An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (TV 2008)

Director:

Graeme Campbell

Writers:

Shelley Evans, Louisa May Alcott (short story)

Stars:

Jacqueline Bisset, Helene Joy, Tatiana Maslany

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Isabella
Helene Joy	...	Mary Bassett
Tatiana Maslany	...	Mathilda Bassett
Kristopher Turner	...	Gad Hopkins (as Kris Turner)
Ted Atherton	...	Mr. Hopkins
Paula Boudreau	...	Mrs. Hopkins
Vivien Endicott Douglas	...	Prudence (as Vivien Endicott-Douglas)
Gage Munroe	...	Solomon Bassett
Sam Malkin	...	Mr. Yule
Catherine Fitch	...	Principal
Michael Barbuto	...	Fitter Bider
Paul Brown
Sarah Cassidy
Sharon McFarlane

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

letter | courtship | ill mother | female writer | writer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 November 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Contre tout l'or du monde

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Automatic Pictures, Muse Entertainment Enterprises, WildRice Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Prudence: You know what they say? After a society lady wears a dress once, she throws it away.

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Connections

Followed by An Old Fashioned Christmas (2010)

User Reviews

Great Thanksgiving Story...

I think that the problem that most people have with this movie is that it is so far removed from Louisa May Alcott's story that the only thing they have in common is the title and the name of the family. And on a more personal level, my maternal grandmother being a Bassett from the old New England family, I didn't like that they turned Ellis Bassett into an Irishman, when Bassett is one of the oldest and well-known Norman-English names in England and Old Yankee names in New England. And so as not to make anyone mad, I do have some Irish in me and I don't have a problem with being Irish. It is just the turning of a name into something it isn't. It would be like calling the Kennedy family English.

So, now that I gave what I didn't like about the movie, this is what I loved. The movie was excellent. The costuming was out of this world. The homes in the movie were perfect. The plot line was good. The actors were great. And like with most Hallmark movies, I really felt good at the end of the movie.

So if you watch this movie just on its own, not comparing it to the original story by Louisa May Alcott, then you're going to love it.

I purchased the movie and it will be one of the movies that my family and I watch every year near Thanksgiving Day.