Sullivan.
00:21:48Very chivalrous of you.
00:21:50This is not chivalry. This is practicality.
00:21:52You're no good to us trapped in a room.
00:21:53Oh...
00:21:58Oh...
00:22:01Very chivalrous of you.
00:22:02Oh, this is not chivalry.
00:22:03This is practicality.
00:22:04You're no good to us trapped in a room.
00:22:06Oh...
00:22:15Not in the house. Ten minutes.
00:22:18Honestly, I don't see how you managed it.
00:22:20and see how you managed it.
00:22:22I'll look for the key, sir.
00:22:24Thank you, just don't look in any rooms that can be locked.
00:22:28All right, everyone, excitement's over.
00:22:32I better leave the L-A-D-D-E-R.
00:22:50Oh, you little devil.
00:23:20If you think you can get rid of me that easily, you're wrong.
00:23:29I have nothing better to do and nowhere else to go.
00:23:34To the rest of my knowledge,
00:23:36no one in this house has ever tried to control the girl.
00:23:41But how can I discipline her without breaking her spirit?
00:23:47But if she won't obey me...
00:23:52Oh!
00:23:54Oh!
00:23:56Oh!
00:24:09Ink.
00:24:10It has a name.
00:24:17Pen.
00:24:18Pen.
00:24:19Pen.
00:24:32No, Helen.
00:24:33Oh!
00:24:34Oh!
00:24:35Bad!
00:24:36Girl!
00:24:37Oh!
00:24:38Never you mind, Miss Ellie.
00:24:39It's not the first.
00:24:40No, Helen.
00:24:42The captain thinks that you're spelling everything that Helen does is like spelling to a fence post.
00:24:55It's not the first.
00:24:56No, Helen.
00:25:02The captain thinks that your spelling everything that Helen
00:25:05does is like spelling to a fence post.
00:25:09You talk to the baby, don't you?
00:25:11Does she understand what you mean?
00:25:13Not yet, but she will someday, if she hears enough words.
00:25:17I'm letting Helen hear the words.
00:25:19How long will it take?
00:25:26A million words, maybe.
00:25:28Pen.
00:25:41Did you see that?
00:25:42I spelled pen.
00:25:45She spelled cake.
00:25:46She wants to see if I can tell the difference.
00:25:52There is nothing impaired in that head, Mrs. Keller.
00:25:55Helen is smart and angry.
00:25:57I can use that.
00:25:59Can you teach me those letters?
00:26:01I'll start tomorrow.
00:26:03If both of us are spelling to her,
00:26:05that makes only about half a million words each.
00:26:09Oh, Helen.
00:26:09Helen.
00:26:14Helen.
00:26:16Why did she get a reward for stabbing me?
00:26:26I don't know.
00:26:28I'm sorry.
00:26:33Ms. Sullivan, breakfast is ready.
00:26:37Shall I get the ladder?
00:26:38That's enough, Jimmy.
00:26:39Oh, good morning, Miss Annie.
00:26:50Good morning.
00:26:51Morning.
00:26:54I hope you've settled in comfortably, Miss Sullivan.
00:26:57Thank you, Captain.
00:26:58I have.
00:27:01Please, help yourself.
00:27:03Miss Annie, if there is ever anything that you need,
00:27:06please let us know.
00:27:07No.
00:27:18Tobacco price is up, Father.
00:27:20We should earn a nice profit this year for a change.
00:27:26Used to be a man who would make a good living running a farm.
00:27:28Well, perhaps if you'd leave your pet newspaper
00:27:32and come show me my business,
00:27:33we could make some real money.
00:27:35Not in front of Miss Sullivan.
00:27:36Why not in front of Miss Sullivan?
00:27:42Miss Annie?
00:27:44Uh, Helen is used to helping herself from our plates.
00:27:46I'm afraid I'm not used to it.
00:27:48No, of course not.
00:27:49Oh!
00:27:50Vini, please bring Miss Sullivan another plate.
00:27:52There's nothing wrong with my plate, Captain.
00:27:53Only that Helen's hands don't belong in it.
00:27:55Well, one plate is hardly worth spoiling our breakfast over.
