It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

1989
Comedy, Adventure
TV Movie
1h 40m
Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people. (imdb)

Directed by:

Burt Brinckerhoff
Burt-Brinckerhoff
21 total credits
Credits include: ALF, Growing Pains, Brave New World, Good Morning, Miss Bliss and Dogs

Writers:

Stanley Isaacs
Stanley-Isaacs
5 total credits
Credits include: Raptor Island, Megalodon, It Nearly Wasn't Christmas and Last Gasp
,
Golda David
Golda-David
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Starring:

Charles Durning
Charles-Durning
107 total credits
Credits include: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Dog Day Afternoon, The Sting, The Hudsucker Proxy and Tootsie
,
Beverly Rowland
Beverly-Rowland
2 total credits
Credits include: Mr. Krueger's Christmas and It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Risa Schiffman
Risa-Schiffman
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Annette Marin
Annette-Marin
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Wayne Osmond
Wayne-Osmond
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Tip Boxell
Tip-Boxell
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Genres:

Comedy, Adventure

Country:

USA

Language:

English

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

1989
Comedy, Adventure
TV Movie
1h 40m
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Average Percentile: 23.26%
26 Dec 2018
33
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If "The Year Without a Santa Claus" was remade as a cynical and creepy 80's TV movie, where instead of any Christmas fun, we got Charles Durning as a burnt-out Santa, Bruce Vilanch as a bumbling overgrown elf, and "Issac" from "The Love Boat" as a con-artist who talks through a fake parrot on his shoulder. Unfortunately, as fun as that might seem, the movie is far more boring than it is bizarre. Instead it's just generic holiday family TV fodder for those in desperate need of their Yuletide fix.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Burt Brinckerhoff
Burt-Brinckerhoff
21 total credits
Credits include: ALF, Growing Pains, Brave New World, Good Morning, Miss Bliss and Dogs

Writers:

Stanley Isaacs
Stanley-Isaacs
5 total credits
Credits include: Raptor Island, Megalodon, It Nearly Wasn't Christmas and Last Gasp
,
Golda David
Golda-David
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Starring:

Charles Durning
Charles-Durning
107 total credits
Credits include: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Dog Day Afternoon, The Sting, The Hudsucker Proxy and Tootsie
,
Beverly Rowland
Beverly-Rowland
2 total credits
Credits include: Mr. Krueger's Christmas and It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Risa Schiffman
Risa-Schiffman
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Annette Marin
Annette-Marin
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Wayne Osmond
Wayne-Osmond
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
,
Tip Boxell
Tip-Boxell
1 total credit
Credits include: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Genres:

Comedy, Adventure

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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