SpecialStories

Repeating History
Female actresses were not allowed on the English stage until 1660 so in
Shakespeare’s plays female roles were played by young boys. How quaint
we think now. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans
were portrayed by whites in black face. How racist we think
now. Today the gay and lesbian community questions why so many [...]

A Unique Actress
Marlee Matlin is currently the actress with a disability (she has a hearing impairment) that is getting roles in many movies and tv shows.
Oscar for: Best Actress (1987) for Children of a Lesser God
Official Website

Marlee Matlin
Movies starring Marlee Matlin

What the #$*! Do We Know!? (2004)
Sacred Science (2002)
Ollie (2001)
Two Shades of Blue (2000)
In [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Thad Stone (played by Tyrone Giordano)
Actor with a Disability: Tyrone Giordano
Short Description
An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family’s annual Christmas celebration and finds that she’s a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Main Cast
Claire Danes - Julie Morton
Diane Keaton - Sybil [...]

Players with a Disability: Everyone in the cast listed below
Short Description
A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Main Cast:
Keith Cavill
Joe Soares
Mark Zupan
Andy Cohn
Scott Hogsett
Bob Lujano
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Producers: Jeffrey V. Mandel, Dana Adam Shapiro
Official Movie Website
Long Description

Murderball
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball, [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Luke Martin (played by Jon Voight)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jon Voight), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda), Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones)

Movie poster
Short Description
A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Christy Brown (played by Daniel Day-Lewis)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Brenda Fricker)

Christy and his mother
Short Description
Christy Brown who was born with cerbral palsy struggles to develop his talents.
Main Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis - Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker - Mrs. [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Lt. Dan Taylor (played by Gary Sinise)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks; Best Director: Robert Zemeckis; Best Picture: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Eric Roth; Gary Sinise was nominated for Best Actor in [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Professor Charles Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
Mutants with various super powers struggle for acceptance in society while battling evil doers who are both mutants and non-mutants.
Main Cast:
Hugh Jackman - Logan/Wolverine
Patrick Stewart - Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen - Eric Lensherr/Magneto
Famke Janssen - Jean Grey
James Marsden - Scott [...]

A feature length documentary, often humorous and sometimes poignant, which follows fifteen athletes on a Special Olympics basketball team in their pursuit for gold. For the first time the athletes get to tell us about their world, share their diverse stories and what makes their lives amazing. Throughout the journey the athletes, along with their [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Raymond Babbitt (played by Dustin Hoffman)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role: Dustin Hoffman), Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Charlie and Raymond
Short Description
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father dies and leaves a fortune — to Raymond, the institutionalized savant brother that Charlie didn’t know he [...]