The Christmas Collection - 4-DVD Box Set ( The Christmas Shoes / A Different Kind of Christmas / A Christmas Romance / If You Believe ) ( Les souliers de Noël / Santa & Me )

The Christmas Collection - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Christmas Shoes / A Different Kind of Christmas / A Christmas Romance / If You Believe
Alternate Title: Les souliers de Noël / Santa & Me
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
320 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1994 - 2002 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Andy Wolk
Tom McLoughlin
Sheldon Larry
Alan Metzger

Written By:
Donna Van Liere
Wesley Bishop
Bart Baker
Maggie Davis
Darrah Cloud
Anthea Sylbert
Richard Romanus

Actors:
Rob Lowe ..... Robert Layton
Kimberly Williams-Paisley ..... Maggie Andrews
Max Morrow ..... Nathan Andrews
Maria del Mar ..... Kate Layton
Hugh Thompson ..... Jack Andrews
Dorian Harewood ..... Dalton Gregory
Shirley Douglas ..... Ellen Layton
Amber Marshall ..... Lily
Rhonda McLean ..... Gwen
Jeremy Akerman ..... Tom Wilson
John Maclaren ..... Dean McGraw
Brian Heighton ..... Jake Cardwell
Geoff Herod ..... Young Adult Nathan
Bill Carr ..... Dr. Mather
John Dunsworth ..... Dr. Julian
Shelley Long ..... Elizabeth Gates
Barry Bostwick ..... Frank Mallory
Nathan Lawrence ..... Tommy Gates
Nancy McLoughlin ..... Susan
Michael E. Knight ..... Alan Schaefer
Bruce Kirby ..... Santa
Richard K. Olsen ..... Henry
Janell McLeod ..... Fran
Keith Flippen ..... Michael
Rebecca Koon ..... Marguerite
Troy Simmons ..... Lester
Wells Struble ..... Charlie
John Pontrelli ..... Homeless Father
Kelly Wilson ..... Receptionist
Barry Bell ..... Mover
Olivia Newton-John ..... Julia Stonecypher
Gregory Harrison ..... Brian Harding
Chloe Lattanzi ..... Deenie
Stephanie Sawyer ..... Emily Rose
Tom Heaton ..... Mel Betsill
Stephen E. Miller ..... Bert Betsill
Brent Stait ..... O.T. Betsill
Susan Astley ..... Margie Peterson
Tom McBeath ..... Mr. Macklin
Anna Ferguson ..... Old Woman
Teryl Rothery ..... Susan
Melody Ryane ..... Felicity
Ally Walker ..... Susan Stone
Tom Amandes ..... Thom Weller
Hayden Panettiere ..... Young Susan 'Suzie' Stone / Alice Stone, Susan's niece
Meredith McGeachie ..... Robin
Andrew Tarbet ..... Bob Stone
Jonathan Welsh ..... Dylan Lewis
Victoria Snow ..... Dorinda
Demore Barnes ..... Mark
Anna Starnino ..... Elizabeth Stone
David Talbot
Richard Romanus
Paul Brown
Vik Sahay
Marilyn Boyle
Maureen Cassidy

Synopsis:

The Christmas Shoes (2002)
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and declines a job in Robert's firm. When Robert's mother passes away, he begins to reconsider things and his and Nathan's paths cross on Christmas Eve as Nathan tries to raise the money for the shoes and Robert tries to get a present for his daughter.

A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)
TV movie. A crotchety female lawyer has trouble with a part-time Father Christmas.

A Christmas Romance (1994)
Two people are about to discover that what they need most is each other.

If You Believe (1999)
Susan Stone has lost all ambition and drive, on the verge of losing her job and 'out' with her family. Nothing is going right for her until one day little Suzie ends up on her doorstep and maybe Susan is about to regain her love of life...

The Christmas Shoes (2002)
This sentimental made-for-TV drama was based on the bestselling novel by Donna VanLiere, which in turn was inspired by the popular song of the same name. Rob Lowe stars as Robert Layton, a workaholic attorney who sorely neglects his family, even during the Christmas season. Clearly, Layton is overdue for a "humanizing" treatment, which comes in the form of a little boy named Nathan Andrews (Max Morrow). Learning that his mother, Maggie (Kimberly Williams), is dying from congenital heart failure, and unable to financially rely upon his underemployed father, Jack (Hugh Thompson), Nathan goes about collecting tin cans and other throwaways so that he can afford an expensive pair of red shoes for his ailing mom. Nathan's plight not only touches Layton, but also has a heartwarming trickle-down effect on the lawyer's estranged family. The Christmas Shoes debuted December 1, 2002, on CBS.

