By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The first “Hallmark Hall of Fame” movie of the season was aired on CBS on Sunday, Nov. 29. The movie called “A Dog Named Christmas”, stars actor Bruce Greenwood of “Star Trek”, “Capote” and “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” fame. The other actors include Linda Emond and Noel Fisher among others. The film is a story of man’s best friend, and was made to inspire animal adoption. Greenwood said that he was so inspired by the film that he wrote and recorded a song for it. Shot with keeping the Christmas spirit in mind, the film suggests to the audience to give adoption a chance these holidays.

The story of the film was written by Greg Kincaid. He is a lawyer by profession, although he hails from a family of farmers. The story originated as one of the tales that Kincaid told his children every Christmas. The story is based on the struggles of a family with a special needs adult son and a father who refuses to keep a dog for his son, fearing it won’t be taken care of and not wishing to go through the heartbreak of having to give it away. The story was published in a rural magazine and got rejected by all the others.

The casting of the film was a dream come true for the writer. He never expected his little, five page long story meant exclusively to entertain his children at Christmas, to become so big. The song that had been composed by Greenwood, “My Best Friend”, was liked by the producers of the movie so much that they included it in the end credits. The film got rave reviews everywhere, and a few negative reviews too.