Jill Kinmont | The Terry Fox Story | Richard''s Window | skier
Climbing Blind
by
American Way Staff
The Miracle Worker: This
1962 film was lauded by critics and showered with awards, including
two Oscars. It tells the story of how Helen Keller - rendered blind
and deaf by what today's doctors believe was scarlet fever - learns
to communicate with sign language, thanks to teacher Annie
Sullivan.
DID YOU KNOW? Patty Duke played Keller in the
original film, and then, all grown up, took on Anne Bancroft's role
of Annie Sullivan in a 1979 TV remake.
The Other Side of the Mountain: In
1955, downhill skier Jill Kinmont was on the cover of Sports
Illustrated and on her way to competing in the 1956 Winter
Olympics. During a competition in Utah, she fell and was paralyzed
from the neck down. This 1975 film dramatizes her true story of
living with paralysis.
DID YOU KNOW? The movie's theme song, "Richard's
Window," was sung by Olivia Newton-John and nominated for an
Academy Award.
The Terry Fox Story: This 1983 HBO
movie was about a Canadian runner who lost his leg to cancer and
then set out on a quest to run across Canada with one prosthetic
leg.
DID YOU KNOW? The film starred Eric Fryer, who,
like Fox, is an amputee.
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