Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection - 20-DVD Box Set ( A Place for Annie / Back When We Were Grownups / The Blackwater Lightship / Fallen Angel / Follow the Stars Home / Grace & Glorie / Gracie's Choice / In Love and War / The Lost Child / The

This box set has 20 dvds and the movies are:A Place for Annie / Back When We Were Grownups / The Blackwater Lightship / Fallen Angel / Follow the Stars Home / Grace & Glorie / Gracie's Choice / In Love and War / The Lost Child / The Lost Valentine / The Love Letter / The Magic of Ordinary Days / My Sister's Keeper / November Christmas / Old Man / Redwood Curtain / The Return of the Native / Riding the Bus with My Sister / Sarah, Plain and Tall / Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End .A PLACE FOR ANNIEInfected with HIV and abandoned at birth by her AIDS infected single mother, little Annie is given a miracle when one of the nurses (Susan Lansing, played to perfection by Sissy Spacek)takes her in. Annie is well-established in her new home until Linda, her very young biological mother, returns for custody. Unable to provide for Annie and selfishly unwilling to leave her with Susan, Linda reluctantly moves in with Susan's family. Linda is then given a chance to understand her mistakes, take responsibility for them, and become more conscious of her love for Annie.BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPSIt's the story of Rebecca Davitch (Blythe Danner) who at the age of 53 finds herself looking at her life and wondering how she became the person that she turned into.As a young woman, still in college, she was engaged to a Will Allenby (Peter Fonda), a serious academic and they had a plan for their future. While at a reception, she met Joe Davitch, a divorced man, several years her senior. Rebecca was flattered and very much infatuated by the attention from Joe, and she married him without much consideration, except that she seemed to love him. She immediately became a stepmother to three little girls and manager of a home based business. She also inherited her husband's Uncle Poppy (Jack Palance) who had been living with the Davitch family since his wife died. Within a few years, Rebecca and Joe had their own child, another daughter. To further add to the confusion, Rebecca also has to deal with her husband's former wife who is played by Faye Dunaway.THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIPBased on the novel by Colm Toibin, The Blackwater Lightship tells the compelling story of reconciliation between three generations of women, whose relationships have been marked by decades of misunderstandings. Angela Lansbury plays Granny, Dianne Wiest is her daughter (Lily), and Gina McKee plays Helen, Lily's daughter. The three women are reunited at Granny's home in the seaside village of Blackwater, when Lily's son, Declan, who has AIDS, leaves the hospital to spend time at a place he remembers fondly from his childhood. Declan's love for all three women in his family - and theirs for him - begins a powerful journey of love and understanding. Stars: Angela Lansbury, Dianne Wiest, Gina McKee, Keith McErlean.FALLEN ANGELGolden Globe and Emmy Award winner Gary Sinise plays Terry McQuinn, a high-powered Los Angeles lawyer who learns a powerful lesson about second chances. When his father dies, Terry returns to his Maine home. He is reunited with Katherine Wentworth (Joely Richardson), whose family had employed the services of Terry's father as caretaker and handyman on the Wentworth summer estate for decades. A secret from Terry and Katherine's past turns out to be the key to their future - and a reminder that it's never too late to forgive - and never too late to fall in love. Stars: Gary Sinise, Joely Richardson, Gordon Pinsent, Jordy Benattar.FOLLOW THE STARS HOMEBased on the novel by Luanne Rice, this positive family film deals with some hard issues: abortion, childhood disability, single parenting, grieving the death of a spouse and father, domestic violence, and substance abuse. That doesn't sound like a great mix for family entertainment, but although realistic, it is tastefully done. It is also is completely clean without swearing and doesn't dwell on the unhappy scenes. It has some good messages with a happy ending, and all the loose ends are nicely resolved. Probably the main theme of the story is the value of human life, but also that when you truly love someone you are willing to give of yourself.Dianne Parker (Kimberly Williams) and Mark McCune (Eric Close) marry and are expecting their first child. When they find out that their unborn child will be severely disabled, Mark urges Dianne to have an abortion. She refuses and Mark abandons the family leaving her to be a single parent. Mark's brother, David (Campbell Scott), is a friend of Dianne's who has been secretly in love with her since before she was married to his brother. He is conveniently a pediatrician and is a great help to Dianne. Worried for Dianne's heath because she is overworking herself, he arranges