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A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 23, 2007
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JAWO Productions, RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, Holiday Productions
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Cast
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Patty Duke
Sook
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Piper Laurie
Jennie
J
Jeffrey DeMunn
Seabone
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Anita Gillette
Callie
J
Julia McIlvaine
Rachel
E
Esther Scott
Anna Stabler
E
Eric Lloyd
Buddy
J
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Haha Jones
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Robert C. Treveiler
Adult Buddy
D
Dan Albright
Grocer
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Suzi Bass
Rachel's Mother
D
Dan Biggers
Rev. Dickson
D
David Dwyer
Farley Wood
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Edith Ivey
Customer
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Frank Roberts
Mr. Macafee
A
Alex Van
Bus Driver
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Leland L. Jones
Tree Deliveryman (uncredited)
