Children of a Lesser God - Part IV

Part IV Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 romantic drama film that tells the story of a speech teacher at a school for deaf students who falls in love with a deaf woman who also works there. It stars William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, and Philip Bosco. The movie, directed by Randa Haines, was adapted by Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson and James Carrington from Medoff's Tony award-winning play of the same name, which ran on Broadway from 1980-1982. Won Oscar: Actress in a Leading Role for Marlee Matlin and was nominated for more 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Children
• Lesser
• God
• William
• Hurt
• Marlee
• Matlin
• Oscar
• Deaf
• Film
• Love
• Story
• 1986
• Drama
• Music
• Haines

[jfulbright]

Why does that young boy have to make a sound? Why is English so important for deaf people?

[SuperRod88]

@jfulbright They are trained for the purpose of communication, that's why it's so important. English is so fundamental here because they're Americans.

[timtak1]

And the moral of this story is...language (sign or English) is good for chatting people up.

[juliabohemian]

I love how he keeps using the word "listen".

[Hootshot112]

@jfulbright because if they talk they can do part of the American community, not only the deaf community. They can do whatever they want. I would learn how to speak.

[CoolBeagle]

0:30 - 0:42

lol