Bojangles 2001   TV, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Gregory Hines, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Elise, Maria Ricossa, Savion Glover, Linette Robinson, Jonathan Higgins, Lea Golde, Novie Edwards, Jackie Richardson
This made-for-TV film tells the story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Gregory Hines), the highly successful African American tap dancer. It covers his early days in vaudeville; the move into movies, which made him famous and rich; and his subsequent fall as a result of an addiction to gambling.
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The Miracle Worker 2000 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Alison Elliott, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, David Strathairn, Lucas Black, Kate Greenhouse, Damir Andrei, Patricia Gage, Stewart Arnott, Kevin Duhaney, Eugene Lipinski, Twila Provencher, Liam Robinson, Jackie Richardson, Stephanie Sams, Andrew Prine
In this Disney TV remake of William Gibson's biographical play about blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller, Hallie Kate Eisenberg takes on the role of Helen. Alison Elliott co-stars as Helen's tutor Annie Sullivan whose perseverance draws Helen into communicating with the real world. The story gets the message across to the young ones about the difficulties associated with handicaps and Helen Keller's amazing triumph in dealing with her situation.
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| 1. Bojangles (2001)
2. The Miracle Worker (2000)
3. Woman Wanted (2000)
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