00:27:58You see, she's just going to keep trying until she gets away.
00:28:02I must insist that you let the girl go.
00:28:08Oh, look, now she's hurt herself.
00:28:22No, she hasn't.
00:28:22I know a tantrum when I see one.
00:28:24And a badly spoiled child.
00:28:26Miss Sullivan!
00:28:30Please show some pity.
00:28:31For this kind of behavior.
00:28:33Pity's the one thing she doesn't do.
00:28:35The whole house waits on her hand and foot.
00:28:37Here, here.
00:28:38You stay out of this.
00:28:39Letting Helen have her own way, it's really such a small thing.
00:28:42Small?
00:28:43It seems you've all decided it's easier to feel sorry for Helen than to teach her how to behave.
00:28:49Well, I've not seen that you've taught her anything yet, Miss Sullivan.
00:28:52Quite right, Captain.
00:28:53Well observed.
00:28:54I'll start right now if you leave the room.
00:28:58Leave the room?
00:28:59Yes.
00:29:00Please, Captain.
00:29:00Right now, if you leave the room.
00:29:02Miss Sullivan!
00:29:03If you're not willing to stand up to one tantrum, I cannot teach her anything.
00:29:09Mrs. Campbell, you asked if there was anything I needed.
00:29:12Yes, but I...
00:29:13I need to be alone with Helen.
00:29:17Right now.
00:29:18Miss Sullivan?
00:29:19Oh, Captain.
00:29:24James?
00:29:27Captain, may I speak with you outside?
00:29:28Give us a moment, please.
00:29:46Oh.
00:29:46This is absurd.
00:30:01Arthur, I am sure that she is only trying to do what is best.
00:30:05I will not have my house turned into a circus.
00:30:07Unless there is a change in attitude, Miss Sullivan is dismissed.
00:30:19Arthur, and then what hope do we have for Helen?
00:30:22No less than we had before.
00:30:24And then perhaps we can regain some quiet.
00:30:25Hmm.
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00:31:07Oh!
00:31:37Ah!
00:31:47Shh.
00:31:48Shh.
00:31:51Ah!
00:31:53Ah!
00:31:54Ah!
00:31:55Ah!
00:31:56Ah!
00:31:57Ah!
00:31:58Ah!
00:31:59Shh.
00:32:00Shh, shh, shh.
00:32:03Ah! Ah! Ah!
00:32:33Oh, my God.
00:33:03Oh, my God.
00:33:30Oh, my God.
00:33:33Oh, my God.
00:34:03Oh, my God.
00:34:05Oh, my God.
00:34:07Oh, my God.
00:34:09Oh, my God.
00:34:11Oh, my God.
00:34:13Oh, my God.
00:34:15Oh, my God.
00:34:17Oh, my God.
00:34:47Oh, my God.
00:35:17Oh, my God.
00:35:47Oh, my God.
00:36:17What do you want me to do, Miss Kate?
00:36:37It's noontime, and the breakfast dishes ain't been cleared.
00:36:39Oh, my God.
00:37:09Helen ate from her own plate with a spoon all by herself, and she folded her napkin.
00:37:26The room's a wreck, but she folded her napkin.
00:37:29I'll be in my room, Mrs. Keller.
00:37:46Don't be long now, Miss Annie.
00:37:50Lunch gonna be ready right away.
00:37:51I'm sorry.
00:37:52I'll be in my room.
00:37:53I'm sorry.
00:37:54You're right.
00:37:55I'm sorry.
00:37:56I'm sorry.
00:37:57I'm sorry.
00:37:58I'm sorry.
00:37:59I'm sorry.
00:38:00I'm sorry.
00:38:01What are you reading?
00:38:08Dr. Howe's account of his patient, Laura Bridgman.
00:38:12She was deaf, blind and mute from the age of two.
00:38:16Did he succeed with her?
00:38:19He did.
00:38:21It's possible.
00:38:23With patients, I suppose.
00:38:26Something they did not give me a certificate for at Perkins.
00:38:29After this morning's lesson,
00:38:33the captain wants me to dismiss you,
00:38:35but I am going to insist that you remain.
00:38:41Where is your family, Miss Annie?
