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	Holiday (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holiday (1938 film), starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant—a remake of the 1930 film.
		Jour de Fête, (alternately titled Holiday in English), a 1949 French comedy film by Jacques Tati.
		Last Holiday (2006 film), starring Queen Latifah—a remake of the 1950 film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holiday_(film) (165 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Billie Holiday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Holiday joined Count Basie in 1937 and Artie Shaw in 1938, becoming one of the first fl singers to be featured with a white orchestra.
		Holiday is often considered the foremost female singer in jazz history, a view substantiated by her influence on later singers.
		More than nearly any other singer, Holiday phrased her performances in the manner of a jazz instrumental soloist, and accordingly she has to be seen as a complete jazz musician and not merely a singer.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_holiday_billie.htm (867 words)

	12 films in 12 days ideal for family fun 11/21/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With the joyful holiday season upon us, I thought it would be good to give you a few past, present, and future movie ideas to share with the family.
		The film is about the exterior and internal struggle of man to find himself and his relationship to his Creator.
		Holiday films from the past, some for the present, and what's coming in the future.
	www.ahwatukee.com /afn/community/articles/031121ha.html (772 words)

	Thoughts on the holiday and new year movie season \| Samizdata.net
		This is because most nominated films have been in release for really quite a while by the time of the awards, and have just about worn out their welcome in most cinemas.
		The third film was therefore delayed six months and a new director (Alfonso Cuaron, the Mexican director best known for Y tu mamá también (2001), but who got the gig probably as much for his superb but little seen adaptation of the children's bookA Little Princess (1995)) was drafted for the third film.
		The film was reasonably faithful to the source material for much of the movie, but (as with most Dick adaptations) had a silly ending in which lots of things got blown up.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/005357.html (8899 words)

	Holiday film haul - Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Based on actual events from Sheridan's own life, the film tells the story of Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah (Samantha Morton), and their two adorable young daughters (played by real-life sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger) who have moved into a Manhattan tenement apartment in the sweltering heat of the summer with no air conditioning.
		And the older sister, played by Sarah Bolger, shows a maturity way beyond her years in a few select monologues; the film is really shown through her eyes (or her camcorder, for that matter), exuding a kind of innocent magic.
		At the end of this film, the characters have come such a long way that we embrace their pitfalls and celebrations.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /media/paper410/news/2003/12/08/Entertainment/Holiday.Film.Haul-574231.shtml (721 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Film Reivew: "Surviving Christmas" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A bizarrely early entry into the 2004 holiday film marathon, “Surviving Christmas” is a terrific way to start thinking about the holiday mood, and you get some big laughs in the process.
		After an offer of $250,000 is made, the Valcos immediately agree to act as Drew’s family for the holidays, which tests their patience, sanity, and yuletide cheer as they watch Drew act out his every holiday whim.
		This being a holiday-themed film as well as a major studio production, “Christmas” eventually heads down a road of syrupy, warm-hearted scripting, laboriously meant to hug the audience when the film has been so insistent on tickling up until this point.
	www.filmjerk.com /new/article1075.html (682 words)

	Film Review: Last Holiday
		Apparently, in today's political climate of paranoia, apathy and corruption, people just want happy endings and feelgood films, which is an insufficient excuse to turn a much-loved Ealing tragicomedy into a bloated Hollywood rom-com, touting the vacuous All-American message of Be All You Can Be, until all you want to be is deaf and blind.
		Several contrived and irritating subplots later, everything is neatly tied up with valuable lessons learned all round, and it is finally time to go home and have a stiff drink whilst attempting to forget the whole degrading experience.
		Although I was fortunate enough to miss the first 10 minutes, Last Holiday remains lumbering, lacklustre, and painful to endure.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/l/last_holiday_2006.shtml (472 words)

