Love Thy Enemy
When David, in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy, accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher, a doubtful Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to ru…
Love Thy Enemy
When David, in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy, accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher, a doubtful Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to run again. Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that he can teach him to run and in exchange David promises to help him create the scariest science-project-bug-collection in fourth grade history. Secretly, Lyle is using his attempt to get David out of his wheelchair as a test to find out once and for all if God actually exists. Once the pact is made, this unlikely pair embarks on a journey of discovery, adventure and risk. When Lyle begins to twist the rules in a desperate attempt to give his friend some of his own excess energy, they come face to face with life's most inspiring and painful truths. Ultimately it is only through David's death that Lyle discovers the true meaning of friendship, loyalty and miracles. —Don Caron and Lyle Hatcher Family film - based on a true story - about the unusual spiritual journey and unlikely friendship of two fourth grade boys growing up in the mid-1960s. DAVID, wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, is growing weaker, while LYLE struggles with with an increasingly high energy level. When David accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher and says his source was God, Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to run again. Lyle begins to twist the rules in a desperate attempt to give David some of his own excess energy, and they come face to face with life's most painful truths. Lyle's question is answered, but in a way he never could have imagined. —Anonymous
Love Thy Enemy
Drama,Mystery,Thriller
Film Details
When David, in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy, accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher, a doubtful Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to run again. Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship.
Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that he can teach him to run and in exchange David promises to help him create the scariest science-project-bug-collection in fourth grade history.
Secretly, Lyle is using his attempt to get David out of his wheelchair as a test to find out once and for all if God actually exists. Once the pact is made, this unlikely pair embarks on a journey of discovery, adventure and risk. When Lyle begins to twist the rules in a desperate attempt to give his friend some of his own excess energy, they come face to face with life's most inspiring and painful truths.
Ultimately it is only through David's death that Lyle discovers the true meaning of friendship, loyalty and miracles. —Don Caron and Lyle Hatcher Family film - based on a true story - about the unusual spiritual journey and unlikely friendship of two fourth grade boys growing up in the mid-1960s. DAVID, wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, is growing weaker, while LYLE struggles with with an increasingly high energy level.
When David accurately foretells the death of their fourth grade teacher and says his source was God, Lyle decides to test the existence of God by attempting to get David to run again. Lyle begins to twist the rules in a desperate attempt to give David some of his own excess energy, and they come face to face with life's most painful truths. Lyle's question is answered, but in a way he never could have imagined.
—Anonymous.