Christmas Cottage
2008
Ken LaZebnik
Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O'Toole, Aaron Ashmore, Richard Burgi, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Elliott, Richard Moll, Kiersten Warren, Jay Brazeau, Charlotte Rae, Edward Asner, Tegan Moss, Gina Holden, Malcolm Stewart
Necessity is the mother of invention. In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and is about to lose her small house in Placerville, a town in California's gold country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Her son Thom, who attends art school and is in his 20s, determines to make the transition from amateur to professional painter to help save the family's home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor. ------- A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
104 minutes (at 23.98 frames per second)
955 MB
AVC - resolution: 856x480