Based on a book?
Was this film based on a book? If so ~ which one?
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MHAF: What is the inspiration behind your film, “Jack of the Red Hearts?”
Deaton: I came to Hollywood in 1993. I had been writing scripts steadily, learning the craft, and doing other jobs to pay my bills. So, the fact that this movie is being made and received in the way that it is, and it’s such a personal story, inspired so much by my brother’s and niece’s experience, just makes it really, really sweet.
http://www.madisonhouseautism.org/inside-autism-a-conversation-with-jack-of-the-red-hearts-filmmakers-janet-grillo-and-jennifer-deaton/
A more thorough explanation:
Q: What do you hope the message highlights about autism and as a writer, how did you feel connected to the story line:
Jennifer Deaton: The original inspiration of the story was an intersection of two different things: the Miracle Worker story and my brother’s precious family. As a teenager, I was inspired by Helen Keller’s eloquent essay on Optimism. Then years later, my niece, my brother’s daughter was severely impacted by autism. I remember distinctly one day when I was babysitting her, when I literally fell on the floor from exhaustion, and thought to myself ‘if only my niece had an Annie Sullivan who could break through to her’ (in a way that I couldn’t). Helen Keller was considered unreachable in her time, deaf and blind, unable to speak. Then, this unlikely hero comes along in the form of Annie Sullivan who breaks through into Helen’s seemingly unreachable mind. Annie Sullivan was nearly blind herself, she was a ward of the state, had lost a little brother. She was not the person anyone would have expected great things from.
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https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/touching-movie-that-will-speak-to-the-autistic-community.html via https://www.facebook.com/jackoftheredhearts/posts/512472978942094
"For me, it’s a story about an unlikely hero. It wasn’t her own education and training that made a difference, but it was her persistence and relentlessness in making connection." - Jennifer Deaton
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