for Amy (Alexa Vega) to work as a mother's helper over the summer.GRACE AND GLORIETwo very different women create a powerful friendship at a critical time in both of their lives. Their bond enables to one to deal with the past and the other her future.GRACIE'S CHOICEGracie Thompson hasn't been so much brought up as dragged through life by her manipulative, drug-addled mother. Missing meals, dodging cops and landlords, changing schools the way most kids change socks, Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, seem to have hit the skids. Then Gracie makes a choice to get a job, succeed in school, find stability. And her choice isn't just for herself. At the age of 17, she decides to be the mother, emotionally and legally, her siblings never had.IN LOVE AND WARWhile leading an ill-fated commando raid behind enemy lines during World War II, British lieutenant Eric Newby (Callum Blue) is captured and imprisoned. As Italy's fascist government collapses, the prisoners escape just ahead of advancing German troops. When an injury leaves Eric stranded and on his own, a chance meeting with a young Italian woman, Wanda (Barbora Bobulova), saves his life. Wanda and her family help Eric to hide, and she secretly teaches him Italian to conceal his identity and avoid recapture. As the two spend more time together, Eric discovers his feelings for Wanda have grown far beyond gratitude. This newly-found love is shared by his beautiful rescuer. Every day, however, the Germans seem to get closer to finding him. Wanda and her friends face increasing risks to find new ways to keep him safe. When fascist sympathizers lead the Nazis directly to Eric, he faces an agonizing choice. If he tries to escape, Wanda and all the people who have helped him will likely be killed. If he surrenders and is sent to a POW camp, he will probably never see Wanda again. Fate brought them together, but now one decision could separate them forever.THE LOST CHILDAs a young child, Rebecca Hoffman (played by Academy Award® winner Mercedes Ruehl) was raised by a loving and caring family, knowing she was adopted. Following her parents' deaths, Rebecca begins a search for her natural family. She is contacted by a Navajo woman looking for her own siblings, who were stolen from her mother at birth. As the two women talk, they suddenly realize they are sisters, and that Becks has found her birth family! Excitedly, Rebecca decides to take her children to meet her family on the reservation. They are welcomed with open arms, and begin learning the language and traditions of their rich ancestry. Her husband (Jamey Sheridan), however, is branded an outsider and has difficulty becoming accepted as part of the Navajo community. As the differences between the two cultures come to the surface, the family discovers a commitment to each other that runs deeper than circumstances and a heritage that captivates their hearts.THE LOST VALENTINEDuring World War II, Navy Lt. Neil Thomas bids his pregnant young wife, Caroline, farewell at Union Station. But even before their son is born, Neil's plane goes down in the Pacific and he's declared missing in action. Caroline is devastated. Neil was Caroline's one great love... and for the next 65 years Caroline (Betty White) returns to Union Station on the anniversary of the day they said goodbye forever (Valentine's Day), to salute the memory of her brave and beloved husband. Eventually, a TV journalist (Jennifer Love Hewitt) learns of the touching story and sets out to investigate just what happened to Neil during the war. Neil and Caroline's grandson encourages his initially-reluctant grandmother to cooperate; the TV reporter and the grandson fall in love themselves.THE LOVE LETTERTranscending the dimension of time, a love letter found in an antique desk magically seals the fate of two young people linked by destiny, yet separated by more than 100 years. A young man discovers a letter written by a mysterious woman named Lizzie, who lived long ago, and feels compelled to write to her. Correspondence ensues and grows into a love so powerful not even the years can keep them apart. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYSLivy arrives in the small CO farming community (1944) with very little luggage and only determined to stay until she can figure out a way to leave. She is still in love with the father of her baby, although he has certainly abandoned her. The contrast between Ray, the farmer who has agreed to marry her, and Edward could not be more stark. Ray is committed, patient, selfless and forgiving and Edward won't even own up to his responsibility. Although Livy can offer little of practical value on a farm--she can't cook, for one--Ray doesn't hold that against her as he patiently suffers through her dinner disasters. He tries to please her in every way, never seeming to realize that it is HE that is doing her the big favor.MY SISTER'S KEEPERIt isn't always easy for sisters to find common ground and develop mutual respect. My Sister's Keeper is a poignant and