Amy (1981 film)

Amy

Directed by	Vincent McEveety
Produced by	Jerome Courtland
Written by	Noreen Stone
Starring	Jenny Agutter Barry Newman Kathleen Nolan Chris Robinson
Music by	Robert F. Brunner
Cinematography	Leonard J. South
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release dates	March 20, 1981 (1981-03-20)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Amy is a 1981 American family drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, written by Noreen Stone and directed by Vincent McEveety, and starring Jenny Agutter.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) is a dutiful housewife of the early 1900s. But when her husband Elliot (Chris Robinson) objects to a wife with a career, Amy leaves her husband and comfortable lifestyle. She goes on to devote her life to teaching sight-and-hearing-impaired students at a tradition-bound special school. Amy teaches the impaired students how to speak, most of the students have never heard their own name. Amy's students take on a team of "normal" kids at a football game.

Cast

Jenny Agutter as Amy Medford
Barry Newman as Dr. Ben Corcoran
Kathleen Nolan as Helen Gibbs
Chris Robinson as Elliot Medford
Lou Fant as Lyle Ferguson
Margaret O'Brien as Hazel Johnson
Nanette Fabray as Malvina
Otto Rechenberg as Henry Watkins
David Hollander as Just George
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers as Wisley Moods
Alban Branton as Eugene
Ronnie Scribner as Walter Ray

Educational film

In 1982, Disney Educational Services excerpted a sequence out of the film for educational use, entitled Amy-on-the-Lips.

DVD release

Disney released a DVD-on-Demand version of this film as part of their "Disney Generations Collection" line of DVD's on June 26, 2011.

References

↑ "Amy credits". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. bfi Film & TV Database. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
↑ "Amy". movieretriever.com. Retrieved 2009-04-25.

External links

Films directed by Vincent McEveety

Firecreek (1968) The Million Dollar Duck (1971) The Biscuit Eater (1972) Charley and the Angel (1973) Superdad (1973) The Castaway Cowboy (1974) The Strongest Man in the World (1975) Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) Gus (1976) Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) Amy (1981) Ask Max (1986)

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