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28 May 1981 (Australia) moreTagline:
Sometimes where the body is held captive the Spirit is set freeUser Comments:
This is a true story with gut moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joni Eareckson | ... | Joni |
| Bert Remsen | ... | Mr. John Eareckson |
| Katherine De Hetre | ... | Jay Eareckson |
 | Cooper Huckabee | ... | Dick Filbert |
| John Milford | ... | Dr. Sherrill |
 | Jay W. MacIntosh | ... | Mrs. Lindy Eareckson |
| Louise Hoven | ... | Diana |
| Michael Mancini | ... | Don Bertolli |
| Cloyce Morrow | ... | Barbara Marshall |
| Richard Lineback | ... | Steve Estes |
| Sarah Rush | ... | Kathy Eareckson |
 | Jeff Austin | ... | Butch |
| Cheryl Harvey | ... | Betty |
 | Ernie Hudson | ... | Earl |
| Jane Ralston | ... | B. J. |
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This movie was made very uniquely...in that Joni Earickson played herself (while she was paralysed, as you might guess).
Her two autobiographies (she has written other books also) are "Joni" and "Choices, Changes". The first bis what the movie is based on, the second is about her time making the movie and meeting her now-husband of 15+ years.
The movie shows Joni jump into a lake, then brake her neck. It follows her struggles with being sorry for herself and her rise to become an internationally renowned speaker. She also is a strong Christian. Her faith acts as a thread, tying her struggles and triumphs together.
If you want drama, you've got it. Suspense, you've got it.
Romance? - here it is
Directed with heart and a taste for what real living is....
you've read Jonathan's take, On
JONI!!!