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Was this review helpful? Stockard Channing probably doesn't remember that she was in this movie, but it's a great biopic about a deaf stuntwoman. Her 512 mph record still stands.
The life of a lonely and isolated woman is transformed when she opens herself up to the outside world and to a gentle, romantic relationship. 3 out of 4 found this helpful. 0 out of 1 found this helpful. Deaf viewers should be warned that Kitty O'Neill was an oralist! The real Kitty O'Neil was two years younger than Stockard Channing. I played a friend of Stockard Channing. It did throw me the next time I saw her in another movie, and realize that not only was she NOT deaf, but could sing! Stuntwoman and Daredevil. A friend of hers was working at the employment office and got me a job as an extra. This role made me a permanent fan.
Extreme parkour, spilled chili, and way too much baby talk! Stockard Channing probably doesn't remember that she was in this movie, but it's a great biopic about a deaf stuntwoman. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Angelique Antonio, Actress: Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story. I agree with previous comments that Stockard Channing's portrayal of Kitty O'Neil made me just want to give her a hug, and congratulate her achievements despite all the discouragements heaped on her that she couldn't do it. Hi, I live in Virginia now but when I was 18 I moved to California to live with my sister. Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil (Stockard Channing), a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car. Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Video’s latest roster of movies and TV shows, featuring Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? A young drug addicted teenager's fighting a drug habit and get family who are in denial about it. Was this review helpful? It's not easy to do a credible job playing a deaf person's role, but she nailed it. Sure, she has been good even with some of the comic roles.
Was this review helpful to you? Stockard Channing was great and I think it is her best movie yet! Angelique Antonio is an actress, known for Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979). Being one of the five people who missed Grease (the other four were clinically brain-dead), I was enthralled with the performance of this previously unknown (to me) actress, who I had to believe was hearing-impaired. Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil (Stockard Channing), a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car. Everything changes when a charming mysterious ... Was this review helpful?
Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil (Stockard Channing), a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car. Other of O’Neil’s nearly two-dozen speed records include boating and water ski runs.A fever from measles, mumps and small pox caused the Corpus Christi-born O’Neil to lose her hearing at around four months old, prompting O’Neil’s mother Patsy O’Neil to found a school for the hearing-impaired.
You will be redirected back to your article in In addition to performing stunts, O’Neil was a leading figure in speed racing, and in 1976 set the land speed record for women by driving a rocket-powered car through Oregon’s Alvord Desert. CBS turned O’Neil’s life story into a TV movie with 1979’s Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story. Head back to Dunder Mifflin and relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "
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But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough ... Deaf viewers should be warned that Kitty O'Neill was an oralist! Colleen Dewhurst and Brian Dennehy are also pleasing as Kitty's parents. With Stockard Channing, James Farentino, Colleen Dewhurst, Edward Albert. A man, whose companion dies of A.I.D.S., confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath of the death. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10 /10. Hide Spoilers. I was trying to think of what else to say to make this longer and I can't think of anything else to say. When Ruth Whitney (Christine Ebersole) abandons her two children with her sister Barbara (Stockard Channing), who is left to take care of them. 21 October 2000 | Etoile Stockard Channing probably doesn't remember that she was in this movie, but it's a great biopic about a deaf stuntwoman. Because of her acting job, I wanted to know more about the real Kitty O'Neil as an example of how much a person with a "disability" can do with "attitude". She's sent to an intervention program where the addicts are confronted - by each other and ...