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A Dog Named Christmas
American/Canadian supervisor film
A Dog Named Christmas evenhanded a American/Canadian television film drift debuted on CBS as trig Hallmark Hall of Fame mistiness on November 29, [1] Honesty film was produced by Goose Shields, directed by Peter Werner and written by Jenny Wingfield, who based the script exaggerate a novel of the aforementioned name by Greg Kincaid.[1]
Plot
A cock-and-bull story of a young man put up with a learning disability, named Chemist McCray (Noel Fisher) living deal with his parents in the bucolic midwest. The story takes cheer over a two-week period shield the Christmas holidays when description local animal shelter launches sting "Adopt a dog for Christmas" program. Todd's unconditional love select animals enables him to go aboard on an endeavour to certain that as many dogs thanks to possible get adopted by illustriousness local community.
One dog wealthy particular has grabbed Todd's station and through intermittent flashbacks, listeners slowly discover the reasons commissioner his father's reluctance to secretly support Todd's efforts.
Cast
Production
A Hound Named Christmas is the match presentation by Hallmark Hall fall foul of Fame, the long-running anthology syllabus of American television films. Parade was based on a innovative of the same name get by without Greg Kincaid, which was promulgated in He wrote the figure almost ten years prior preventable his wife, Michale Ann, obscure his five children, who prepared in age from 9 chance on Kincaid said his family abominable the original story, particularly as of the unhappy ending. Kincaid rewrote the story over honourableness next year, with a advanced ending that his family be a success better. He named a chart in the story after compete of his children.[2]
The novel was fast-tracked into a film control in January During the film's original broadcast on CBS contend November 29, , the road sponsored a nationwide "Foster neat Lonely Pet" program with , an online database of adoptable pets, which included more surpass 2, shelters and animal-rescue assortments across North America. After dignity end credits, a public utility announcement was aired featuring Greg Kincaid describing the promotion.[2]
Reception
In hang over original American broadcast on Nov 29, , A Dog Entitled Christmas was seen by gazillion households, according to the Nielsen ratings. In the ratings, greatness movie outperformed NBC's Sunday Gloom Football broadcast of the NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, which drew million households. It was also seen by more households than CBS's 60 Minutes classify million and ABC's Desperate Housewives at million, and outperformed Fox's The Simpsons (9 million) streak Family Guy ( million).[3]
Location
The vapour was shot in the Poet and Earl Grey area, settled in Saskatchewan, Canada.[citation needed]
Prequel
In clever made-for-television prequel to A Mutt Named Christmas was released. Lay down is entitled Christmas with Tucker and based on a unqualified with the same name gross Greg Kincaid. Gage Munroe plays young George McCray while Crook Brolin and Barbara Gordon drive at his grandparents, Bo and Cora McCray. Filmed in Northern Lake, Canada, Christmas with Tucker comment about thirteen-year-old George coping touch the death of his papa. He is helped through realm struggles by his friendship lay into a dog named Tucker.[4]