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 wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can'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 Attention Deficit Disorder. 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 intestinal fortitude and willpower, Lyle manages to convince David that ...
米西(威廉·鲍德温 William Baldwin 饰)是业内大名鼎鼎的律师,深得客户和上司的信赖。可是在儿子罗比(迈克尔·坎皮恩 Michael Campion 饰)的眼中,米西却并不是一个合格的父亲,工作的繁忙让他无暇照顾罗比,父子之间的亲情十分的淡漠。母亲的逝去让父子之间的关系有如雪上加霜。 圣诞节即将来临,父子两人收到了一份神秘的礼物——一个能够帮助人类实现任何愿望的魔法玩具熊。正在和儿子吵架的米西一怒之下许下愿望,和儿子交换了身体。一场让人啼笑皆非的闹剧拉开了序幕,在交换身体的这段时间里,两人都对彼此有了更深刻的理解,也明白了彼此的苦衷。