Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchairbound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can#39;t stop speeding up Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB Minimal Brain Dysfunction but today he would be diagnosed with quot;Attention Deficit Disorderquot; Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a handwalk across the school gymnasium, among other things It works like this Inspired by his TV版 idol, Lalanne, and his message of quot;intestinal fortitude and willpower,quot; Lyle manages to convince David that
