The Terry Fox Story

The Terry Fox Story

Infobox Film
name = The Terry Fox Story


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director = Ralph L. Thomas
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writer = Howard Hume
John Kastner
Rose Kastner
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starring = Eric Fryer
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released = 22 May, 1983 (USA)
runtime = 97 mins
country = Canada/USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0086427

"The Terry Fox Story" is a 1983 film biopic of Canadian amputee and athlete 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 also had a theatrical release in Canada, it was the first television film ever made for a cable network.

Awards and criticism

"The Terry Fox Story" won six awards at the 5th Genie Awards ceremony for Canadian film in 1984:
* Best Picture
* Best Actor (Fryer)
* Best Supporting Actor (Zelniker)
* Best Sound (Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Carwardine, Austin Grimaldi and Glen Gauthier)
* Best Sound Editing (same as above; tied with "The Wars")
* Best Film Editing (Ron Wisman)

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. [ [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/television/article.jsp?content=20050912_112057_112059] ]

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