Papa's Angels
Brief Synopsis
Grins Jenkins is a de
Cast & Crew
Dwight Little
Tim Koetting
Sean Easton
Shane Meier
Terry King
Jenny-lynn Hutcheson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Television movie that follows a year in the life of Grins Jenkins, his wife Sharon and their children, from Christmas to Christmas. Just before the holidays, Sharon becomes ill and dies. With the help of Grammy, the family is carried through difficult times. Set in the 1930s.
Grins Jenkins is a devoted husband, father of four, carpenter and musician in a small Smokey Mountain community in the 1930s. Grins' wife, Sharon, shares an old Celtic Christmas fable with their 5-year-old son John Neal. According to legend, if one lights a new yule fire with a remnant from the previous year's fire, the spirits of the deceased come back to give comfort and courage. When Sharon becomes ill, Grins builds a glass room onto the family's cabin to give Sharon a view of the sun, moon and stars, while allowing her to be with him and the children, but Sharon soon passes on. Overcome with grief, Grins loses his passion for music and refuses to celebrate Christmas following Sharon's death. The children and Grins' mother, Grammy, determined to bring joy back into the house, realize they must band together in the spirit of Christmas. With their love and faith, and the last remains of last winters old yule log, the old Celtic legend comes to fruition.
Director
Dwight Little
Cast
Tim Koetting
Sean Easton
Shane Meier
Terry King
Jenny-lynn Hutcheson
Pamela Johnson
Cynthia Nixon
Lachlan Murdoch
Kirsten Bishopric
Valerie Ann Pearson
Tom Heaton
Scott Bakula
Eva Marie Saint
Kimberley Warnat
Brandon James Olsen
Marty Antonini
Crew
Scott Bakula
Alan Baumgarten
Janice Blackie-goodine
Dave Borley
Mike Brown
Velton Ray Bunch
Bill Cain
Barry Cameron
Gary Carden
Carol Case
Phil Chipera
Fiorella Cole
Dyan Austin Conway
Rod Crombie
Tony Dimito
Jessica Drake
Gerry Dubbin
Tom Eirikson
Kirk Ellis
Suzanne Flemming
Iloe Flewelling
Dean Goodine
Stephen Grubbs
Anne Hannan
Barbara Harris
Olivia Harris
Anne Hopkins
Phyllis Huffman
Michelle Johnston
Neale Joudrie
Antonia Kalmacoff
Michael Lacroix
Janet Lakeman
Dave Lereaney
Nives Lever
Mark Levine
Jackie Lind
Eda Lishman
Brad Logel
Miles O'fun
Michele Patsula
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Helene Phillips
Diane Prentice
Max Radford
Marian Rees
Sue Revitz
Brian Reynolds
Rick Roberts
Samantha Rumball
Scott Scherer
Rick Schmidt
Peter K Smith
Tom Spiroff
Marjorie Tucker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 3, 2000
Aired in United States October 15, 2002
Began shooting September 2000.
Completed shooting October 2000.
TV rating: TV-PG