00:38:44My brother Jimmy was the last I had.
00:38:46He died 12 years ago.
00:38:48I'm sorry, I...
00:38:50I tried to protect him.
00:38:52I failed.
00:38:54It's no use trying to protect or speak for other people, not really.
00:38:58The only hope...
00:39:01is to teach them to do it for themselves.
00:39:04That's what I'm trying to do with Helen.
00:39:07What you demand of her now...
00:39:10is all she'll ever be.
00:39:13She tests her.
00:39:14ら,...
00:39:15.
00:39:18.
00:39:20.
00:39:23Step.
00:39:24.
00:39:25.
00:39:26.
00:39:27.
00:39:31.
00:39:32.
00:39:33.
00:39:34.
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00:39:37.
00:39:38Captain?
00:40:08Captain?
00:40:23And if what happened this morning wasn't enough, Helen can't stand to be near her.
00:40:28Things have gotten worse, and I want you to give her notice.
00:40:31No!
00:40:33Well, if you won't, I must.
00:40:39Good evening, Captain. Mrs. Keller.
00:40:44Miss Sullivan, I find that I am not satisfied with this...
00:40:51...that is, this arrangement.
00:40:54Will you please take off your glasses? I find it very difficult to speak to you with them on.
00:40:59Of course.
00:41:03Uh, if you must, keep them on.
00:41:07Now, Miss Sullivan...
00:41:08Please tell me, Captain, is the little house in the grove of trees being used for anything?
00:41:11The garden house?
00:41:13This is just what I am talking about.
00:41:16Miss Sullivan, if you expect to stay on here, there must be a change in your manner.
00:41:23And you must convince me that there is the slightest hope of teaching a child who flees from you like the plague.
00:41:29You could show some sympathy.
00:41:31You're absolutely right, Captain.
00:41:33There is not the slightest possibility of teaching a child who runs away from me.
00:41:37It is hopeless here.
00:41:39And the sooner we realize that, the sooner we can get to a solution.
00:41:42It is not hopeless.
00:41:45Helen could talk by the time she was ten months old.
00:41:49Before this illness, she was such a good child.
00:41:52Yes, she was an extraordinary child.
00:41:54I believe that.
00:41:55But she's not that child anymore.
00:41:59I've seen pets behave better than she does, and it's your pity that's the cause of it.
00:42:04I beg your pardon.
00:42:06I'm afraid your love for Helen is a greater handicap to her than her blindness or her deafness.
00:42:12Annie, before you came, we spoke of putting Helen in an asylum.
00:42:18Please don't give up.
00:42:20Obviously, Miss Sullivan thinks it's hopeless.
00:42:23Here.
00:42:24It's hopeless here.
00:42:26I'm only just beginning.
00:42:31Please let me show you.
00:42:33Please follow me.
00:42:50I believe I can only make progress with Helen if I have complete charge of her.
00:42:59But you already have that.
00:43:01No, I mean day and night.
00:43:03She must depend on me.
00:43:05For what?
00:43:06For everything.
00:43:07Her food, her clothes, her playtime, her sweets.
00:43:10All of these things are tools that I can use to reach her.
00:43:14And how do you propose to do that when she runs away from you?
00:43:17If she can run to you, I have no hope.
00:43:21Which is why I must live with her somewhere else.
00:43:26You can bring Helen here after a long carriage ride.
00:43:28She won't know where she is.
00:43:30And you can still see her every day, provided she does not know you're here.
00:43:34How long would you keep her?
00:43:37As long as it takes.
00:43:40I know this is the way.
00:43:42And, Captain, I cannot be rude to you if you're not around to interfere with me.
00:43:51You might understand that if I say no to this, you will abandon your charge to an asylum.
00:43:57An asylum is no place for Helen, Captain.
00:44:00Believe me, I know.
00:44:03I grew up in an asylum.
00:44:07In the state poorhouse, my brother and I, until it took his life.
00:44:12Our playroom was the dead house where they kept the bodies until they could dig the graves.
00:44:18It made me strong.
00:44:19But Helen is strong enough already.
00:44:26Please give me this chance.
00:44:31Give her this chance to save herself.
