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User Rating:
6.3/10   166 votes
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Director:

Sturla Gunnarsson

Writers (WGA):

Joseph Maurer (teleplay) and
Debra Frank (teleplay) ...
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Contact:

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Release Date:

15 December 2002 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Family | War more

Tagline:

He couldn't stop the war, but he wouldn't let the war stop Christmas.

Plot:

A.C. Gilbert figures out a way to keep Christmas alive after the war threatens to take it away in his name. | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 nominations more

User Comments:

a great surprise movie! more (11 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jason Alexander ... A.C. Gilbert
Kelly Rowan ... Mary

Ari Cohen ... Frank Gilbert

C. David Johnson ... Sam Ryder

Jayne Eastwood ... Mrs. Gilbert
Daniel Kash ... Hiram Harris
Jake Brockman ... Al Jr.
Kenneth Welsh ... Newton Baker

Edward Asner ... Charles Gilbert
David Talbot ... Ben

Jonathan Higgins ... Franklin Roosevelt
Brad Borbridge ... Guard

Bill Lake ... Secretary Daniels
François Klanfer ... Secretary MacAdoo
Craig Gardner ... Admiral
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Additional Details

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In a scene set during the 1910s, the "A. C. Gilbert" logo on the truck door is printed in Aachen Medium, a font that was released in 1977. more

Quotes:

Frank Gilbert: [after giving a Christmas gift to A.C. Gilbert] You don't know how hard it was finding you something you didn't invent! more


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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
a great surprise movie!, 22 December 2008
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Author: toriwells2002 from United States

I taped this movie when it first came out and have watched it every year since. I was about to put it in tonight while wrapping gifts and realized, the tape is wearing out and just ordered it on DVD. It should be a yearly classic.

I'm not a fan of Jason Alexander, from Seinfeld but I have to give him credit. He did very well in this movie, I was so surprised. This is a true story.

It is a very well thought out movie, it has heart and I highly recommend it. watch it with an open mind.

Kelly Rowan and Ed Asner did very well.

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