Product Details

• Actors: Matthew Modine, Claire Bloom, Judith Ivey, James Earl Jones, Jerry O'Connell
• Directors: John Kent Harrison
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hallmark
• VHS Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1574926462
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,409 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, funny, and touching, May 13, 2002

By	Nancy E. Merrill "step-mom extrodinaire" (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: What the Deaf Man Heard (DVD)

What the Deaf Man Heard is a poignantly funny story about a boy abandoned on a bus by his mother (telling you why spoils part of the plot), who tells him not to talk to anyone. When he reaches the end of the bus line, he doesn't talk, so everyone in the town assumes that he is deaf and dumb. The bus station manager (Tom Skerrit) allows him to live at the bus station and becomes his surrogate father. There are too many funny parts to mention here, but the events leading up to the boy, now a man (Matthew Modine), revealing that he really can hear and talk are funny and touching. James Earl Jones is fantastic (as always) as the only person in town to figure out the truth, though he keeps the secret for his own purposes. You'll laugh, you'll cry. It's better than Cats. You'll want to see it again and again.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, Great Actors, June 10, 2003

By	S. McKellips (CA United States) - See all my reviews

I was wonderfully surprised with this movie. It ran the gambit of emotions for me: laughing, crying... Frankie Muniz and Mathew Modine were EXCELLENT in their roles. The rest of the cast was great as well. The story was interesting all along and you felt warmth and compassion for the 'deaf man' as he grew in stature.

I've recommended this to anyone who'd listen. Good job!!!!!

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars VHS Much Better, April 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: What the Deaf Man Heard (DVD)

I was waiting for the DVD format to become available as I loved this movie and was wearing out my tape from rewinding and fast forwarding to my favorite scenes.

The VHS version contains interviews with the actors and behind the scenes making of the movie footage. I guess I expected that if footage was on the video, then it would be in the DVD. Boy was I wrong.

The DVD version was good quality, but contained no extras whatsoever. So if you are like me and hoping to replace your VHS with the DVD, you'll be disappointed. Now I have two copies of this movie depending on if I just want to see a particular scene or the behind the scenes footage. I guess the VCR is sticking around a little while longer.