00:44:34Miss Sullivan, do you like this child?
00:44:38Do you?
00:44:43Captain.
00:44:44With your permission.
00:45:00I'll give you two weeks.
00:45:03You have two weeks to get the child to tolerate you.
00:45:06Percy could stay here. He could run errands for you.
00:45:09Two weeks is not enough.
00:45:11Two weeks is what I am offering.
00:45:17I'll take it.
00:45:34Where would you like your suitcase, Miss Sullivan?
00:45:36Oh, anywhere is fine.
00:45:38How do you expect a winner over in this place?
00:45:43You plan to tie her to the chair?
00:45:49How is it you have no pity for Helen?
00:45:52To have pity for someone is a waste of energy.
00:45:54Feeling sorry for ourselves is even worse.
00:46:05Well, I hope you win, Miss Sullivan.
00:46:24Well, we rode in the country for two hours.
00:46:36Well, she knows she could be in another town.
00:46:39Bring her inside, please.
00:46:54To have pity for herself.
00:46:55We're not able to get the children.
00:46:57They're not as always as always.
00:46:58Like, the other room is not as much as she could be in another town.
00:46:59You want to get to help her, Miss Sullivan?
00:47:00We're not worried.
00:47:01We'll get to the table for you.
00:47:02We'll be back.
00:47:03We'll be home.
00:47:05We'll be home.
00:47:06We'll be able to go Любay.
00:47:07We'll be home.
00:47:08I need you, Miss Sullivan,
00:47:09We'll be here for you.
00:47:10We'll be home.
00:47:12We'll be home.
00:47:14We'll be home.
00:47:15We'll be home.
00:47:16Oh, she wants me.
00:47:43She can have you back in two weeks.
00:47:46Miss Annie, please take good care of her.
00:47:54I will.
00:47:55Miss Annie.
00:48:03Miss Annie.
00:48:05Miss Annie.
00:48:07Miss Annie.
00:48:09Miss Annie.
00:48:17Miss Annie.
00:48:19Miss Annie.
00:48:21Miss Annie.
00:48:23Oh my God.
00:48:25Oh my God.
00:48:27Ah!
00:48:29Ah, gosh, gosh, gosh, gosh.
00:48:31Gosh!
00:48:33Gosh!
00:48:35Gosh!
00:48:37Push her, push her, push her.
00:49:07I'm gonna try to get her.
00:49:18I kind of like him.
00:49:20I'm gonna do that.
00:49:23I'll go.
00:49:24I'll go.
00:49:26I'll be back.
00:49:27I'll be back.
00:49:29I'll be back.
00:49:30I'll be back.
00:49:32I'll be back.
00:49:33I'll be back.
00:49:35I'll be back.
00:49:36Wake up. I need your help.
00:49:51Try again.
00:49:53Try again.
00:50:06Let me go. She gon' pinch me.
00:50:18I think she's trying to talk.
00:50:20She can talk, but she's got to use her hands.
00:50:23Here, let me show you.
00:50:27She's mad at me now, so she doesn't want to play,
00:50:29but she knows a lot of letters.
00:50:30C, A, K, E.
00:50:41Cake.
00:50:44C, A, K, E.
00:50:51C, A, K, E.
00:50:58She spends cake, she gets cake.
00:51:03She doesn't know what the word means yet, but she will.
00:51:08Percy?
00:51:09I don't know.
00:51:17We don't need her.
00:51:18How would you like to learn when she doesn't know?
00:51:20M is easy.
00:51:22I is even easier.
00:51:23Just the pinky up.
00:51:25L...
00:51:29K.
00:51:31M... Why should I talk to you?
00:51:33I'm teaching Percy.
00:51:34M-I-L-K.
00:51:44No.
00:51:46I'm teaching Percy.
00:51:48Oh, you're jealous.
00:52:04M-I-L-K.
00:52:19At least I'm back to where I can touch you.
00:52:21You can go back to bed, Percy.
00:52:36M-I-L-K.
00:52:49M-I-L-K.
00:52:50I never thought that life could be so quiet.
00:53:10I never thought that life could be so quiet.
00:53:20Thank you,
00:53:22I...
00:53:25I miss her, too.
