What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)

6.4/10 • 120 min • Drama Comedy TV Movie

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

Claire Bloom

Judith Ivey

James Earl Jones

Archibald Thacker

Jerry O'Connell

Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

Bernadette Peters

Tom Skerritt

Anne Bobby

Stephen Spinella

Jake Weber

Frankie Muniz

Young Sammy Ayers

Hallee Hirsh

Lance Reddick

Teagle F. Bougere

Abraham Thacker

Mark Joy

Danny Kamin

Bill Roberson

Recommendations

My Dinner with Hervé

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

The Parts You Lose

Inherit the Wind

Freshman Father

Psych 3: This Is Gus

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

Don't Think Twice

Starving in Suburbia

Psych: The Movie

Driving Lessons

Knock on Any Door