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Title: A Christmas Memory (TV Movie 1997)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Patty Duke | ... | Sook | |
| Piper Laurie | ... | Jennie | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Seabone | |
| Anita Gillette | ... | Callie | |
| Julia McIlvaine | ... | Rachel | |
| Esther Scott | ... | Anna Stabler | |
| Eric Lloyd | ... | Buddy | |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | ... | Haha Jones | |
| Robert C. Treveiler | ... | Adult Buddy (as Robert Treveiler) | |
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Dan Albright | ... | Grocer |
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Reynolds Allen | ... | Customer |
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Suzi Bass | ... | Rachel's Mother |
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Dan Biggers | ... | Reverend Dickson |
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Lala Cochran | ... | Lazy Wife |
| David Dwyer | ... | Farley Wood | |
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A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried. Buddy brings life to the house and develops a close friendship with one of the older, simpler ladies, Sook. Buddy and Sook undertake many adventures together, including the baking of 31 fruit-cakes which they give as Christmas presents, even mailing them to President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Jean Harlowe! Just before Christmas, one of the older cousins begins to wonder if it is best for Buddy to be living with them... Written by Jeff Hole <jeffhole@aol.com>
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21 December 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Truman Capote's 'A Christmas Memory' See more »Company Credits
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I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 400 Christmas MOVIES.
BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I AM HONEST! I REVIEW Christmas MOVIES AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN!
This film is a bout a boy named "Buddy" When Buddy's parents split and his New York thespian mother makes her career a priority, exuberant young boy Buddy (Eric Lloyd) is sent to the Depression-era South to live with distant and aging cousins. Though cousin Jennie (Piper Laurie) is strict and joy is hard to come by in the small town, Buddy finds an unlikely friend in his mentally challenged elder cousin, Sook (Patty Duke). Buddy and Sook embark on many delightful exploits, but forces beyond their control threaten to separate them.
This is a well made adaption of source material. The film holds your attention. The heart of this story is about "Unconditional Love". The two leads in this film have that for each other. It is love that all us deserve to find. I highly recommend this. It is family safe but small children will be bored. I think this is one of those films that the older you are the more you will enjoy this.
I will watch this again.