The Sound and the Silence
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Screenplay byTony Foster
John Kent Harrison
William Schmidt
John Kent Harrison
William Schmidt
Directed byJohn Kent Harrison
Music byJohn Charles
| The Sound and the Silence | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover art | |
| Screenplay by | Tony Foster John Kent Harrison William Schmidt |
| Directed by | John Kent Harrison |
| Starring | John Bach Ian Bannen Vanessa Vaughan Brenda Fricker |
| Music by | John Charles |
| Country of origin | Canada, New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Rene Ohashi |
| Editor | Michael Horton |
| Running time | 181 minutes |
| Production companies | Atlantis Films South Pacific Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | CTV (Canada)[1] TNT (United States) |
| Release | 18 April 1992 |
The Sound and the Silence is a 1992 television film directed by John Kent Harrison and starring John Bach as Alexander Graham Bell, Ian Bannen as Melville, Brenda Fricker as Eliza, and Jim McLarty as Sumner Tainter. The Sound and the Silence has a run time of 3 hours and 12 minutes and is a colorized film originally in the English language.
The film begins with Bell's childhood in Scotland, where his is initially intrigued by sights and sounds.[2] The film then follows his days as an inventor in Brantford, Ontario, Boston, Massachusetts, and Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The film was shot in New Zealand and on location at Alexander Graham Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada.
