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When Buddy (Eric Lloyd, The Santa Clause 3) is abandoned by his parents at the age of seven, he is dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older unmarried cousins. Without friends of his own age, Buddy develops a close friendship with one of the older, simpler ladies, Sook (Patty Duke, The Patty Duke Show) and the two undertake many adventures together. At Christmas time, they bake 31 fruit-cakes which they give as Christmas presents, even mailing them to President Roosevelt and Jean Harlowe! Although Buddy is eventually urged to move on with his life by his incessant cousin Jennie (Piper Laurie, Carrie), the memories of his friendship with Sook lives with him forever. Based on the original novel by Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory is a heartwarming story of love and friendship – and it is now available for the first time on DVD just in time for this holiday season. more info
Kind of a bore
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
This may be a “classic tale”, but there have to be better movies out there. It is not a bad movie, but it has so little point to it, relative to Christmas or anything else, that it just is not worth the time to watch it or the money to buy it.
Get the Geraldine Page version!
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Well – I had high hopes for this version. It seriously disappointed me. The kid (Buddy) is treacly and too ‘modern’ and there is too much ‘extra’ written into the film that is totally unecessary. Duke seems to young to play Sook. It was written witrh a modern audience inmind – an audience that is used to having everything spoon fed to them.
The Geraldine Page version is FAR SUPERIOR – and almost EXACTLY to the actual text of the wonderful book without a lot of extra stuff that is not needed. The mood is striking – the music sublime.
NO CLOSE CAPTION
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I had to return this because there was no closed caption on this video…i am hearing impaired and therefore need the closed caption…i was very disappointed…because i like this movie
A Christmas Memory
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
It could have been a good story but the characters were not very credible and the plot was rather feeble. It seemed to be tedious, and had a very weak conclusion
Something is greatly missing!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Based on one of the all-time classic pieces of modern christmas literature, this TV movie version of the heartwarming Truman Capote tale of a young boy and his child-like older relative is devoid of any heart or warmth that was associated with the original story. Overacted, overwritten and overdone, it seems such a shame that hollywood could not have let this simple timeless tale be a sweet 30 minute special rather then dragging it out to 90 minutes of convoluted rubbish. Back in 1966 ABC did just that with a 30 minute version of “A Christmas Memory” starring Geraldine Page in a touching and poignant performance. As for me, I was able to locate a hard to find a copy of the 1966 version and with it’s help have been able to erase this forgettable version of “A Christmas Memory” from my memory.
A Christmas Memory
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Just loved it. Seen it on tv before. I’s nice to watch around Christmas time.
A Christmas Memory, Patty Duke
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My all time favorite Christmas story.
It is a bittersweet story that lets you remember to enjoy the simpler things in life.
A time when love meant more then all the money in the world
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Patty Duke’s amazing performance in a movie version of a famous book
took me to a time that I often heard my parents speak of. The Great Depression brought a way of life that seemed minimal in material but a realization in what was more important. That was friendship, caring, and loving each and every person in our lives. Each day was a new adventure basing decisions on anything that money couldn’t buy because so few had any. Yet it seemed the generosity and the teamwork built by that generation to make it through was the foundation on which America was built. Alas today’s generations have forgotten or have no connection to this time and have missed what being American is all about. This movie brought the stories I heard all back to me. Such a special gift at Christmas all year round
A Christmas Memory w/Patty Duke
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Years ago I had watched Truman Capote’s wonderful story on TV. It was incredible and made a lasting impression on me. Not quite remembering which version I had seen and who had acted in it, I ordered this one with Patty Duke. What a disappointment. It didn’t capture any of the spiritual magic of the one that I now know is the one that Geraldine Page acted in. Even though I read that it is only available in poor black and white quality, I will now order that one. I could never imagine that two acting versions could be so completely different. One completely lackluster and one BRILLIANT!
Great Christmas Movie
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I saw this movie years ago on a special that Hallmark had. I loved it but couldn’t find it to buy at a Hallmark store. So glad to be able to own it and watch whenever I’d like.