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Plot

Christmas Star is a two-hour whimsy assault, originally telecast December 14, 1986 on The Disney Sunday Movie. Ed Asner plays an escaped convict who adopts a stolen Santa Claus suit as a disguise. Several impressionable youngsters, believing Asner to be the genuine Santa, latch onto him. He decides to use these moppets to help him find his ill-gotten loot, which his partner has hidden in department store Christmas decorations. The ending is as misty-eyed as it is predictable.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Family
Run Time:
100min.
DVD Release Date:
09/07/2004
Director(s):
Themes:
Assumed Identities,Escape From Prison,Redemption
Tone:
Heartwarming,Light,Sweet,Whimsical
Keywords:
Christmas,Santa,assumed-identity,child,department-store,disguise,escaped-convict,hidden,loot,pawnbroker,plans,retrieve
Language:
English