The Terry Fox Story (1983)

Directed by

Ralph L. Thomas

Genre

drama film, biographical film, athletics film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical film about Terry Fox, a Canadian man who lost a leg to cancer and then set out to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. It follows his journey and the people who helped him along the way.

inspirationalemotionaldeterminedpoignantearnestbittersweetmotivational

What happens

The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 Canadian-American biographical film 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. 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. The movie included the song "Runner", which was written by rock artist Ian Thomas in response to the coverage of Terry Fox's efforts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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