Secrets of the Mountain

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Secrets of the Mountain
Written byDante Amodeo
Screenplay byDante Amodeo
Story by Douglas Barr
Directed byDouglas Barr
Starring
Composers Eric Allaman
Randy Jackson
Original languageen
Production
Executive producers
  • Joel S. Rice
  • Brian Wells
  • Jeff Grant
ProducerIrene Litinsky
Production locationCanada [1]
CinematographyPierre Jodoin
Running time2 hours [2]
Production companies
Budget$4.5 million
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseApril 16, 2010 (2010-04-16) [1]

Secrets of the Mountain is the first TV film in Family Movie Night , a series of commercial made-for-TV movies produced by Procter & Gamble and Walmart aimed at families. Movies in the series feature embedded marketing of the producers' products. [4] P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film.

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Plot

A mountain cabin is inherited by a single mother and her three children from an eccentric uncle. The story's theme was that a family needs to pull together in tough times to move ahead. [1]

Cast

History

Dante Amodeo of Jacksonville Beach was approached at a book signing for his young adult mystery novel Saban and the Ancient (2006) by a local TV producer for family friendly scripts. Amodeo developed a story he called "The Mountain". The story then tested so well that the Family Movie Night partners purchased the idea. Amodeo then wrote the screenplay before it was handed off to Douglas Barr to finalize the story. Barr was also hired to direct the film. [1] P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film. [5] Production took place in Montreal with a 100-foot "mountain" built on a football field-size sound stage. [1] By February 1, 2010, NBC had scheduled the telefilm for April 16, 2010 while also indicating that it was a back door pilot. [3]

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