A Golden Christmas

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A Golden Christmas
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Written byJay Cipriani
Directed byJohn Murlowski
Starring Andrea Roth
Nicholas Brendon
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time95 minutes
Original release
Network Ion Television
ReleaseDecember 13, 2009 (2009-12-13)

A Golden Christmas is a 2009 Christmas romance movie starring Andrea Roth and Nicholas Brendon. The television movie premiered on December 13, 2009 as Ion Television's first original television movie. [1] Plot: "A woman visits her parents for Christmas. Hearing that they've "sold" the house, she wants to buy it. At 9 she had a BFF in the woods nearby named Han Solo. She and the buyer are single, divorced and have a child each. Is he her Han?" [2]

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Cast

Series continuation

Two quasi-sequels were made:

Home media

The film was released on DVD on October 12, 2010. [3]

See also

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References

  1. "ION Television to Premiere Network's First Originally Produced Film --"A Golden Christmas"-- on Sunday, December 13". businesswire.com. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  2. Murlowski, John (2009-12-13), A Golden Christmas (Comedy, Family, Romance), Andrea Roth, Nicholas Brendon, Elisa Donovan, Bruce Davison, Maple Island Films, retrieved 2020-09-23
  3. Carpenter, Edwin. "A Golden Christmas". The Dove Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2020.