A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

Dec 6, 2011

0h 58m

★ 8.1

Overview

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! is a tinsel-filled journey through the most iconic holiday films of all time, including perennial favorites It's A Wonderful Life (1946) and Miracle on 34th Street (1947). The special looks at variations within the genre, such as holiday romances, family movies, and even thrillers. A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! features behind the scenes stories and personal Hollywood Christmas memories from the likes of Chevy Chase, Margaret O'Brien, Chazz Palminteri, Deborah Raffin, Karolyn Grimes, Zack Ward, Brian Henson, Joe Dante, Trine Mitchum, authors Julie Salamon and Alonso Duralde, A Christmas Carol expert Michael Patrick Hearn, and many more.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Amblin Television

Turner Classic Movies

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! Trailers

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Cast

Self - Interviewee

Joe Dante

Self - Interviewee

Chevy Chase

Self - Interviewee

Chazz Palminteri

Self - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey

Karolyn Grimes

Self - Interviewee

Deborah Raffin

Self - Interviewee

Petrine Day Mitchum

Self - Interviewee

Gordon Gebert

Self - Interviewee

Margaret O'Brien

Self - Interviewee

Zack Ward

Self - Interviewee

Brian Henson

Self - Interviewee

Julie Salamon

Self - author

Michael Patrick Hearn

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7.4

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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7.2

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Dec 10, 1974

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6.0

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7.1

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

Dec 13, 1970

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.

5.8

A Christmas Treasure

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5.9

Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday

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6.1

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5.9

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

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0.0

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Jan 24, 1983

A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.

4.8

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6.4

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6.0

It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

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7.3

Bernard and the Genie

Nov 23, 1991

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.

5.9

Christmas in the Wilds

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6.4

A Very Country Christmas

Nov 12, 2017

Jeanette Williams is a busy single parent, trying to make the best life for her and her daughter. With no time to follow current celebrity gossip, Jeanette is unaware of when a Country superstar returns to their small town to escape the intrusive paparazzi and the chaos of fame. A chance meeting between the two have them both letting their guards down and opening their hearts to the possibility of romance.

5.7

Snowmance

Nov 20, 2017

No man is perfect enough for Sarah Groves, except perhaps the impressive snowmen she sculpts annually with her childhood pal, Nick. In mid-December, her snowman disappears, and in his place, materializes Cole, who seems too perfect for Sarah to be true.

6.1

The Spruces and the Pines

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4.8

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