Product Details

• Actors: Denholm Elliott, Mathonwy Reeves, Glynis Davies, Michael Fawkes, Jesse McBrearty
• Directors: Don McBrearty
• Writers: Dylan Thomas, Jon Glascoe, Peter Kreutzer
• Producers: Gillian Richardson, Joseph Pierson, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Henstooth Video
• DVD Release Date: November 1, 2005
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AOEN90
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,391 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Child's Christmas in Wales" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES - DVD Movie

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Christmas Gem, October 31, 2005

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Aradia (Shelton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Child's Christmas in Wales (DVD)

I am really surprised that it took so long for "A Child's Christmas in Wales" to appear on DVD. The piece is an extraordinary immersion in nostalgia, which can be appreciated by all ages...by everyone who remembers what it's like to be a child at Christmastime.

The casting is perfection, the settings spot-on, and Dylan Thomas' work comes alive vividly before your eyes.

So well does this film conjure the savory smells coming from the Christmas-Day kitchen, when all the women are busy preparing the meal, that one's mouth waters. We can't help but laugh at the uncles, who having stuffed themselves to capacity, loosen their belts and fall asleep in that fine sleeping time post-revelry. And then there is that wonderful moment, at the end of the day, when Christmas carols are sung and a weary child is tucked into bed, head still full of Christmas pleasures...

"A Child's Christmas in Wales" is a warm and poignant treat for the senses and for the heart. I give it five stars enthusiastically, and look forward to our annual viewing. It has become a family tradition.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must see" each Christmas, December 17, 2001

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Dorothy Graeham (Carnegie, PA , USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child's Christmas in Wales [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a delightful story of a young boy in Wales. It commences with the grandfather and his grandson at the home of the child's parents on a Christmas Eve.(The narrator and grandfather played by Denhom Elliott) The child is given a beautiful snowglobe by his grandfather as a Christmas gift. The grandfather had received the snowglobe many, many years earlier when he was a boy and the child asks "tell me about your life when you were young, Grandad" -- so the story begins of Christmas's long gone by in Wales, Gt. Britain. The story is simple, Dylan Thomas' words are beautiful, and this is a video that can be watched every holiday season by all the family. I encourage everyone with young children to see it. Life was much simpler in those days. Hopefully it will never go out of print.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Living a CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, December 18, 2001

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Janice J. Currie (Pittsford, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child's Christmas in Wales [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This lovely, sensitive interpretation of Dylan Thomas's poem is loyal to the original, but adds appropriate dialogue and a wonderland of touching pictures and characters. We have viewed it for the first time and are drawn into the film at every new frame. It seems just right for all ages and makes one quite nostalgic for the days of our youth and those special times with family and friends when small towns and simple acts meant love was every where around us. We recommend it.