Chilly Christmas

2012 American film

November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)^[1]

Running time

84 minutes^[2]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Chilly Christmas is a 2012 direct-to-DVD family comedy film starring C. Thomas Howell, Karan Brar, Brooke Langton and Tom Arnold. In the United Kingdom the film was released under the title A Christmas Tail.^[3]

Plot

Eleven year old Bobby lives in Sunshine Beach in California with his police detective father and his best friend, a dog called Chilly. His dad tells him that they are moving to New York City, where they will live in a small apartment. Chilly, being a large outdoor dog and completely unhouse-trained, must stay behind. Bobby, with help from his friends, is determined to achieve a Christmas miracle and train Chilly to live in a flat. When dog thieves come to steal Chilly, the dog remembers the house tricks Bobby taught him and uses them to avoid being caught. Bobby's dad and the police arrive to find the boy and dog safe and the thieves foiled. His Dad decides not to move away and after a second Christmas miracle, snow in California, Bobby and Chilly celebrate, knowing they can stay together.^[2]

Cast

C. Thomas Howell as Patrick Cole^[4]
Bryson Sams as Bobby
Karan Brar as Caps
Cassidy Mack as Kizzy
Brooke Langton as Lt. Mel Stone
Casey Graf as Jasper Harris
Tom Arnold as Quarterman
Andy Pandini as Claussen
Jonathan Kowalsky as Hale

References

^ "Anchor Bay Entertainment launches 'Chilly Christmas' on DVD. September 9, 2012". drugstorenews.com. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Chilly Christmas (2012)". www.moviefone.com. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "Chilly Christmas (A Christmas Tail). Archived copy". www.bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
^ Chilly Christmas. Worldcat.org. OCLC 813846861. Retrieved December 17, 2019.