Thomas Kinkade, Announces the Release of his first-ever Movie: Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage
An inspiring new holiday film, destined to become a Christmas classic, has been announced by Thomas Kinkade, the most collected living artist in history. Released on November 11, 2008, Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, directed by Michael Campus, stars eight-time Academy Award® nominee Peter O’Toole, with Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, and Jared Padalecki. The film, based on a true story, is a look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's incredible career.
Returning home from college one Christmas, young artist Thomas Kinkade (Jared Padalecki) is dismayed to learn that attempts to promote local tourism have failed and his mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is dangerously close to losing the family cottage to foreclosure. Inspired by his mentor, Glen (Peter O’Toole), a famous artist who lives next door, Thom accepts a job painting a mural of his small, idyllic hometown. With Glen’s help, Thom not only discovers his calling as the Painter of Light™ but also helps the town rediscover the true spirit of Christmas in this nostalgic, humorous and heartwarming true story destined to become a holiday classic.
"I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life — the story behind my art — through the medium of motion pictures. Now, the dream is coming true with Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, which I hope will be the first in a number of inspirational movies to tell the story of my growing up,” says Thomas Kinkade. He continued, “To me it’s all about love. If you love family, home and holiday traditions, you’ll find it all in this movie."
Written by award winning writer Ken LeZebnick and directed by Michael Campus, the Academy Award, Emmy and Tony Award-winning cast makes the film come alive! Favorites Chris Elliott, Charlotte Rae, Richard Moll and a special guest appearance by Ed Asner make this film even more memorable.
Thomas Kinkade gave his skill and time to this unique production, art directing the sketch young Thom presents to his mother in the film as well as the town mural that appears in some of the movie’s dramatic scenes. At the end of the movie, we see Thom in present day painting the Christmas Cottage home depicted in the movie. The painting is currently available in Limited Edition canvas, paper reproductions, and nightlights. Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage DVD and Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage CD with complete musical score by award-winning artist Aaron Zigman are both now available at Thomas Kinkade Galleries, online at www.thomaskinkade.com, and wherever music and movies are sold.
