The Terry Fox Story
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Ralph L. Thomas Producer Robert M. Cooper Country Canada
United States | 7/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Sport Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 May 1983 Writer Howard Hume (dialogue), John Kastner, Rose Kastner Awards Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound Cast Eric Fryer , Robert Duvall (Bill Vigars), Michael Zelniker , Elva Mai Hoover Similar movies Terry Tagline He believed in miracles....because he had to! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The terry fox story full movie 1983
The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 film biopic of Canadian amputee and runner Terry Fox. It was written by Howard Hume, John Kastner and Rose Kastner, and directed by Ralph L. Thomas. The film stars Eric Fryer as Fox, Chris Makepeace as his brother Darrell, and Robert Duvall as Fox's publicist, Bill Vigars. The cast also includes Rosalind Chao, R. H. Thomson, Elva Mai Hoover, Michael Zelniker, Saul Rubinek and Patrick Watson.
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The film was produced for HBO in the United States with Canadian co-producers. Although it was also released in Canadian and British theatres, it was the first television film ever made for a cable network.
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Awards and criticism
The Terry Fox Story won six awards at the 5th Genie Awards ceremony for Canadian film in 1984:
The film was also nominated for Best Cinematography (Richard Ciupka) and Best Supporting Actress (Hoover), but did not win. Duvall was nominated for Best Actor at the 1983 CableACE Awards, but did not win.
Despite its awards, the film was criticized by Fox's family for depicting him as ill-tempered.
The staff of Halliwell's Film Guide said of the film: "True it may be, but dramatically this is a one-note film with endless pretty pictures of countryside and in the foreground signs of failing health."
References
The Terry Fox Story WikipediaThe Terry Fox Story IMDb The Terry Fox Story themoviedb.org