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A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Please bring this to dvd. This has been my favorite Christmas movie aince i was a kid. I've bought it any time I've seen it to keep an extra vhs on hand. But we need it on dvd!

Originally airing on ABC on December 14, 1986, this Henry Winkler-directed made-for-TV movie has pretty much everything you want out of a holiday film: Dolly Parton as a disillusioned country star. Dan Hedaya as a sleazeball. Bo Hopkins as a lawman. David Ackroyd! John Ritter as a judge. A witch! Rance Howard! René Auberjonois! And Lee Majors as Mountain Dan! This is a completely ridiculous story perfect for the holidays - or to be honest any time - and it gets by because I cannot and will not dislike anything Dolly ever does. I mean, she somehow made it through Rhinestone intact. And the fact that a Christmas movie exists where Dolly is menaced by not just Bo Hopkins, but a witch in love with Bo Hopkins and is saved by Lee Majors, well, I'm beyond all in.

This is a great Christmas movie with Dolly Parton playing a country musician going to the mountains at Christmas. It features her spending Christmas with orphaned kids and the true meaning of Christmas, hand made gifts, songs, and Christmas blessings. If you are in to the old fashioned Christmas movies, this is one you will love. I have been looking to purchase this movie to add to my collection. I found it on ebay, amazon, and jeengles .com. I also found that CMT plays this movie during the Christmas Season. Definitely a "Must See Movie" and worth researching!!! I Would Rate this a 10 and an excellent movie for all ages!!!

I just watched this on CMT's Cowboy Cool Theater, and I love it! It really is a classic. Very meaningful and not over commercial. I recommend it to all! Dolly Parton and Lee Marvin give great performances, and the kids are great too, they aren't all cutesy like in other Christmas movies.

definitely a "10". i have tried every year to find this movie to buy for myself. it shows christmas with love and compassion, minus all the commercialism/materialistic views. we need more of this and less of the other. hope to see it released for sale some day. melanie davis

I rated this movie high because I ranked it against other Christmas Movies. The unique thing about this movie is not only is the setting in east Tennessee, i.e. the Smoky Mountains, much of the cast are Tennesseans. Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, and John Ritter are from Tennessee. Well, sort of they are. Lee Majors actually met and was friends with the legendary Pittsburgh and University of Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors and adopted his name. Johnny Majors is a Tennessee native and Heisman Trophy runner-up. John Ritter was the son of famous country singer Tex Ritter. Bo Hopkins is a Good 'ol boy and Greenville, South Carolina is close enough to the Smoky Mountains. And Dolly is from the Smoky Mountains. My favorite line from Bo as the sheriff to his deputy: "Never ever wake that woman." That was in reference to the character played by Anita Morris originally from Durham, NC.

Dolly Parton was wonderful in this piece Mountain Christmas Magic. She plays a big country singing star who "escapes" the city scene one Christmas into the mountains where she was raised. Borrowing a cabin in a remote spot from a friend she soon discovers that she is not alone but sharing the cabin with six runaway orphan children. From the reporter who follows her to the sheriff who chases her and the witch who wants her to leave. It's a great Christmas adventure that deserves to be released for the upcoming Christmas season!