What the Deaf Man Heard
movie
For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.
Released November 23, 1997
Overview
In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced that he is deaf and mute. Deciding that silence offers some power and protection, the boy decides to remain mute and just listens to all that is being said around him by people who think that he cannot hear.
Cast
Matthew Modine
as
Sammy Ayers
Claire Bloom
as
Mrs. Tynan
Judith Ivey
as
Lucille
James Earl Jones
as
Archibald Thacker
Jerry O'Connell
as
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Bernadette Peters
as
Helen Ayers
Tom Skerritt
as
Norm Jenkins
Anne Bobby
as
Tallasse Tynan
Stephen Spinella
as
Percy
Jake Weber
as
Tolliver Tynan
Frankie Muniz
as
Young Sammy Ayers
Hallee Hirsh
as
Young Tallasse