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• Actors: Eric Fryer, Robert Duvall, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao, Michael Zelniker
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WLXU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,011 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Eric Fryer's Only Shot at Fame, June 3, 2009

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Alfred J. Galat (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terry Fox Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Before the movie "Terry", which focuses on the Marathon of Hope as Terry Fox had wanted, there was the first Home Box movie called "The Terry Fox Story". Back in 1983, the actor had to be an amputee, besides Canadian and around 21. There were no tricks to hide a right leg, which helped Shawn Ashmore in 2005 in "Terry".
Eric Fryer won the contest, and he already knew how to walk and run on a prosthesis. Based primarily on Leslie Scrivener's definitive book, he played all the sides of Terry Fox. The Foxes did not like it, but I dare say that the movie brought out even more how human, average, and determined Terry was. Perhaps with both movies we will get a decent picture of this hero.
When I first saw the film in April 1987, I found nothing objectionable in it. Eric also has a wen below his left cheek, and his acting in character won an award. Like any other biography, there are still gaps in Terry's all-too short life that only the books about him can cover -- his conversion to Baptist Christianity for one -- to understand his point of view about life.
The language is rough enough for PG, but Terry did use salty language. The CBC footage of Terry's speech after he met Greg Scott has s*** twice, and his tearful withdrawal from the marathon slips in a f***. This is reality, and so were the tender moments. I only wish I could have seen his marathon in person.
I had hoped it would come out in disc, but failing that, I bought the video. Terry reminds me that we all should seek a purpose to life, or as Jean-Paul Sartre would say, we cannot hide from our existence. He excelled not only in proving that he could run across Canada on a prosthesis, but also cancer can be beaten. His legacy has lived longer than he did, but his goal of beating cancer is becoming as possible as he believed his marathon across Canada was.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I believe that all young people should go & watch this movie. It really teaches two very important life skills!, February 22, 2007

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Lee Say Keng "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURER/TECHNOLOGY... (Ho Chi Minh City/Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terry Fox Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Terry Fox Story
~ Ralph L. Thomas

The first time I came across the character, 'Terry Fox', was when I was reading Richard Leider's 'The Power of Purpose' book in the late eighties/early nineties. He did not strike a chord with me, although his remarkable feat exemplified the central premise of the book.

It was much later, towards the mid-nineties, when I was invited to watch a movie shown during a boot camp for teens. The movie was entitled, 'The Terry Fox Story'. I was really touched by Terry Fox.

In the movie, an unknown actor to me played the central character, Terry Fox. (In fact, most of the other actors were also unknown, at least to me, except for Robert Duvall, who had earlier impressed me in his role as a tough street-wise cop in the movie, Badge 363.)

Terry had lost a leg at the age of nineteen to ravaging cancer. He was an outstanding athlete but had a stubborn & competitive steak in him. Frustrated by the lack of public support for & recognition for cancer victims, he set himself the task of running across Canada to raise one million dollars for cancer research: his 'Marathon of Hope'.

Unfortunately, Terry did not achieve his dreams but clocked more than 3,000 km at the time of his early death. However, I learnt that his foundation & supporters subsequently raised more money they could imagine & also spawned a world-wide movement known as the 'Terry Fox Run'. Today, Singapore is one of the international venues.

To me, the movie captured the heart-warming true story of Terry Fox & his immediate family.

I believe that all young people should go & watch this movie. It really teaches two very important life skills:

- the value of facing a challenge;
- the value of having a sense of purpose;

In the movie, Terry Fox's emotional outburst: "Nobody is ever going to call me a quitter!" drives home my point.