Undergrads, The (1985) TV Movie

Art Carney is virtually the only American cast member in the Canadian TV movie The Undergrads. Carney plays an elderly rest-home resident, while Chris Makepeace co-stars as his teen-aged grandson. Makepeace sneaks Carney out of the home, and together grandpa and grandson attend college. If it sounds like a Disney movie, that's because it is. The Undergrads premiered May 5, 1985, on the Disney Channel cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Undergrads  (1985) TV Movie
Cast: Art Carney, Chris Makepeace, Dawn Greenhalgh, Len Birman

Terry Fox Story, The (1983) TV Movie

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox died on the 28th of June, 1981.





The Terry Fox Story (1983) TV Movie
Cast: Chris Makepeace, Eric Fryer, Matt Craven, Michael Zelniker, Robert Duvall, Rosalind Chao, Saul Rubinek

Mazes and Monsters (1982) TV Movie

Remember that controversial participation game of the 1980s called "Dungeons and Dragons"? Remember how sociologists warned us that the game was potentially dangerous to those who couldn't altogether separate fantasy from reality. This is the premise of "Mazes and Monsters", a made-for-TV film based on the best-seller by Rona Jaffee. Future Oscar-winner Tom Hanks portrays one of four college students who become so deeply involved in a Mazes & Monsters session that the results may turn fatal at any moment. Despite its potential for silly sensationalism, the film is based on a believable premise, and arrives at a logical conclusion. When first aired December 28, 1982, this Canadian-American production was titled Rona Jaffee's Mazes and Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Mazes and Monsters (1982) TV Movie

Cast: Anne Francis, Chris Makepeace, Lloyd Bochner, Louise Sorel, Murray Hamilton, Tom Hanks, Vera Miles, Wendy Crewson