A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Don McBrearty
List Price:
Our Price: $17.99
You Save: $1.96 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $9.99 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Denholm Elliott, Glynis Davies, Jesse McBrearty, Mathonwy Reeves, Michael FawkesDirector: Don McBrearty
Producer: Gillian Richardson
Producer: Joseph Pierson
Producer: Michael MacMillan
Producer: Seaton McLean
Writer: Dylan Thomas
Writer: Jon Glascoe
Writer: Peter Kreutzer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Henstooth Video
Movie Reviews of A Child's Christmas in Wales
Movie Review: Yes!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have loved, and listened, to Dylan Thomas's own recording, of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" for years. Despite the British seaside setting, it conjurs up my own memories of childhood Christmases on the farm in Kansas... right down to the uncles and aunties. I got this movie version with a little apprehension, but was delighted. Next Christmas it will go to a certain beloved 10-year-old, with the hope that in good time she will know and feel Christmas like it is known and felt here.
Summary of A Child's Christmas in Wales
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES takes you on a lyrical journey back to the magic and marvel of boyhood where no two moments were ever alike and life was embraced with belief instead of doubt. On this special Christmas Eve, Old Geraint shares these heartwarming memories with his dearly loved grandson, Thomas. In one evening he does more than recall his cherished youth . . . he relives it.This timeless tale is as wondrous as the story's snow globe, delivering with pristine gentleness a glimpse of a child's Welsh Christmas told from the remembrances of a kindly grandfather to his attentive grandson. Dylan Thomas' 1955 poem of the same name--originally written for radio--is richly adapted to the small screen by director Don McBrearty who brings to life an already masterful piece of prose, infusing it with even more grandeur through vivid costumes, scripting, and cinematography. Denholm Elliott is captivating, both as narrator and as Old Geraint, the grandpa who settles in on a rainy Christmas Eve to share with young Thomas (Mathonwy Reeves) his memories of Christmas past. Who can forget the fire in Mrs. Prothero's parlor; the unending snow, "a dumb, numb thunderstorm of white"; the Useless Presents, including the mewing moo; the Uncles "trying their new cigars"; and, always, the Aunties-- including Hannah, who customarily "laced her tea with rum." Gift-wrapped in delicate music by Lou Natale, the language, imagery, and subtle humor of this film--absent of stain and cynicism--makes for a suitably classic "annual family tradition." (All ages) --Lynn Gibson
Art House & International DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Best Christmas Films of All Time
It's A Wonderful Life (Two-Disc Collector's Set) (B/ W & Color)STEWART,JAMES; Release date: 2007-11-13; DVD
Best price: $13.89
Price in other shops:
![Babes in Toyland [VHS] Image](/images/Babes-in-Toyland-VHS-B00004RRP6-X.jpg){kind=small}
Babes in Toyland [VHS]VHS Tape; VHS Video
The Lemon Drop KidRelease date: 2000-11-21; DVD
Best price: $23.99
The Nativity StoryWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-03-20; DVD
Price in other shops:
The Lion in WinterRelease date: 2001-06-19; DVD
Best price: $5.27
Price in other shops:
![The Polar Express [HD DVD] Image](/images/The-Polar-Express-HD-DVD-B000I2JKCO-X.jpg)
The Polar Express [HD DVD]Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-10-10; DVD
Best price: $9.36
Price in other shops:
A Child's Christmas in WalesRelease date: 2005-11-01; DVD
Best price: $12.67
Price in other shops:
Opus N' Bill in a Wish for Wings That WorkUniversal; Release date: 2007-11-06; DVD
Best price: $7.05
Price in other shops:
White ChristmasParamount; Release date: 2007-10-16; DVD
Best price: $9.86
Price in other shops:
A Charlie Brown ChristmasRelease date: 2000-09-12; DVD
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
A Christmas Story (Full-Screen Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-11-01; DVD
Price in other shops:
Christmas in ConnecticutWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-11-08; DVD
Best price: $3.45
Price in other shops:
A Christmas MemoryWELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2007-10-23; DVD
Best price: $6.24
Price in other shops:
The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryParamount; Release date: 2003-09-23; DVD
Best price: $6.40
Price in other shops:
A Christmas CarolTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 1999-10-05; DVD
Best price: $0.99
Price in other shops:
A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)(B/ W & Color)VCI Entertainment; Release date: 2007-10-23; DVD
Best price: $9.61
Price in other shops:
The House Without a Christmas TreeParamount; Release date: 2007-10-16; DVD
Best price: $6.28
Price in other shops:
Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory - ABC Stage 67 (l966)Release date: 2007-07-25; DVD
Best price: $22.95
A Child's Christmas in Wales (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))by Dylan Thomas
Candlewick; Published: 2004-09-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.97
Price in other shops:
The Raymond Briggs' The SnowmanSony; Release date: 2006-10-24; DVD
Best price: $4.72
Price in other shops: