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A Christmas Without Snow (1980) (TV)
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9 December 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
Destined to be a Christmas classic.Plot:
A divorced woman moves to a new city with her child, trying to build her life again. She joins the choir... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
But with a believable script and well drawn characters moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Learned | ... | Zoe Jensen | |
| John Houseman | ... | Ephraim Adams | |
| Ramon Bieri | ... | Henry Quist | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Reverend Lohman | |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Muriel | |
| David Knell | ... | Terry | |
| Calvin Levels | ... | Wendell | |
| Ruth Nelson | ... | Inez | |
| Beah Richards | ... | Wendell's Grandma | |
| William Swetland | ... | Hartley | |
| Ed Bogas | ... | Seth | |
| Daisietta Kim | ... | Maisie Kim | |
| Joy Carlin | ... | Cora Newman | |
| Anne Lawder | ... | Evangeline Burns | |
| Barbara Tarbuck | ... | Carol Thorpe |
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UK:UFilming Locations:
San Francisco, California, USAFun Stuff
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Ephraim Adams: Mrs. Burns is right, of course; you are amateurs, unlike certain pseudo-professionals like myself who insist on slave wages. Your voluntary and steadfast attendance at these rehearsals fully qualifies you for any definition of the word "amateur". What Mrs... moreSoundtrack:
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I just watched this movie again, must be my fourth viewing, and it really holds up. It just never fails to get to me emotionally.
The story is simple, but it is the characters and their backgrounds that engage the viewer. There are no simple solutions to the problems presented, unlike the emotionally manipulative movies of today.
A young widow grieves for her dead husband, someone suffers a stroke, a father and son resolve a tremendous difficulty with a very slow smile at each other and no words are spoken.
Each story stands on its own. A microcosm of life. One does suffer, there is sometimes no magic solution, just a choir and an ambitious undertaking of "The Messiah" to get your mind off the same old, same old.
Michael Learned, what has ever happened to her, a great performance. Also John Houseman being John Houseman, a delight. Not one jarring note from the large cast.
An 8 out of 10. Catch this one if you can.