Product Details

• Actors: Shawn Ashmore
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000VIFURE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,704 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the time 21 year-old Terry Fox embarked from St. John's,Newfoundland, in the early hours of April 12, 1980, he never lost sight of his goal - to run 26 miles a day, everyday, across Canada. With the unwavering support of his best friend Doug Alward, his younger brother Darrell and a savvy PR guy named Bill Vigars,Terry ran 3339 miles in 143 days until the cancer returned and forced him to stop. Based on journals Terry kept during the Marathon of Hope and drawing from extensive interviews with family and friends, TERRY presents a dramatic and surprising look at a dynamic young man whose fierce determination has earned the respect, admiration and love of all Canadians. Playing Terry Fox is one of Canada's bright new stars Shawn Ashmore, who gives an outstanding performance, as he embraces the spirit and character of a Canadian hero. By the time Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope came to an end just outside Thunder Bay on September 1, 1980, Canada had affirmed a love for Terry and his heroic ambition. Today, as people in over 60 countries around the world prepare to participate in the 25th Anniversary of the Marathon of Hope, we're reminded of what an incredible accomplishment Terry achieved. Terry's legacy continues through The Terry Fox Foundation which has raised over $360 million dollars worldwide for cancer research.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shawn Ashmore's Job Well Done, December 8, 2008

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Alfred J. Galat "Alopex" (Bensalem) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terry (Terry Fox Movie) (DVD)

Shawn Ashmore, whose acting roles have been fictional characters such as the Ice Man, rose to the challenge of playing a real person. As any actor would tell you, playing a real person is much harder, let alone a legend like Terrance Stanley Fox. While Shawn has the nationality, the average height, the good looks, the freckled face, and even a wen, he has two legs. He had to learn to walk and run as if he had a prosthesis instead of a right leg.

Shawn pulls off his role brilliantly. Furthermore, there are real kids with cancer in this movie. Shawn could not match -- and who could? -- the emotional speeches when Terry spoke of Greg Scott and when Terry announced his withdrawal from the Marathon of Hope. Shawn even shows the Terry Fox wave, and the producers slipped in the real Terry Fox in several places before the finale.

Unlike Home Box's "The Terry Fox Story" back in 1983, "Terry" concentrates on the Marathon of Hope in 1980. We really don't get into the background of this young athlete who was average in everything but determination. His temper and salty language are absent, but documentation from his family and friends make this movie much better. It's rating would just barely be PG for mild swearing. It is a celebration of life, and the legacy Terry spun off from his failed strength. Terry would be very happy with this version, for it concentrated on the marathon, not him.

My only disppointments were: the shortness of length, the lack of closed captions, and the lack of a French version. Otherwise, I loved it. I bought the updated book from Leslie Scrivener, and the illustrated one from Douglas Coupland. I fervantly wish I'd met Terry in this life, and this movie only confirmed he gets to me 27 years after I learned of him.