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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas|Charles Coburn
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Charles Coburn and Alma Kruger
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Overview

A group of grown Irish-American siblings grapple with their estranged father's request to join them for Christmas dinner 20 years after he walked out on their family in this holiday drama from writer/director Edward Burns (THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN). It's been two decades since Big Jim Fitzgerald (Ed Lauter) left his wife Josie (Anita Gillette) and their seven children. Ever since that day, Josie swore Jim would never set foot in her house again. Things start to get complicated, however, when eldest sibling Gerry (Burns) returns home with word that his absentee father seeks a chance to reconcile with his family during their upcoming Christmas celebrations. For the younger children it would mean a chance to meet the father they've never really known, but for the older siblings and their embittered mother, the scars left by abandonment have never quite healed. When Josie learns of Jim's request despite her children's best efforts to keep it a secret, she erupts due to years of pent up anger and resentment. Meanwhile, as grieving widower Gerry finds his friendship with the nurse (Connie Britton) hired to care for his late wife's mother growing into something much more intimate, the rest of his siblings contend with their own personal crises.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Ed Burns - Director
Edward Burns - Director
John Solo
Kevin Kash
Marsha Dietlein Bennett
Michele Harris
Charles Coburn
Ed Burns
Edward Burns
Alma Kruger
Ed Lauter
Anita Gillette

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • UPC: 876964005968
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Release Date: November 2013

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Reviews:
"[T]he star’s sheer likability makes it go down as easily as a cup of eggnog." - 12/06/2012 Hollywood Reporter

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