Summaries

A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

Tom Sullivan is in many ways a typical student attending a Boston area college, he, showing his immaturity, partaking in, often leading, mainly harmless student hijinks with his pipe smoking friend, Will Sly. He funnels many of his energies into his music as a singer/pianist. Tom also happens to be blind, which he's been since a newborn due to being provided too much oxygen while in an incubator. Tom is independently minded, and wants to be treated just like any sighted person. Like most men his age, he is also in the pursuit of the opposite sex, in the process of which he finds that he falls in love easily. Through all these activities, Tom is affected by real life including the temporariness of college life, some not being able to get over their own prejudices of being sighted in their dealings with him, and coming to the realization that there are some things more difficult to do in life when one is blind.—Huggo

Details

Keywords
  • singer
  • blindness
  • disability
  • massachusetts
  • overcoming adversity
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Biography
Release date Jan 6, 1982
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Production companies Cypress Grove Shelter Films

Box office

Budget $5600000
Gross US & Canada $8693512
Opening weekend US & Canada $2408000
Gross worldwide $8693512

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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