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• Actors: Vincent Van Patten, Cloris Leachman, Eddie Albert, Jack Wetherall
• Studio: Prism
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0012UI89M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,502 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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During the Vietnam conflict, a young American Hockey Player, Matthew, goes to college in Canada on a scholarship. There, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful young French-Canadian coed, Gabrielle. After a stupid stunt, Matthew loses his scholarship and is faced with having to return to America where he will become eligible for the draft. His grandfather, having served in the military, encourages him to do the right thing and to do his duty. At first, Matthew is conflicted, staying in Canada but soon realizing his inability to provide adequately for Gabrielle. He enlists in the army and goes to Viet Nam. While there, Matthew's heroism costs him greatly. Gabrielle is told thru a letter that Matthew has died in Viet Nam. She is pregnant with his child, something she never got to tell him. After the child is born, Gabrielle decides to travel to America and visit Matthew's mother and grandfather to show them their new grandchild. While she is there, Gabrielle discovers that Matthew is not dead, but has been Seville injured. Now confined to a wheelchair, with both legs gone, Matthew lied to her so that she would go on with her life, unburdened with him and his special needs. The film ends with their heart-wrenching reunion at a veteran's hospital and Matthew meeting his child for the first time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Victory and This TIme Forever are the same exact movie., April 15, 2008

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NYC VIDEOPHILE "Ed" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Victory (1981) aka Yesterday (VHS Tape)

The product shown here on this amazon.com page is The 1981 Canadian film "This Time Forever". It is the same exact film even though the video title is different. There is much confusion regarding which film this is and what it is known as. However, this is the highest quality release of it on home video. This PRISM vhs release is the only official SP mode release on NTSC US VHS. On TV it is mostly known as "This TIme Forever". On Home video is is known as "THE VICTORY." The Canada Film Title is "Gabrielle". Further it was also released as "Scoring" and also "Yesterday". Written and Produced by John Dunning the executive producer of "Buffalo 66" and "Meatballs". It premiered on CBS TV in 1986 as "Yesterday". The Prism US VHS Release is shown on this Amazon.com product page.

"The Victory" is a anti-war drama about a Canadian college hockey player ( vincent van patten) who is faced with returning to America after losing his scholarship and becoming eligible for the draft. While in Canada he falls in love with a young Canadian girl Gabrielle. Now the young man must decide whether to stay in Canada or join the army and the vietnam war. A heart-wrenching love story.