Christmas Under the Stars
Movie Details:
| based on | The Christmas Tree Lot (novel) by Rikk Dunlap |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
| Release date | November 16, 2019 |
| Running time | 1hr 22min |
| Age rating | TV-G |
| Starring | Jesse Metcalfe, Autumn Reeser, Clarke Peters, Anthony Bolognese, Yoshié Bancroft |
| Directed by | Allan Harmon |
| Written by | Jamie Pachino |
| Produced by | Charles Cooper |
| Cinematography by | Randal Platt |
| Edited by | Trevor Mirosh |
| Music by | Matthew Rogers |
| Casting by | Jackie Lind, Penny Perry |
| Production Design by | Mark Boyko |
| Art Direction by | Gillian Cole |
| Set Decoration by | Sheldon Feyter |
| Costume Design by | Jaralin Detienne |
| Filming locations | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Production Company | Crown Media Productions Front Street Pictures |
| Distributor | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries W Network Christmas 24 Nine Network Australia RTL Entertainment Studio Universal TF1 TV8 Videoland |
Cast & Characters:
- Jesse Metcalfe as Nick Bellwith
- Autumn Reeser as Julie Gibbons
- Clarke Peters as Clem Marshwell
- Anthony Bolognese as Matt Gibbons
- Yoshié Bancroft as Kate
- Matt Clarke as Dave Voss
- Zoriah Wong as Mia Knowles
- Michael Kopsa as Sydney Bellwith
- Ken Camroux-Taylor as George Eckland
- Chad Riley as Reg
- Jocelyn Gauthier as Emily Kane
- Brandy Le as Nick’s Assistant
- David Stuart as Lead Board Member
- Kharytia Bilash as Vivian
- Moneca Delain as Rae Knowles
- Samantha Ferris as Ellen Wardstone
- Sean Millington as Field Manager
- Richard Meen as Lieutenant
- Gordon Cormier as Wise Man
- Eric Pollins as City Councilman
- Jordan Claire Robbins as Chelsea
Storyline:
In the lead-up to Christmas, Chicago investment banker Nick Bellwith is fired for an investment decision he made for his biggest client, which negated all the money he made for them and his company in the past, and he was let go instead of being promoted to junior partner as he was expecting. He’s hesitant to tell his world-traveling father Sydney, who seems to value financial success more than anything. Seeing Nick walk by looking crushed, aging Clem Marshwell, owner of the Star Top Christmas-tree lot, offers him a temporary minimum-wage job assisting with the heavy lifting at the lot. Despite not being a Christmas person since his mother’s death when he was a child, Nick accepts without telling Clem anything about his situation. For many of the regulars who have bought their trees at the lot over its 30 years, it’s an especially painful year. Clem himself recently lost his wife Grace, and this year might also be his last as the lot property is being redeveloped. And Julie Gibbons, 7th-grade science teacher and single adoptive mom to Matt, lost her father this year (her parents fell in love-at-first-sight at the lot). Clem has become good friends with Julie and Matt. Despite believing the bills covered by insurance, Julie is financially strapped in dealing with her father’s medical payments, so she’s not sure she can afford Christmas for Matt this year. Spending time with this collective might give Nick a clearer picture of what he wants to do with his life as he starts to fall for Julie, but their road to a happy ending might hit a sharp bump: Nick has a connection to Julie’s financial problems.