The Christmas Tree | |
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Genre | Adventure Drama Family |
Based on | The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon and Jill Weber |
Written by | Janet Brownell Sally Field |
Directed by | Sally Field |
Starring |
Julie Harris Andrew McCarthy Trini Alvarado Jessica Hecht |
Music by | David Benoit |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sally Field Wendy Japhet |
Producers | Steven McGlothen Janet Brownell Shivam Sekariapuram |
Production location | Pittsburgh |
Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
Editor | Harry Hitner |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Production companies |
Walt Disney Television Fogwood Films |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | December 22, 1996 |
The Christmas Tree is a 1996 American made-for-television Christmas drama film directed by Sally Field, starring Julie Harris and Andrew McCarthy and produced by Walt Disney Television which premiered on ABC on December 22, 1996. [1] [2]
A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony ( Julie Harris), and New York's Rockefeller Center's head gardener Richard Reilly ( Andrew McCarthy), who wants to fell a tree which she has been growing for decades and move it to New York City for Christmas display.
The Christmas Tree had international release under several titles: In France as Arbre de Noël, L' Canada, In Spain as Árbol de Navidad, El Spain, in Brazil as A Árvore de Natal Brazil ( Portuguese), in Greece as Dentro ton Hristougennon, To Greece, and in Germany as Der Weihnachtsbaum. It was made available in October 2001 on VHS in Spanish and English. [3]