00:53:29Mush, little baby, don't say a word.
00:53:33Mama's gonna buy you the mockingbird
00:53:37If that mockingbird don't sing
00:53:42Mama's gonna buy you the diamond ring
00:53:48Honey.
00:53:51I can't sleep, honey. There are rats in my room.
00:53:56Can't we live somewhere else?
00:53:58I don't have anywhere else, Jimmy.
00:54:00Please, can I sleep with you?
00:54:03Just for tonight.
00:54:04I can sleep with you.
00:54:13Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
00:54:17Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
00:54:22Indeed.
00:54:23That mockingbird doesn't seem
00:54:26Mama's gonna buy you a time.
00:54:34Mama's gonna buy you a time
00:54:36Mama's gonna buy you a life
00:54:37Mama.
00:54:39Mama.
00:54:40Mama.
00:54:43Mama.
00:54:44Mama.
00:54:45I'm gonna lose my life.
00:54:47Mama.
00:54:52Mama.
00:54:57Flower.
00:54:59Leaf.
00:55:03Leaf.
00:55:09Water.
00:55:18No.
00:55:19Not apple.
00:55:24Water.
00:55:25Water.
00:55:32Why is it so hard to understand?
00:55:46We were just about to have lunch.
00:55:48How is she, Miss Annie?
00:55:50Fine.
00:55:51I taught her that stitch yesterday.
00:55:53No, I can't get her to stop.
00:55:57It's so quiet in the house without her.
00:56:00Well, when the captain and James on bickering, that is.
00:56:03I notice they don't get along.
00:56:05Oh, well, they used to when James' mother was alive.
00:56:08But then Helen came along and, well, she takes up so much of our attention.
00:56:23I don't know.
00:56:24I don't know.
00:56:29Soup.
00:56:37Oh, such a lady.
00:56:38She'd rather starve than eat without a spoon.
00:56:40You have taught her so much in a week and a half.
00:56:44It's not enough.
00:56:45Obedience is not enough.
00:56:47She knows so many words.
00:56:49If only she knew what they meant.
00:56:52And how will she learn?
00:56:54The way a bird learns to use its wings, it has to come.
00:56:58But how, Miss Annie?
00:57:00I need more time.
00:57:10Alone with her?
00:57:11Yes.
00:57:12Why not?
00:57:15Because I can't.
00:57:16Spell it.
00:57:17If she ever learns, you're the first person she's going to want to talk to.
00:57:22She needs me.
00:57:35She needs me too.
00:57:41No.
00:57:42You have three days, Annie.
00:57:45That's all you have.
00:57:52Well done.
00:57:53Well done.
00:57:54Well done.
00:57:55Well done.
00:57:56Well done.
00:57:57Well done.
00:57:58Well done.
00:57:59Well done.
00:58:00Well done.
00:58:01Well done.
00:58:06E-G-G.
00:58:09Egg.
00:58:11The word is the thing.
00:58:13It has a name.
00:58:22Bird.
00:58:23The bird is coming out of its shell, Helen.
00:58:39You.
00:58:40You come out too.
00:58:45Oh.
00:58:52Well, Francis.
00:58:53I believe we're on something here.
00:59:03Father?
00:59:04Hello, Francis.
00:59:05James.
00:59:06Yep.
00:59:10Thought I'd come take a look around.
00:59:14Well, we had an idea last year and tried something.
00:59:17And it looks like 22 inches between the plants gives us about twice a year.
00:59:21Twice the yield.
00:59:22Twice the yield.
00:59:23We had that blue mold pretty bad last year, sir.
00:59:26Well, we think it's carrying over the winter and the roots.
00:59:29So we're gonna try to get all the roots and stalks out of the ground after the holler.
00:59:33Well, if the roots gone, if we get a bad rain, we stand to lose a whole layer of topsoil.
00:59:38Well, I was thinking of that too.
00:59:42Let's plant some low grass for the winter.
00:59:44Look for some, would you, Francis?
00:59:46Mm-hmm.
00:59:51Did you need something, Father?
00:59:52I think I have it, Jimmy.
00:59:53Uh, sorry to interrupt.
00:59:54Horse.
