"A story of love, devotion, relationships and Christmas..." 03 December 1984 Drama, Comedy, Romance 53 mins
A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.
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Alan Arkin as Flagg Purdy
Tony Arkin as Edgar Purdy
Gary Cole as Man with Christmas Tree
Cinnamon Idles as Eleanor Purdy
Corey Kasdin as Billy Joe Purdy
Virginia Madsen as Lou Ellen Purdy
Mary Samuels as Orville Wright Purdy
Alexandra Shapiro as Becky Sue Purdy
Barbara Dana as Ada Purdy
Danny Corkill as Cousin Laura's Boy
Deanna Dunagan as Miss Keyes
Daniel Garza II as Purdy Baby
Alison Jacoby as Nellie Mae Purdy
Mark David Kennerly as Jeb
Brendan Phillips as Dink Kibler
Mary Seibel as Molly Purdy
Grace McKeaney Story Developer
Mary Trimble Story Developer
Fritz Johnson Dolly Grip
Alan Barcus Conductor
David Avcollie Dialect Coach
Wayne Karjala Set Decoration
Bonnie Timmermann Casting Consultant
Ric Coken Sound Mixer
Kevin Smith Second Assistant Camera
Kristina Hanson Location Manager
Joyce Weber Hairstylist
Roger Tang Boom Operator
Joyce Polly Negative Cutter
Gwen Arner Director
Diane Witmer Art Direction
Katterli Frauenfelder First Assistant Director
United States 03 December 1984
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1984:
18 November 1984
The criminalist Hannes Bergemann tries to blackmail the city where he spent his youth. After many years returning to the familiar places of his childhood, he hopes to meet again his old friends, especially Fred, Helmuth and Richard, with whom he had a close childhood friendship.
27 July 1984
A young woman wanders aimlessly around a beach resort and has sex with various men.
23 May 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
06 December 1984
Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets.
01 January 1984
Cüneyt Arkin is war veteran, now using lots of of alcohol to forget terrible wartime memories. But some drug mafia bastards forces him to take double barreled shotgun and show them what angry Cüneyt is capable of.
13 April 1984
While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling.
29 November 1984
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
16 July 1984
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
24 June 1984
A group of high-school students deal with everyday life while attending JFK High School in Ventura, California.
19 September 1984
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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