The Man Who Saved Christmas

– Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?

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Release Date:

15 Dec 2002

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Director:

Sturla Gunnarsson

Writer:

Joseph Maurer (teleplay), Debra Frank (teleplay), Steve L. Hayes (teleplay), Joseph Maurer (story)

Main Actors:

Jason Alexander, Kelly Rowan, Ari Cohen, C. David Johnson

Plot:

Although their own father, bank Charles, refuses them a loan to start a novelty American toys company to rival the established German import, the brothers A.C. and Frank succeed, especially with constructive and educational products. When the US gets dragged into Word War I, Frank enlists and Franklin Roosevelt's government recruits A.C. as consultant to convert factories like theirs for the war effort. Yet his gifted preteen son, whose schoolmates meanly turned on the 'Christmas killer's kid', ends up convincing him to refuse canceling Christmas and even resume toy production.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Alliance Atlantis Television Productions

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10