One Magic Christmas
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Directed by | Phillip Borsos |
Written by | Phillip Borsos Barry Healey Thomas Meehan |
Starring | Mary Steenburgen Harry Dean Stanton Wayne Robson Sarah Polley |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release date(s) | November 22, 1985 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | US/Canada |
Language | English |
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One Magic Christmas is a 1985 holiday film from Walt Disney Pictures, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Mary Steenburgen.
[edit] Synopsis
Mary Steenburgen plays Ginny Grainger, a young mother who rediscovers the joy of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year old daughter Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois) and Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), Ginny's guardian angel.
[edit] Production
The movie was filmed in Ontario, in Meaford, Collingwood, and Owen Sound. In many ways it is a Canadian movie, with many Canadian references throughout, including the destinctive red, round Canada Post mailboxes.
Actor Jan Rubes, who portrays Santa Claus, also played the Amish patriarch in another 1985 film, Witness.