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A Christmas Memory

Movie·1997·Drama, Family, TV Movie·1h 36m·Directed by Glenn Jordan

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A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.

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Patty DukePatty DukeSookPiper LauriePiper LaurieJennieJeffrey DeMunnJeffrey DeMunnSeaboneAnita GilletteAnita GilletteCallieJulia McIlvaineJulia McIlvaineRachelEsther ScottEsther ScottAnna StablerEric LloydEric LloydBuddyJimmie F. SkaggsJimmie F. SkaggsHaha Jones

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