One Christmas Eve

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jay Russell directs. James L. Carter behind the camera. William Ross scores. M. Scott Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 12 years ago.
• 3Directed by Jay Russell, shot by James L. Carter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by William Ross. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor M. Scott Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Anne Heche and Carlos Gómez and Kevin Daniels carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Chaos is coming to town.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt3725224 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 42 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

James L. Carter

Original score

William Ross

Editing

M. Scott Smith

Production design

Réjean Labrie

Costume design

Heather Neale

Makeup / hair

Doug Morrow

VFX supervisor

Tom Turnbull

Stunt coordinator

Rick Skene

Runtime

86 min · 1h 26m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

G

IMDB

One Christmas Eve (2014) ↗

Also by

Jay Russell

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  Tuck Everlasting

  2002 · ★ 6.7
• 
  My Dog Skip

  2000 · ★ 6.7
• 
  The Water Horse

  2007 · ★ 6.6
• 
  Ladder 49

  2004 · ★ 6.5
• 
  End of the Line

  1987 · ★ 5.2

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Hallmark Hall of Fame Presents One Christmas Eve

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

  US

Key crew

• Costume DesignHeather Neale
• EditorM. Scott Smith
• Art Department CoordinatorKhali Wenaus
• Makeup Department HeadDoug Morrow
• ProducerCameron Johann
• CastingJeremy Gordon
• Production DesignRéjean Labrie
• Art DirectionLarry Spittle
• CastingSarah Katzman
• CastingLisa Beach
• ProducerDavid A. Rosemont
• MusicJerome Leroy
• Stunt DoubleKristen Sawatzky
• First Assistant DirectorDouglas Mitchell
• Second Assistant DirectorMartin Ellis
• "A" Camera OperatorPaul Suderman
• Stunt CoordinatorRick Skene
• Key Hair StylistPina Robinson
• Special EffectsJason Wilkins
• Visual Effects SupervisorTom Turnbull
• GafferJohn Clarke
• Stunt CoordinatorSean Skene
• Script SupervisorConnie Wachsman
• Special Effects CoordinatorJohn LaForet

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• christmas
• hallmark

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2014-11-30G· Hallmark

Also known as

International titles

• Uma Véspera de NatalBR
• Um Natal em FamíliaBR