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The Emmett Smith Story (1979)

Directed by Douglas G. Johnson
23minruntime
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5.0/10

Plot

Emmett Smith, a competitive runner and high school track coach at Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona, is left without a sense of balance after a brain tumor is removed. He is told that he will never run again, but undaunted, he sets and meets a goal of not only regaining the ability to run, but to run 20 consecutive miles before a year has elapsed. Wheelchair-bound Cindy Duncan's determination gets her admitted to Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona after she demonstrates that she will not need special attention. Coach Smith (now at Apollo) challenges her to meet the goal of recovering from her injuries (from being hit by a car) to the extent of being able to walk to the podium at graduation to receive her diploma. He bets that she can do it, and will have to wheel himself in her wheelchair the entire three miles to Cortez H.S. if she succeeds.

Technical details

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Original titleThe Emmett Smith Story
Original languageEN
StatusReleased
Production companiesBrigham Young University, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Release date31 dicembre 1979
WriterChris Conkling
EditingPeter G. Czerny
CinematographyReed Smoot, Roger Crandall, Stan Wadley
Assistant directorsMichael Amundsen, Douglas G. Johnson
LightingW. Grant Williams
Camera operatorsRoger Crandall, Reed Smoot, Stan Wadley
Additional photographyRoger Crandall, Reed Smoot, Stan Wadley
Production designShane Nelson
Art directionShane Nelson
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United States / Dec 31, 1979

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