00:59:55Horse.
00:59:56Ah.
00:59:57Ah.
00:59:58Ah.
00:59:59Ah.
01:00:00Ah.
01:00:01Ah.
01:00:02ďż˝.
01:00:03H.
01:00:04Ah.
01:00:05H.
01:00:06Um.
01:00:07H.
01:00:08H.
01:00:09H.
01:00:11H.
01:00:12H.
01:00:13H.
01:00:14Uh.
01:00:15H.
01:00:16H.
01:00:17H.
01:00:18H.
01:00:19H.
01:00:20H.
01:00:23H.
01:00:26Horse eats apple.
01:00:56How I have waited for this day.
01:01:14I only hope we won't be disappointed.
01:01:17Helen doesn't ever disappoint you, father.
01:01:26Why are you jealous, James?
01:01:33I'm not jealous.
01:01:36I'm envious.
01:01:39It's not only Helen who needs to learn how to talk.
01:01:45Things will be very different here if Helen is better.
01:01:49I know.
01:01:54Who will I blame then for my unhappiness?
01:01:57If only there was someone to help me.
01:02:03I feel I need a teacher as much as Helen does.
01:02:18Captain!
01:02:19Miss Sullivan, I've brought Helen a playmate.
01:02:22What kind of graduation present?
01:02:25Please, wait outside, Captain.
01:02:29Doug?
01:02:46Well, Miss Sullivan, two weeks are up.
01:02:50two weeks up not until five o'clock oh what difference can half a day make you don't know
01:02:56how eager we are to have her back i do know it's my main concern you've done wonders for her and
01:03:05you've done us a great service i've actually missed her i owe that debt to you pay it to helen captain
01:03:13give her another week now look what you've done for her already she's well behaved seems quite
01:03:19contented certainly cleaner she's cleaner is that what you care about she's learning to talk captain
01:03:27the words are in her fingers already i can't risk her i'm learning it when she goes back to her old
01:03:32life in the house oh look what is she spelling water miss sullivan that dog doesn't know what words are
01:03:47any more than she does the dog's happy enough so god may not have meant for helen to speak miss sullivan
01:03:55i mean her too captain give her half a week
01:04:03you have until five o'clock kate cannot bear to be separated from her for another night
01:04:09where is she your miss sullivan insisted on keeping her till five o'clock
01:04:27no not what her
01:04:36dog
01:04:39dog
01:04:52this this this is water
01:05:09this is water
01:05:12how do i make her understand
01:05:16how do i tell you
01:05:22i don't know anything
01:05:24they're satisfied
01:05:33i'll give them back their child
01:05:37and their dog
01:05:40both housebroken
01:05:43everyone's satisfied
01:05:44everyone but me
01:05:49and you
01:05:51reach
01:05:56reach
01:05:57oh
01:06:07oh what i wanted to give you helen
01:06:10everything in the earth everything that we are what we dream of what we leave behind
01:06:15what we think and feel and know and share it's all in words
01:06:24if i could give you one word
01:06:26one word one word i could give you everything
01:06:32all
01:06:38oh
01:06:39it means
01:06:41and
01:06:42it means
01:06:43Uh-huh.
01:06:55Chair.
01:07:01Napkin.
01:07:08Dress.
01:07:13My face.
01:07:23My face.
01:07:31Oh.
01:07:34Oh.
01:07:36Oh.
01:07:46Oh.
01:08:02Tears.
01:08:03Oh.
01:08:22Let's bring her home.
01:08:24Come on.
01:08:27Let's put your things away.
01:08:32Put them away.
01:08:35Good.
01:08:36Good.
01:08:38You.
01:08:39Are going home.
01:08:41Helen.
01:08:42He's going home.
01:08:45That's right.
01:08:46Put your things away.
01:08:48Oh.
01:08:49Helen.
01:08:51He's going home.
01:08:56He's going home.
01:08:57That's right.
01:08:59Put your things away.
01:09:01How is she?
01:09:03That's right.
01:09:03Put your things away.
01:09:11How is she?
01:09:12Please.
01:09:13Please give me more time.
01:09:14I can't.
01:09:16Helen.
01:09:17Helen.
