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Pray for Me, Paul Henderson is a Canadian television comedy-drama film, directed by Brad Turner and broadcast by CBC Television in 1989.[1] Set in 1972 against the backdrop of the Canada-USSR Summit Series, the film centres on four high school students — nerdy overachiever Cameron Alexander (Torquil Campbell), his best friend Russell (Richard Chevolleau), poetry-loving hippie Cynthia Maclean (Samantha Follows) and football jock Michael Starnoulis (Yannick Bisson) — who come together to compete as the school team in Reach for the Top and become heroes of their school as they reach the national finals against all odds.[2]

Pray for Me, Paul Henderson
Genre	Teen comedy-drama
Written by	Malcolm MacRury
Directed by	Brad Turner
Starring	Yannick Bisson Torquil Campbell Richard Chevolleau Samantha Follows
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Kim Todd
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Atlantis Films
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	November 5, 1989 (1989-11-05)

CBC journalist Jan Tennant, who had been an announcer for the real Reach for the Top in the early 1970s, reprised her role in the film.[3]

The film aired on November 5, 1989 as an episode of CBC's Magic Hour anthology of youth and family television films.[4]

Hester Riches of the Vancouver Sun praised the film, opining that CBC should consider turning it into a series and concluding that "we might have a Canadian Wonder Years on our hands".[5]

Awards

Award	Date of Ceremony	Category	Nominees	Result	Reference
Gemini Awards	December 4, 1990	Best Short Dramatic Program		Nominated	[6]
		Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Brad Turner	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Malcolm MacRury	Nominated

References

External links

• Pray for Me, Paul Henderson at IMDb

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