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| ACTORS: | Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 13 April, 1992 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Christmas |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 053939676426 |
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Customer Reviews of Christmas in Connecticut (1992 TV Movie)
Not an Oscar - Just Great Entertainment While I agree with the previous reviewer regarding the original movie being a classically better production, I must say that I find this remake with Dyan Cannon and Kris Kristopherson a delightful and light holiday movie. It is one of those "feel good" holiday movies that gets you in the spirit of Christmas. Tony Curtis is halirious as the producer who is worried about ratings and network politics; the side stories are light and provide comic relief every few scenes. If you are looking for a deeply emotional movie like "It's a Wonderful Life", then this movie is not for you. However, if you, like me, want to intersperse George Bailey (admittedly a humourous movie in many areas) with a few laughs and a simple, light hearted movie during the Christmas season, give this movie a chance. If you're looking for light-hearted romance based on the spirit of Christmas, you won't be disappointed with this remake (or the original) Christmas in Connecticut.
Update of a Christmas Classic
I actually rented this movie the first time by mistake after a freind had recommended the original with Barbara Stanwyck. After viewing both versions (both are excellent) I decided that I prefered this timely updated version. Dyan Carrol is charming as the Martha Stewart-type hostess of a tv cooking and home-craft show who dispite being unmarried and living in a sparse city loft, broadcasts a quite different image to her viewing audience. She talks on her show about her (totally fictitious) daughter, grandchild, husband and her big country house in Connecticut while cooking up gourmet dishes that are actually produced behind the scenes by her assistant. Her producer (played with hysterical results by Tony Curtis) cooks up a publicity scheme involving a live Christmas show broadcast from her Connecticut "home" where she will be surrounded by her "friends and family". When he also arranges for her to be playing hostess to a reluctant local hero (played by Kris Kristofferson), who is unaware that this is all a charade, an already humorous plotline becomes a series of hilarious mixups, mishaps and mistaken identities. This truly wonderful, heartwarming and funny movie is sure to become one of your holiday favorites too.
WHY RELEASE THIS INFERIOR TV REMAKE?
Okay, so this isn't a review of the DVD, since it won't be released until October - but can anyone tell me why this awful 1992 television remake is being released on DVD but NOT the wonderful Barbara Stanwyck original from 1945? Please tell me it's not to "cash in" on the new-found popularity of its director, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (or however you spell his name). It was a most inauspicious directorial debut for the California governor, notably NOT propelling him into a directorial career. Film buffs can only hope that this release gets swept under the carpet quickly and that Warner Home Video will come to its senses and release the delightful original in time for the 2004 holiday season.