A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)
The bane of the existence of city attorney Elizabeth Gates (Shelley Long) is the jovial, widowed former barber (Bruce Kirby) who has chosen to be a year-round Santa Claus, transforming his house into a permanent "North Pole" village and giving away free presents to needy children. Unfortunately, "Santa" is operating out of a residential zone, and thus is technically running an illegal commercial business. Elizabeth's problem is to evict the would-be Kris Kringle without endangering her mayoral campaign -- and to hide from her impressionable son Tommy (Nathan Lawrence) the real reason behind her dislike for "Santa." Meanwhile, a cynical big-city reporter (Barry Bostwick) follows the case with interest (his interest is mainly in Elizabeth, of course), and a local land developer goes into "Scrooge" mode as he schemes to tear down a landmark train station. Based on an actual 1989 court case, A Different Kind of Christmas was made for cable, airing originally over the Lifetime network on December 9, 1996.

A Christmas Romance (1994)
Olivia Newton-John stars in this sentimental TV movie as Julia Stonecypher, an impoverished widow with two daughters. Living in a remote mountain cabin, Julia relies upon the meager income received from the cakes she bakes for the local townsfolk. Unfortunately, it isn't quite enough to pay the mortgage, and just before Christmas straight-laced bank manager Brian Harding (Gregory Harrison) shows up at Julia's doorstep, announcing that he'll be forced to foreclose on her. Startled by Julia's violent reaction, Brian rushes away from her house, only to be involved in a car accident. With a snowstorm fast approaching, Julia takes the injured Brian to her house to take care of him. Forced by the bad weather to remain longer than expected, Brian inevitably falls in love with Julia -- but will romance supersede his financial responsibilities? In addition to heading the cast, Olivia Newton-John also sings the opening song {&"The Way of Love."} Filmed on location in Vancouver, A Christmas Romance first aired December 18, 1994, on CBS.

If You Believe (1999)
Bah! Humbug! Susan Stone is definitely what you'd call a modern-day scrooge. She is a young, jaded book editor who is consumed with self-doubt and has lost the passion and drive that defined her childhood persona. On the verge of losing her job and being completely on the 'outs' with her family, Susan has nearly given up on happiness. Out of nowhere, a cheerful, carefree seven-year-old girl named Suzie awaits Susan back at her apartment. It turns out that little Suzie is the embodiment of Susan's inner child, she is Susan as she once was years ago. Suzie has come to help the adult Susan rediscover and recapture the love of life that she's lost.

The Christmas Shoes (2002)
The plot interweaves two different stories:One story involves Maggie Andrews, a young music teacher who is terminally ill (the result of heart failure), and her son Nathan (who tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies, and who collects empty cans to raise the money).The other story involves Robert Layton, a lawyer who's marriage to his wife Kate is failing (the matter comes to a head during Christmas, when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and declines a job in Robert's firm); when Robert's mother passes away, he begins to reconsider how his life is going.Robert's and Nathan's paths cross on Christmas Eve at a local shoe store. Nathan learns that he is five dollars short of the money needed to buy his mother the shoes. Nathan begins crying, whereupon Robert gives Nathan the money needed to complete the purchase. Nathan is thus able to buy the shoes for his mother and give them to her before she dies.

A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)
When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his 'Santa Schick,' as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child ever left without a gift. But what's wrong with this kind of philanthropic generosity was that it totally embarrassed her when, as city attorney, it fell to her to make him stop his 'commercial' enterprise in an area zoned for private homes. But there's more to it than that and the outcome is not quite what you'd expect.

A Christmas Romance (1994)
Television movie. A rich banker on his way to evict a struggling widow and her child just before Christmas crashes in a snowstorm. He is looked after and nursed by the widow, and romance blossoms between them.

If You Believe (1999)
Big-city book editor Susan Stone has definitely lost that 'Christmas spirit'. In fact, Susan's feeling pretty jaded about life in general. Her job has lost its charms; she hasn't found a great author for ages and takes out her wrath on the office staff. Even her widowed brother and his young family have given up on Susan. Enter Suzie, an irrepressible seven-year-old. She literally haunts her aunt over the festive season, cajoling her into experiencing joys and feelings long since buried. Then Thom Weller appears on the scene: he's the magical writing talent Susan has always dreamt about. But Thom presents opportunities that go way beyond the professional. With little Suzie's help, could love be in the air?

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