Sweet Nothing in My Ear
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Sweet Nothing in My Ear is a 2008 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and is based on a 1998 play of the same name by Stephen Sachs, who also wrote the teleplay.[1] It stars Jeff Daniels and Marlee Matlin as the parents of a Deaf child, played by Noah Valencia, who struggle with deciding to give their child an implant that will allow him to hear again. The film premiered on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on April 20, 2008.[2]
Sweet Nothing in My Ear | |
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Created by | Stephen Sachs (teleplay) |
Written by | Stephen Sachs (play) |
Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
Starring | Jeff Daniels Marlee Matlin Noah Valencia |
Theme music composer | Charles Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English and American Sign Language |
Production | |
Producer | Marian Rees |
Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
Editor | Michael Brown |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Production company | Hallmark Hall of Fame |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | April 20, 2008 (2008-04-20) |
This was the final film directed by Sargent before his death on December 22, 2014,
With the film Hallmark Channel and producer-director Joseph Sargent revisited deafness with a universal theme contemplating the relationship of a minority group to society at large, 23 years after their previous film on a similar theme, the Emmy-winning Love Is Never Silent (1985).[3][4]
Daniels studied American Sign Language before filming, in order to portray the language accurately.