Directed by:
Peter WernerScreenplay:
Jenny WingfieldCinematography:
Eric Van Haren NomanComposer:
Jeff BealCast:
Bruce Greenwood, Linda Emond, Noel Fisher, Ken Pogue, Carrie Ruscheinsky, Sonja Bennett, Carrie Genzel, Anna Mae Wills, Trenna Keating, Mary Black (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
The McCray family is anticipating a happy - if uneventful - Christmas on their Kansas farm, when an unexpected visitor enters their family. Todd - the McCray's 20-year-old developmentally-challenged son - hears that the local animal shelter is looking for families to foster a pet for the holidays, hoping that some will be permanently adopted. Todd's father, George, is firmly opposed to bringing a dog into the McCray household, either temporarily or permanently. George says he's concerned that Todd won't be able to adequately care for the dog, and that it will be traumatic for him to return the animal to the shelter after Christmas. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Bruce Greenwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/716/162716504_1f11e5.jpg)
Bruce Greenwood
Canada
Best movies:
First Blood (1982)
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Star Trek (2009)
![Linda Emond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312466_f8c170.jpg)
Linda Emond
USA
Best movies:
North Country (2005)
Pollock (2000)
The Unforgivable (2021)
![Noel Fisher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353614_c2914b.jpg)
Noel Fisher
Canada
Best movies:
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Red (2008)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Ken Pogue
Canada
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Taken (2002) (series)
Crazy Moon (1987)
Carrie Ruscheinsky
Canada
Best movies:
Preggoland (2014)
Living Out Loud (2009) (TV movie)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
![Sonja Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270574_683baf.jpg)
Sonja Bennett
Canada
Best movies:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
My Life Without Me (2003)
Elegy (2008)
![Carrie Genzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278575_a04bc2.jpg)
Carrie Genzel
Canada
Best movies:
Watchmen (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Assault on Wall Street (2013)
Anna Mae Wills
Canada
Best movies:
Personal Effects (2009)
2012 (2009)
A Dog Named Christmas (2009) (TV movie)
![Trenna Keating](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/164/163164361_70fdc2.jpg)
Trenna Keating
Best movies:
Just Friends (2005)
A Dog Named Christmas (2009) (TV movie)
Mary Black
Canada
Best movies:
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
The Delicate Art of Parking (2003)
Man of Steel (2013)
P.J. Prinsloo
South Africa
Best movies:
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
The Color of Courage (1999) (TV movie)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Wesley MacInnes
Best movies:
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011) (TV movie)
Warcraft (2016)
Words and Pictures (2013)