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The Christmas Gift

{{Short description|American television film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| genre = Drama

| creator =

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| writer = Jeb Rosebrook

| screenplay = Chris Grabenstein
Rable

| story = Christopher Grabenstein

| director = Michael Pressman

| starring = John Denver
Jane Kaczmarek
Edward Winter
Pat Corley
Kurtwood Smith

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| theme_music_composer = Allyn Ferguson

| country = United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Norman Rosemont

| producer = David A. Rosemont

| location = Georgetown, Colorado
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Rocky Mountains

| editor = John Farrell (as J.P. Farrell)

| cinematography = John Coquillon
Larry Lindsey

| runtime = 120 minutes

| company = Rosemont Productions International
Sunn Classic Pictures

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| network = CBS

| released = {{Start date|1986|12|21}}

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The Christmas Gift is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film starring John Denver. It was produced by Norman Rosemont, and was Denver's first acting role since Oh, God! (1977).

Denver said he took the role "because it was the perfect opportunity to ease back into acting; it is a light, warm tale of human relationships. I waited for something that I felt really good about and turned down a lot of scripts over the years. I've been very picky about acting projects and, in retrospect, I made a big mistake a few years ago when I turned down the Zack Mayo role (played by Richard Gere) in An Officer and a Gentleman. It was mostly due to my naivete – I couldn't envision the final product from the initial script.""A Holiday Message from John Denver: He Gets Back Into Acting with 'The Christmas Gift', Airing Tonight". Knutzen, Eirik. Philadelphia Inquirer; Philadelphia, Pa. 21 December 1986: 4.

Plot

According to both IMDB and Amazon the authorized plot is as follows, "A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus."{{Citation |title=The Christmas Gift |date=1986-12-21 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090839/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 |type=Drama |publisher=Rosemont Productions International, Sunn Classic Pictures |access-date=2022-12-10}}{{cite web |title=The Christmas Gift |date=4 November 2014 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Gift-John-Denver/dp/B00MGBS6MU |website=Amazon |language=English |access-date=2022-12-09}}

Home release

According to Amazon, the DVD release of The Christmas Gift was on November 4, 2014, with English subtitles through Paramount. Also according to Amazon, the runtime for the movie on DVD is 1 hour and 34 minutes.

The Christmas Gift was released on VHS by Good Times Home Video with a runtime as listed only being 96 minutes.{{Citation |title=The Christmas Gift |url=https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Gift-John-Denver/dp/B0002XKOWO/ref=sr_1_10?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1310586307&sr=1-10 |publisher=Good Times Home Video |access-date=2022-12-10}}

Cast

See also

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0090839}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20201124034223/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b700be037 The Christmas Gift] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}

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Category:1986 television films

Category:1986 films

Category:1980s Christmas drama films

Category:American Christmas drama films

Category:American Christmas television films

Category:CBS films

Category:Films directed by Michael Pressman

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Category:1980s English-language films

Category:English-language Christmas drama films

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