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Children of a Lesser God (film)

Index Children of a Lesser God (film)

Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. [1]

88 relations: Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Archie Hahn (actor), BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Bob Hiltermann, Burt Sugarman, Children of a Lesser Clod, Children of a Lesser God, Cinema of Canada, Colossal Pictures, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Disability in the arts, Dody Dorn, Film adaptation, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Harper College, I'll Take You There, Jack Blessing, Janet Gaynor, Jimmy Kaufman, John Hersey High School, John Seale, Jump (For My Love), Jupiter Award (film award), Linda Bove, Lisa Fruchtman, List of Academy Award Best Actress winners by age, List of Academy Award records, List of Academy Award-winning films, List of actors with Academy Award nominations, List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories, List of American films of 1986, List of awards and nominations received by Marlee Matlin, List of awards and nominations received by Sigourney Weaver, List of awards and nominations received by Sissy Spacek, List of deaf people, List of drama films of the 1980s, List of Female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories, List of film director and composer collaborations, List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing, List of films: C, List of Golden Globe Award winning films, List of Golden Globe winners, List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees, List of language interpreters in fiction, ..., List of Michigan actors, List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees, List of Paramount Pictures films, List of people from Illinois, List of Russian Americans, List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees, Lou Fant, Mark Medoff, Marlee Matlin, Marlee Matlin filmography, National Board of Review Awards 1986, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, National Theatre of the Deaf, Ned Tanen, Paramount Pictures, Paul LeBlanc (make-up artist), Philip Bosco, Piper Laurie, Randa Haines, Rothesay Netherwood School, Shirley Walker, Sisters of the Sun, The Edsels, The Groove Tube, Trevor Eve, William Hurt, Women's cinema, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, 1986 in film, 1986 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 1986 Toronto International Film Festival, 1987 in home video, 37th Berlin International Film Festival, 39th Directors Guild of America Awards, 40th British Academy Film Awards, 44th Golden Globe Awards, 59th Academy Awards. Expand index (38 more) »

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States.

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Archie Hahn (actor)

Archie Hahn (sometimes credited as Archie Hahn III, born November 1, 1941) is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway? and the 1988 movie Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach.

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BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Bob Hiltermann

Bob Hiltermann is a German-born deaf actor and drummer for Beethoven's Nightmare.

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Burt Sugarman

Burton Roy "Burt" Sugarman (born January 4, 1939) is an American television producer best known for producing the iconic 1970s/early 80s showcase for rock-n-roll groups The Midnight Special.

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Children of a Lesser Clod

"Children of a Lesser Clod" is the 20th episode of The Simpsons twelfth season.

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Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God may refer to.

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Cinema of Canada

The cinema of Canada or Canadian cinema refers to the filmmaking industry in Canada.

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Colossal Pictures

Colossal Pictures (also styled as (Colossal) Pictures or (C)P) was an entertainment company that developed and produced television programming, advertising, network branding, and visual effects.

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures is one of the annual awards given by Directors Guild of America.

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Disability in the arts

Disability in the arts is an aspect within various arts disciplines of inclusive practices involving disability.

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Dody Dorn

Dody Jane Dorn (born April 20, 1955) is an American film and sound editor, best known for working with director Christopher Nolan on several films including Memento (2000).

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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Harper College

William Rainey Harper College is a comprehensive community college in Palatine, Illinois, United States.

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I'll Take You There

"I'll Take You There" is a song written by Al Bell (using his real name Alvertis Isbell), and originally performed by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers.

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Jack Blessing

Jack Blessing (July 29, 1951 – November 14, 2017) was an American film and television actor.

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Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress and painter.

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Jimmy Kaufman

James Kaufman (born April 1, 1949), known as Jimmy Kaufman or Jim Kaufman, is a film director, a photographer and an artist from Montreal, best known for directing the movies Time at the Top and Whiskers, and episodes of TV series like Stargate SG-1, ''The Hunger'' and The Outer Limits (1995 TV series).

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John Hersey High School

John Hersey High School (also referred to as Hersey or JHHS) is a four-year public high school located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago in the United States, it has its students from Arlington Heights and also takes some students from Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect and a small part of Des Plaines.

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John Seale

John Clement Seale A.C.S. A.S.C. (born 5 October 1942) is a retired Australian cinematographer.

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Jump (For My Love)

"Jump (For My Love)" is a song by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released by the Planet label on April 11, 1984 as the third single from their tenth studio album Break Out (1983).

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Jupiter Award (film award)

The Jupiter Award is a German annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement.

