Children of a Lesser God

Name: Children of a Lesser God
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1986-09-13
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf

She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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Video for the film Children of a Lesser God — Marlee Matlin | Behind the Oscars Speech

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Budget

Box office

$31 853 080

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Director

Randa Haines

Actors

William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary, Philip Holmes, Georgia Ann Cline, William D. Byrd, Frank Carter Jr.
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Scenario

Producer

Patrick J. Palmer, Burt Sugarman

Camera operator

John Seale

Composer

Michael Convertino

Artist

Gene Callahan

Audition

Gretchen Rennell

Editing

Lisa Fruchtman
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Short description

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

What's left behind the scenes

The first film directed by a woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A dispute arose between director Randa Haines and actress Marlee Matlin over whether the actress should smoke on screen. Matlin flatly refused, while Haines had ordered her to get used to smoking two months before filming began. The actress only started "getting used to it" a week before the start of filming.
The casting for the role of Sarah Norman, ultimately played by Marlee Matlin, lasted six months and took place in the USA, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The first film directed by a woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Director Randa Haines and actress Marlee Matlin had a dispute over whether the actress should smoke on screen. Matlin flatly refused, while Haines had ordered her to get used to smoking two months before filming began. The actress only began "getting used to it" a week before the start of filming.