sensitive portrayal of a real-life story of two sisters and their journey toward self-discovery and understanding. Academy Award® winner Kathy Bates (Misery, Titanic) provides a remarkable performance as Christine, a woman who longs for independence and the personal fulfillment she associates with "an ordinary life." She is constantly frustrated, though, as she must rely on others for support. Elizabeth Perkins (Big, 28 Days) stars as Judy, her high-achieving younger sister, who lives a work-centered life as an art editor in New York City. Both their lives are interrupted when their mother (Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl, Gods ans Monsters) suddenly dies. As the two sisters search for common ground between their very different worlds, they struggle to forge the type of strong loving relationship they hope will lead them to an unconditional acceptance of one another. My Sister's Keeper is an intimate and unforgettable look at an extraordinary life we rarely get to see.NOVEMBER CHRISTMASA father determined to bring some joy to his sick little girl is trying to move up the holidays. With support of their small town and the gift of caring from a neighbor, the father's wish for his daughter is realized, Halloween in August and a November Christmas.OLD MANThe powerful waters of the great Mississippi flood of 1927 set the scene for "Old Man", a stirring drama starring Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket, The Man Who Captured Eichman) as J.J. Taylor, a prisoner dispatched to rescue a pregnant woman clinging to a tree above the raging river. He locates the desperate Addie, portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm), and brings her down safely. J.J. does not abandon her, vowing to keep his word and return her home. In the foreign waterworld of the Bayou where they have drifted off course, Addie gives birth. J.J.'s tenderness toward her newborn child touches Addie deeply. Their journey rekindles a current in each of their hearts that was extinguished long ago. Oscar winning writer Horton Foote (Tender Mercies, To Kill A Mockingbird) masterfully brings to the screen William Faulkner's compassionate story of goodness and the triumph of the human spirit.REDWOOD CURTAINLithgow's performance as an adoptive father striving to encourage his adopted daughter's, Salonga, musical career will touch a lot of buttons. Her longing to know her birth family is topical as well as intensely personal, a good blend. The adoptive mother flits in and out; obviously not all that interested in her adoptive daughter. Lithgow's sudden death leads to to a further estrangement between mother and daughter. A trip to visit Lithgow's sister starts a whole new series of events for Salonga and her meeting with Daniels and all that comes from that. The ending is a complete surprise but at the same times, explains much.THE RETURN OF THE NATIVEThe breathtaking English countryside sets the stage for a spellbinding triangle of love, desire and destiny in Thomas Hardy's timeless romantic classic about an ambitious beauty and the two men who will sacrifice everything to claim her. Eustacia Vye hates the rural home she shares with her grandfather and dreams of the day she can escape "this graveyard of a heath." The peasants call her a witch, for she enchants every man she meets...including her handsome suitor Damon Wildeve, who has promised to marry another. But when a well-to-do young man returns home from Paris, she sends Wildeve back to his fiancee, and uses all her seductive powers to win Clym Yeobright's heart. Soon Eustacia is making wedding plans of her own, but unknown to her, Clym has decided to stay in the country. Now their footsteps are set upon a road that will lead them from the height of romantic passion to the crossroads of temptation and tragedy in an unforgettable epic masterpiece.RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTERA heart moving story.A woman spends time with her developmental disabled sister after the death of their father.SARAH, PLAIN AND TALLSet around the turn of the century. Jacob, a widowed farmer with two small children, places an ad in a paper for a new wife. The ad is answered by a spinster in Maine, who writes letters to them and describes herself as "plain and tall." And she takes a trip to Jacob's farm to see if she can make a difference.SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL:WINTER'S ENDOn a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the Witting Farm. He is John Witting, the father of Jacob Witting who abandoned Jacob and his mother when Jacob was little. Jacob is very hurt by what his father did to him many years ago that he won't have anything to do with him to which his wife Sarah must do everything to bring Jacob and his father back together again for the sake of Jacob and his three children Anna, Caleb, and Casey who love their grandfather very much.Lovely movies, worth buying and definitely worth watching again and again!

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