300 Miles for Stephanie

I was there when this really happened. Stephanie was born with handicaps and the doctors said she would not live past 5 or 6 years old. When her next birthday was coming up, her father decided to do a 7 day run to thank God for letting her live that long. He arranged it to end on her birthday. The story was in the papers in San Antonio and the whole town was proud of him, and admiring. He was a loving father to a handicapped child. I guess the movie makers did not understand that.

In my view, this is Tony Orlando's Best Acting Role, playing the Father of a Little Girl stricken with a Terminal Disease. He implores God to Please Let Me Have Her to Love Her Just a Little Bit Longer, and doggedly determines to Run 300 Miles to Pray for his Daughter at a Religious Temple. A Wonderful Film, as he sets out alone and is eventually joined by a throng of hundreds of well-wishers and supporters, who show him little acts of kindness in his undeniable Quest. This Movie is a Triumph of Love. It demonstrates the unquenchable human spirit of a Father, determined to help defeat his own despair, if only to have a chance at a miracle of beating his daughter's illness.