Amy (1981 film)

Amy is a 1981 live-action Disney film released by Buena Vista Distribution Company, written by Noreen Stone and directed by Vincent McEveety, and starring Jenny Agutter.

Plot
Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) is a dutiful housewife of the early 1900s. But when her husband Elliot (Chris Robinson) objects to a wife with a career, Amy leaves her husband and comfortable lifestyle. She goes on to devote her life to teaching sight-and-hearing-impaired students at a tradition-bound special school. Amy's students take on a team of "normal" kids at a football game.

Educational film
In 1982, Walt Disney educational experted a sequence out of the film for educational use, entitled Amy-on-the-Lips.

Cast

 * Jenny Agutter as Amy Medford
 * Barry Newman as Dr. Ben Corcoran
 * Kathleen Nolan as Helen Gibbs
 * Chris Robinson as Elliot Medford
 * Lou Fant as Lyle Ferguson
 * Margaret O'Brien as Hazel Johnson
 * Nanette Fabray as Malvina
 * Otto Rechenberg as Henry Watkins
 * David Hollander as Just George
 * Cory 'Bumper' Yothers as Wisley Moods
 * Alban Branton as Eugene
 * Ronnie Scribner as Walter Ray

DVD Release
Disney released a DVD-on-Demand version of this film as part of their "Disney Generations Collection" line of DVD's on June 26, 2011.