12 Men of Christmas (2009)

A high-powered New York City publicist finds herself in Montana promoting a charity calendar after being betrayed by her boss and fiancé. Unfortunately, matters of the heart are just as complicated in the wilds as they are in the big city.

Director:

Arlene Sanford

Writers:

Jon Maas (teleplay), Phillipa Ashley (novel)

Stars:

Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins, Anna Chlumsky

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristin Chenoweth	...	E.J. Baxter
Josh Hopkins	...	Will Albrecht
Anna Chlumsky	...	Jan Lucas
Erin Dilly	...	Roz Baxter
Stephen Huszar	...	Jason Farrar
Heather Hanson	...	Lillah Sherwood
Jefferson Brown	...	Eric
Craig Eldridge	...	Mayor Bob Baker
Chantal Perron	...	Dr. Marci Hempel
Paul Constable	...	Dave Hempel
Aaron Abrams	...	Les Pizula
Frank Chiesurin	...	Scott Lewis
Peter Mooney	...	Noah
Joe Norman Shaw	...	Eddie
Jessie Pavelka	...	Henry Diepeveen

Storyline

E.J. Baxter has what she considers the trifecta of New York perfection: the perfect job as a PR executive with Lillah Sherwood's firm where she is the miracle maker; the perfect apartment; and the perfect man in her fiancé and coworker, Noah. E.J.'s life comes crashing down just before Christmas when she is fired from her job, and finds out that Noah is cheating on her, which not only leads to her calling off their engagement but changing what were to be their romantic holiday plans. After a few months of not being able to find a job with a reputable rival PR firm because of no one willing to cross Lillah, E.J. is forced to accept one of the two less than perfect jobs offered to her. The job that she accepts from Mayor Bob Baker is to work in Kalispell, Montana - population 19,000 and located hours from a large city - on a one year contract for its tourist board to encourage corporate retreats to the town. E.J. is a fish out of water in Kalispell, but finds that there are some ...

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Plot Keywords:

montana | calendar | white panties | panties | bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

Calendar Girls meets The Full Monty

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Twelve Men of Christmas

Filming Locations:

Big Bear, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lisa Demberg Productions,Fox Television Studios,Lifetime Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kristin Chenoweth's character talks to her sister about The Wizard of Oz (1939); Chenoweth starred in the Broadway musical production "Wicked" which parallels the story depicted in the classic film.

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Quotes

Will Albrecht: What did I expect, you know, this calendar's making everybody nuts.
Eric: Did you hear what Jan did to Bob? She caught him eating a doughnut, she grabs it out of his hands and says, "The idea is to sell the calendars." I don't know. Jan's never been so bossy before.
Will Albrecht: Well, she's never hung around with E.J. before.
Eric: I'm thinking of asking Jan out.
Will Albrecht: Well, now, I mean, if you know what you're getting yourself into. Just don't expect her to act any different once E.J. leaves town. Of course, if Jan doesn't ...
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Connections

References I Am Legend (2007)

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Soundtracks

What If You Could
(uncredited)
Performed by Toff Thinaud
[Will and EJ dance]

User Reviews

decent surrogate

like many films from the same genre, it is a surrogate. romance, crumbs from classic comedies, pieces from Jane Austen, actors in skin of legends - Kristin Chenoweth as a version of Eve Marie Saint, Josh Hopkins as a form of Cary Grant. sure, very far by original, not realistic, with a story who seems far to be coherent. but nice. and this is the most important thing in this case. because it is the only thing who could be expected. the subject is so old, the performances are far to be bad and the idea has the chance to seduce. the war between E. J. and Will is fake but the aspects from a small community from Montana looking the work for a noble cause is not real awful but could be useful. so, a film for Christmas. and it is enough !