p 　　Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 一九六0s 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 wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can 三九 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 Disorder quot 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 hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of quot intestinal fortitude and willpower, quot Lyle manages to convince David that p