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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jared Padalecki | ... | Thomas Kinkade | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Maryanne Kinkade | |
| Peter O'Toole | ... | Glen | |
| Aaron Ashmore | ... | Pat Kinkade | |
| Richard Burgi | ... | Bill Kinkade | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Butch | |
| Chris Elliott | ... | Ernie (as Chris Elliot) | |
| Richard Moll | ... | Big Jim | |
| Kiersten Warren | ... | Tanya | |
| Jay Brazeau | ... | Mr. Rosa | |
| Charlotte Rae | ... | Vesta | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Sidney | |
| Tegan Moss | ... | Nanette | |
| Gina Holden | ... | Hope | |
| Malcolm Stewart | ... | Lloyd | |
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Necessity is the mother of invention. In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and is about to lose her small house in Placerville, a town in California's gold country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Her son Thom, who attends art school and is in his 20s, determines to make the transition from amateur to professional painter to help save the family's home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Love is the brightest light of all.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and smoking | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 November 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Christmas Cottage See more »Filming Locations:
Fort Langley, British Columbia, CanadaCompany Credits
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Maryanne Kinkade: What for?
Glen: You managed to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
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Written by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber
Performed by Coastal Sound Music Academy Society
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In the scene where Thomas (Jared padalecki) is crying, Peter O'Toole had to reel him in after the take because Jared couldn't stop crying. He told him, "stop that. These are Thomas's tears, not Jared's." See more »Goofs
In the Hangtown Saloon, the pianist's hands are nearly motionless as he plays the blues. See more »Quotes
Glen: Thank you.Maryanne Kinkade: What for?
Glen: You managed to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
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Inspired by true events See more »Soundtracks
Silent NightWritten by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber
Performed by Coastal Sound Music Academy Society
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The overload of sugar in this movie would kill a truckload of diabetics. Dreadful, dreadful dialog that would make the regular viewer cringe with embarrassment. Watching the hugely talented Peter O'Toole in this movie makes one hope that he never has to watch this or ever again have to descend to this level to make a living. For this particular viewer, the only thought that went through my mind was, please somebody hand me a fork so I can stick it in my eyes. This is a movie made for old ladies who live alone with a houseful of cats. If Thomas Kinkade has a story to tell, then he needs a much more gifted writer to bring it to fruition. This is a movie that would reduce even the most sympathetic of souls to batter their head on the coffee table in utter despair. Watching Peter O'Toole, who does everything but wear a sandwich board saying, "My character is going to die very soon", one prays that he will just peg out so that one will no longer have to observe the depths to which he has sunk in acting in this tripe. A definite miss.