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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0723952077714 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Monarch Video Languages: Manufacturer: Monarch Video MPN: MHVD7771D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Monarch Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 19, 2006 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Monarch Video Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Editorial Review: Product Description: Based on the book by walter gretzky this recounts walter gretzkys recovery from a stroke which left him without any memory of his son waynes hockey achievements or the influence walter had on wayne becoming a hockey legend. Studio: Monarch Video Assoc. Release Date: 12/09/2008 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg Amazon.com: This inspiring and powerful story is based on the book Walter Gretzky: On Family, Hockey and Healing, a memoir about Gretzky's long, long road back from a stroke that caused him, among other things, to lose all memory of son Wayne Gretzky's superior accomplishments in hockey. The relationship between Walter (Tom McCamus) and Wayne (Kristen Holden-Reid) is no more or less important in this film, however, than Walter's jeopardized connections with other family members, including his daughter, Kim (Tara Spencer-Nairn), and wife, Phyllis (Victoria Snow). Walter spends a year in rehabilitation re-learning the basics--how to button a shirt, how to comb one's hair, etc.--but it's after that the selectiveness of his memory proves confounding and cruel, such as grieving anew the death of his mother and struggling to recall his influence on Wayne. A therapist (Matthew Edison) who practically becomes a member of the Gretzky family turns out to be a big help (and a romantic interest for Kim). But it's McCamus' amazing performance as a man who has lost large pieces of himself, and Snow's portrayal of a spouse who no longer recognizes the man in her bed, that carry Waking Up Wally emotionally. --Tom Keogh |
