Grandpa for Christmas, A (2007) DVD Color Approx. 85 min. Shown in original widescreen aspect ratio. Playable on any standard North American (US, Canada, etc.) DVD player
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Katherine Helmond, Juliette Goglia, Richard Libertini, Tracy Nelson Written by David Alexander. Directed by Harvey Frost.
An estranged family discovers that to understand the past, they first have to face it. For a dear old man on Christmas, the reward is being called Grandpa for the first time in his life. Eighty-year-old Bert Riley is a former movie tough guy living comfortably and surrounded by good friends all vets from Hollywood s Golden Age. With a scrapbook full of memories, life has been pretty good to him. But he never expected any more surprises out of it. That s before he receives word on Thanksgiving that Marie, the estranged daughter he hasn’t seen in decades, is in the hospital following a car accident. What’s more, Becca, the ten-year-old granddaughter he has never even met, is moving in with him!