Scoot & Kassie's Christmas Adventure (2013)

Luke Perry stars in this heartwarming "tail." Kassie, her friends and her dog, Scoot, organize a holiday fundraiser, but must protect the cash from some crooks in order to save Christmas.

Director:

Benjamin Gourley (as Ben Gourley)

Writer:

Benjamin Gourley (as Ben Gourley)

Stars:

Luke Perry, Ariana Bagley, Taylor Negron

Cast

Credited cast:
Luke Perry	...	Paul Stevenson
Ariana Bagley	...	Kassie Stevenson
Taylor Negron	...	Marv
Adam Johnson	...	Pastor Bailey
James Andrews	...	Officer Riley
Jaden Kenny	...	Ethan Marberger
Braxton Hew-Len	...	Carlyle
Kalvin Stinger	...	Cole Marberger
Jake Suazo	...	Buzz (as Jake Ben Suazo)
Nathan Sears	...	Vet
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cate Allen	...	Officer Blaine (as Cate Ganiere)
Anson Bagley	...	Justin
Mia Bagley	...	Suzanne
Deborah Ellis	...	Miss Carol
Chantel Flanders	...	News Reporter (as Allen Chantel Flanders)

Storyline

It's the Christmas season. Widowed Paul Stevenson and his two daughters, fifteen year old Esther Stevenson and ten year old Kassie Stevenson, have just moved to the winter resort town of Heber Valley, Utah, where Paul will be the general manager of the Heber Valley Bank. Kassie in particular is afraid she won't make friends, especially since her school doesn't have a music program. Music and singing is one of her passions, one of the ways she stays connected to the memory of her musician mother. Kassie stumbles upon an injured and abandoned German Shepard, who, with Esther's help, nurses him back to health while hiding the fact of who they eventually name Scoot from their father, who they believe will not let them keep him. But upon finding out about him, Paul does allow them to keep Scoot, who Kassie considers her first real friend in Heber Valley. Kassie is eventually able to use music in the form of the children's choir at the local church to find her place in town. She and the ...

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Plot Keywords:

bank | friend | christmas | dog | money | 

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Genres:

Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

5 November 2013 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Scoot & Kassie's Christmas Adventure

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wulf / Gourley Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min (Blu-ray)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Kassie enters the church for the first time, Pastor Bailey is giving a sermon while the adult choir sings in the background. When the choir is shown by itself, they are indeed singing the music that is heard, but when the choir is shown in the background with Pastor Bailey giving the sermon in the foreground, the choir members are not mouthing the words to the song being sung.

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Connections

Followed by K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold (2014)

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Soundtracks

The World Is Ours
Written by 'Danny Larsen'
Performed by 'Ariana Bagley and choirs'

User Reviews

A dog's tale

K-9 Adventures: A Christmas Tale is primarily a silly family film. A police dog tries to apprehend a duo of robbers and is left for dead.

Kassie Stevenson arrives in a new town where her father is the new bank manager. She has to attend a new school, make new friends as well as getting involved with the church choir. She finds a wounded police dog and with her older sister takes care of him.

It just so happens that our duo of robbers posing as security guards are targeting her father's bank, especially the money the choir are raising for charity.

The film tries to ape the kids Disney television movie formula. Singing in form of the choir, school rivalries especially between Kassie and the rich kids, faithful dog companion and of course the dastardly villains.

Its probably enjoyable for younger viewers, the actors playing the bad guys were too broad and silly. The younger kids are effective when they band together but it never gels and at the end when the dog's real police handler who incidentally seemed to have done little to look for the dog when he was injured shows up, it looks like a real punch in the gut.