01:09:18Helen.
01:09:28Okay.
01:09:35Oh.
01:09:36Oh.
01:09:37Oh.
01:09:42Hey, Socrates.
01:09:43You're doing so.
01:09:58You can get my hand.
01:09:59Oh.
01:10:00Oh.
01:10:01Oh.
01:10:02Oh.
01:10:03Oh.
01:10:06Oh.
01:10:07Oh.
01:10:08Annie! I'm so hot, Annie! Can you bring me some water? Annie!
01:10:29I have to go to him. He's got no one on the earth but me.
01:10:32Do you think I want an epidemic on my hands?
01:10:34No!
01:10:35You can't go!
01:10:36Annie!
01:10:37Annie!
01:10:38Annie!
01:10:39No, Annie!
01:10:40Jimmy!
01:10:41You're doing the best that you can.
01:10:42I'll come and get you when I get you.
01:10:44Jimmy!
01:10:45Annie!
01:10:46Jimmy!
01:10:47Annie!
01:10:48Jimmy!
01:10:49Annie!
01:10:50Jimmy!
01:10:51Annie!
01:10:52Annie!
01:10:53Annie!
01:10:54Annie!
01:10:55Annie!
01:10:56Annie!
01:10:57Annie!
01:10:58Joanna!
01:11:00Annie!
01:11:01Annie!
01:11:02Annie!
01:11:06Annie!
01:11:07Annie!
01:11:11You
01:11:32May I escort you I'm not very good company right now
01:11:36Well, I didn't come to keep you company I came to keep you from getting lost in the dog
01:11:42Maybe that's just what I was looking to do
01:11:44Are you feeling sorry for yourself and Sullivan just this once yes
01:11:57My father has a great respect for you. That's not easily on
01:12:02He fought a vix ball. Yeah, there's a newspaper
01:12:08And he's always daring you to measure up
01:12:11If you have any advice for me, I wouldn't mind hearing it. I never really had a father. So I'm the last person to ask
01:12:21But you've got to stand up to the world that's all I know
01:12:25What if he's the world
01:12:27Then you can just look around James and see how much bigger it really is
01:12:32He's a man James. That's all
01:12:35So are you
01:12:47And Evelyn well come in come in it is so good to see you you have to come and see our Helen now
01:13:02That sweet child miss Sullivan must be a wonder miss Sullivan
01:13:19I've brought you your first month's salary
01:13:28You've done quite a job
01:13:30You've taken a wild thing and given us back a child
01:13:33I taught Helen one thing
01:13:36No
01:13:36Don't do this. Don't do that. I wanted to teach her. Yes
01:13:43Well, you'll have all the time you need now
01:13:46Will you help me captain? Yes. How
01:13:49Don't undo what I've done
01:13:52The world is not an easy place for anyone to give Helen her way in everything is a lie to her
01:13:58You've got to stand between her and that lie don't give in
01:14:04We're certainly going to try
01:14:07I used to wonder how I would earn a living
01:14:10Now the question is can I survive it i'll see you at supper
01:14:15Oh
01:14:25We glad to have you back miss
01:14:45What Helen what oh yes keys yes
01:14:57I will keep the keys hmm
01:14:59I think we've had enough of locked doors around here
01:15:03Here they are
01:15:05That's right
01:15:10And jacob was left alone
01:15:13For the breaking of day
01:15:15And he wrestled with an angel
01:15:20An angel said let me go for the day breaks
01:15:24Jacob said I will not let you go until you bless me
01:15:28Amen
01:15:30Amen
01:15:30Amen
01:15:31Amen
01:15:33That's a very strange grace james
01:15:36I thought it was a very fitting grace
01:15:38Considering the circumstances
01:15:40So you're an expert now on the bible and tobacco is that right james
01:15:45Pickles
01:15:47Pickles aunt if
01:15:48I should say so you know my opinion of your pickles
01:15:53Well this is the last them i'm afraid i didn't put up nearly enough last summer but
01:15:57This year i intend to
01:16:00Reverend tomkins stopped by the office today to complain about his weevils
01:16:04And i told him
01:16:07Did you tell him to
