Genre: | Adventure Drama Family |
Based On: | The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon and Jill Weber |
Director: | Sally Field |
Starring: | Julie Harris Andrew McCarthy Trini Alvarado Jessica Hecht |
Music: | David Benoit |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Sally Field Wendy Japhet |
Producer: | Steven McGlothen Janet Brownell Shivam Sekariapuram |
Location: | Pittsburgh |
Cinematography: | Kees Van Oostrum |
Editor: | Harry Hitner |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Company: | Walt Disney Television Fogwood Films |
Network: | ABC |
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]
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.[2]