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Linda Bove

Linda Bove (born November 30, 1945) is a deaf American actress who performed as Linda the Librarian on the PBS children's series Sesame Street from 1971 to 2002.

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Lisa Fruchtman

Lisa Fruchtman (born August 1948) is an American film and television editor, and documentary director with about 25 film credits.

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List of Academy Award Best Actress winners by age

This is a list of winners of the Academy Award for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.

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List of Academy Award records

This is a list of Academy Award records.

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List of Academy Award-winning films

This is a list of Academy Award–winning films.

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List of actors with Academy Award nominations

This list of actors with Academy Award nominations includes all male and female actors with Academy Award nominations for lead and supporting roles in motion pictures, and the total nominations and wins for each actor.

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List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have presented their annual Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, since 1929.

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List of American films of 1986

A list of American films released in 1986.

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List of awards and nominations received by Marlee Matlin

American actress Marlee Matlin won the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award, for her screen debut in the 1986 romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God.

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List of awards and nominations received by Sigourney Weaver

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress Sigourney Weaver.

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List of awards and nominations received by Sissy Spacek

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress Sissy Spacek.

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List of deaf people

This is an incomplete list of notable deaf people.

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List of drama films of the 1980s

This is a list of drama films of the 1980s.

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List of Female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories

This list of Female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories details women who have won or been nominated for awards in non-gender specific categories.

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List of film director and composer collaborations

The following film directors and film score composers have worked together on multiple projects.

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List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing

There is a body of films that feature the deaf and hard of hearing.

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List of films: C

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List of Golden Globe Award winning films

This is an (incomplete) list of films that won one or more Golden Globe Awards.

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List of Golden Globe winners

A list of Golden Globe winners in the comedy program, drama program, and lead actors categories (both motion picture and television awards).

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List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees

This list of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees is incomplete.

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List of language interpreters in fiction

This is a list of language interpreters in fiction.

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List of Michigan actors

Following is a list of major or supporting actors from Michigan.

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List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories "acting" and "directing".

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List of Paramount Pictures films

This is a list of films produced and/or distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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List of people from Illinois

Aa–Ag.

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List of Russian Americans

This is a list of notable Russian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees.

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Lou Fant

Lou Fant (December 13, 1931 – June 11, 2001) was a pioneering teacher, author and expert on American Sign Language (ASL).

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Mark Medoff

Mark Medoff (born March 18, 1940) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor.

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Marlee Matlin

Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress, author, and activist.

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Marlee Matlin filmography

The following is a list of the film and television appearances of American actress Marlee Matlin.

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National Board of Review Awards 1986

58th National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: A Room with a View The 58th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 11, 1986, and given on February 9, 1987.

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National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

The following is a list of the Top 10 Films chosen annually by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, beginning in 1929.

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National Theatre of the Deaf

The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD), officially founded in 1967 through federal grants, is the oldest theatre company in the United States (US) with a continuous history of US and international travel and of producing original works.

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Ned Tanen

Ned Stone Tanen (c. September 20, 1931 – January 5, 2009) was an American film studio executive behind films that included American Graffiti and Animal House.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.

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Paul LeBlanc (make-up artist)

Paul LeBlanc is a Academy Award-winning makeup artist who won at the 1984 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film Amadeus.

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Philip Bosco

Philip Michael Bosco (born September 26, 1930) is an American actor.

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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations.

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Randa Haines

Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer.

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Rothesay Netherwood School

Rothesay Netherwood School is an Atlantic Canadian, independent day and boarding university-preparatory school for grades 6-12 located in Rothesay, New Brunswick, a suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Shirley Walker

Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers, April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor.

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Sisters of the Sun

"Sisters of the Sun" is the eighth episode of the American documentary television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

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The Edsels

The Edsels were an American doo-wop group active during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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The Groove Tube

The Groove Tube is a 1974 American Independent comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro and starring Shapiro, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase.

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Trevor Eve

Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English film and television actor.

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William Hurt

William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor.

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Women's cinema

Women's cinema is a variety of topics bundled together to create the work of women in film.

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for film.

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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.

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1986 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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1986 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 12th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 13 December 1986 and given on 29 January 1987.

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1986 Toronto International Film Festival

The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986.

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1987 in home video

1987 in home video.

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37th Berlin International Film Festival

The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987.

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39th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 39th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1986, were presented on March 7, 1987 at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Los Angeles and the nightclub 4D in New York.

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40th British Academy Film Awards

The 40th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1987, honoured the best films of 1986.

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44th Golden Globe Awards

The 44th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1986, were held on 31 January 1987 at the Beverly Hilton.

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59th Academy Awards

The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_God_(film)

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