01:16:08I told him to talk to you about his weevils james
01:16:10james i think it's marvelous what a successful farmer you have turned out to be james
01:16:16Miss ellen no
01:16:28No please
01:16:29I have hardly had an hour with her
01:16:33Captain
01:16:33Katie
01:16:36We uh
01:16:38We had a little talk
01:16:39Miss sullivan feels that if we indulge helen and
01:16:42But what's the child done
01:16:43She's learned not to throw things on the floor and kick
01:16:45Oh that's only a napkin it's not as if it was something breakable
01:16:49Either give helen to me or you keep her from kicking please
01:16:53What do you want me to do let me take her from the table
01:16:56But this is her first evening bed
01:16:58Once it hurts so much miss annie i have made all of helen's favorite foods she's testing you
01:17:04She's testing you i know
01:17:07Well she's not kicking now
01:17:09This is what i was worried about is this what you promised me less than an hour ago
01:17:21Give in to her then she's the one who will pay for it
01:17:24Please pass me more of helen's favorite foods
01:17:40Take a miss annie
01:17:43Thank you
01:17:46There take
01:17:47I don't see that we need to send her from the table let me hold helen to what she's learned and she will go on learning
01:18:04Take her out of my hands and it all comes apart
01:18:07She is the guest of honor
01:18:11Bring her plate back
01:18:13If she were seen child you would not stand for this well she's not
01:18:15I think some allowances are called for
01:18:20Bring her plate back
01:18:29Thank you
01:18:40There
01:18:45Thank you
01:18:50Now let's start all over
01:19:06No
01:19:08No
01:19:12No
01:19:13No
01:19:15Don't get her
01:19:20What are you doing
01:19:21I treat helen like a seeing child because i ask her to see i expect her to see
01:19:27Where are you taking her
01:19:29To make her refill this picture
01:19:31You let her speak to you like that arthur
01:19:47No i don't
01:19:49Let her go
01:19:51What
01:19:51Let her go
01:19:53Let her go
01:19:54She's right
01:19:54She's right
01:19:56She's right and kate's right
01:19:57If you drive miss sullivan away from here then we're lost
01:20:01No
01:20:03Helen is lost
01:20:04Captain please
01:20:05Jimmy
01:20:19Jimmy
01:20:23Thank you
01:20:44Do you know where we are?
01:20:46Do you recognize this place?
01:20:51Pump.
01:20:58No.
01:21:03Your mother's not here.
01:21:08Pump.
01:21:28There you go.
01:21:58Let's go.
01:22:28Water, yes. Water. It has a name. Water. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Water. Yes.
01:22:58Water. Pump.
01:23:06Ground.
01:23:10Yes.
01:23:16Bush.
01:23:18Water.
01:23:20Flower.
01:23:22Water.
01:23:24Water.
01:23:26Water.
01:23:28Water.
01:23:32Captain, Mrs. Keller, come quickly. She knows. Mrs. Keller. She knows. She knows. Mother.
01:23:48Oh, my God.
01:23:54Yes!
01:23:56Captain.
01:23:58Oh, yes.
01:24:02Papa.
01:24:18What?
01:24:48Why?
01:25:08Teacher.
01:25:18Yes, teacher.
01:25:41Keys? She wants the keys.
01:25:45Here you go.
01:25:48Here you go, teacher.
01:26:00Okay.
01:26:01K-E-Y.
01:26:06Key.
01:26:15Teacher.
01:26:16Okay, darling.
01:26:17Okay.
01:26:18Teacher.
01:26:19Okay, darling.
01:26:23Okay, darling.
01:26:24Okay, darling.
01:26:25Okay.
01:26:26Okay.
01:26:27Okay.
01:26:28Okay.
01:26:29Okay, darling.
01:26:30Okay, sir?
01:26:31Okay.
01:26:32Okay.
01:26:33Okay.
01:26:34Okay.
01:26:35I love Helen so much.
01:27:05I love Helen so much.
01:27:35I love Helen so much.
01:27:42I love Helen so much.
01:27:49I love Helen so much.
01:27:56I love Helen so much.
01:28:03I love Helen so much.
01:28:11I love Helen so much.
01:28:28I love Helen so much.
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