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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

5.5(8)20011h 30m1

This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.

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Language
English
  • woman director

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Director

Manon Briand

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Canada

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    • TV4 Feb 2001

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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story was released on 4 February 2001.

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