Canadian filmmaker Sean Menard is bringing Terry Fox‘s iconic Marathon of Hope to life like by no means earlier than. His feature-length documentary, Run Terry Run, is constructed from 96 reels of beforehand unseen footage and misplaced audio recordings from Fox’s 1980 cross-country journey, immersing viewers in a uncommon and intimate behind-the-scenes perspective on his outstanding story.
With unique entry to the Fox household archives, Run Terry Run places viewers proper alongside the 21-year-old and his workforce, from the streets of Canada to inside the enduring Marathon of Hope camper van, all captured 45 years in the past. A 1.5-minute YouTube teaser was launched on Wednesday by Sean Menard Productions.
“Unearthing these reels of movie, lots of which hadn’t been opened in 45 years, was nothing in need of surreal,” Menard stated (through Roy Thompson Corridor). “Digging by means of this historic archive gave me an opportunity to really perceive who Terry was, past the headlines. With the ability to share that with the world is one thing I don’t take evenly. It’s an honour to have the belief and help from the Fox household to inform this story in a means that feels timeless and takes audiences proper again to 1980.”
Premiering in November
Directed and produced by Menard, Run Terry Run could have its one-night-only screening on Nov. 10 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Corridor, with the movie’s musical soundtrack carried out stay by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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“We’re ceaselessly grateful to Sean for his dogged willpower in unearthing gold within the type of unseen footage of Terry,” Fox’s youthful brother, Darrell Fox, stated. “In his distinctive and artistic model, Sean permits us to expertise Terry’s character in depth–his humbleness and humility, his imaginative and prescient and values–in a means that has by no means been captured earlier than.”
Tickets could be bought right here, with proceeds supporting Canadian most cancers analysis.