	Holiday film classics' value lies in eye of beholder 12/07/01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The short answer is that a holiday classic is some little piece of celluloid we experience and enjoy every year -- by ourselves or with family -- and without which our holiday would feel incomplete.
		It is not that it is not a great film, but it was greatly under-appreciated when it first came out, and only in vast viewership and mass cultural rethink did it gain its status as a classic.
		Ezell reminds that when most of these films now acclaimed as "holiday classics" were gaining their legs when we had such a thing as "national TV events." In the days when network television was the only game in town, the annual airing of these classics was a shared national experience.
	www.ahwatukee.com /afn/entertainment/articles/articles/011207a.html (1657 words)

	Amazon.com: Holiday Inn (1942) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Holiday Inn is indeed one of those films that highlights the season and the seasons after.
		Yes, the film appears somewhat outdated and politically incorrect (the scene with Crosby and one of his female cohorts singing and dancing with fl painted faces) and campy at times, but at the time, it was all fun.
		At the time the film was made, there was a need to provide moviegoers the opportunity to forget their worries and come to 'Holiday Inn.' So, I recommend this classic musical for its simplicity and musical numbers.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6300181553?v=glance (2221 words)

	Amazon.com: Holiday (1938) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Filmed previously in 1930; Hepburn understudied the role of Linda on Broadway and used a scene from the play in her first screen test.
		Katharine Hepburn made three films in a row with Cary Grant when she brought her career back after being branded "Box Office Poison." The pair had first made "Sylvia Scarlett" together in 1936, the infamous film where Hepburn's character pretended to be a boy.
		Holiday is the story of a man (Cary Grant) who finds himself in love with a wealthy woman seeking her father's approval for his daughter's hand in marriage.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630290899X?v=glance (2366 words)

	The Stranger \| Seattle \| Film \| Blow Up \| Blow Up
		The thing I had the toughest time adjusting to when I moved here from the snowy Midwest was the mild, green holiday season, especially when I couldn't afford to fly back to see my family.
		The Northwest Film Forum is hosting its own holiday party on Monday, December 20, after a screening of The Awful Truth.
		That, of course, is the story of a boy who grows up to be a Santa-obsessed loner who will do anything to protect the holiday from the cynical world after seeing his mom felt up by Santa when he was a boy.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=20132 (487 words)

	Holiday film guide - Movies - MSNBC.com
		And having Dunst, Stiles, Gyllenhaal and Harden in the cast, means she won’t have to carry this film all by herself.
		The word on this film is that it’s a visual treat that’s light on character and plot.
		The story: Created specifically for the IMAX and large-screen formats, this prequel to the 1979 film “The Black Stallion,” tells the story of the young girl (Tamini) who is separated from her father in Arabia and ends up befriending a young colt.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3475677 (4458 words)

	Roman Holiday (1953)
		Roman Holiday (1953) is a delightful, captivating fairy-tale romance shot entirely on location in Rome, and produced and directed by one of Hollywood's most skillful, distinguished, professional and eminent directors - William Wyler.
		The film's bittersweet story is a charming romantic-comedy, a kind of Cinderella tale in reverse (with an April-October romance).
		In the opening moments of the film, a Paramount News NEWS FLASH announces, with newsreel footage, the goodwill tour of a royal princess, Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn), a member of the royal family of an unnamed European country.
	www.filmsite.org /roma.html (1766 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Holiday Inn
		Hardy's supper club "Holiday Inn" sets the scene for the love triangle that unfolds and allows for a few songs-and-dance routines at the same time.
		Irving Berlin's songs are always a joy to listen to, and while none of the stars sparkle as they could do there is gentle warmth to it and an element of romance, which brings out the Christmas spirit.
		Primarily though, any film which features "White Christmas" is going to hit a high note at that point, even if it is just being crooned by Crosby.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/12/04/holiday_inn_1942_review.shtml (351 words)

	Film Review: Holiday Inn
		Bing Crosby, allegedly the biggest selling recording artist in the world at the time, is on spectacular form, crooning his way through classics like White Christmas and Easter Parade, while Fred Astaire tap-tap-taps his path through some brilliantly memorable dance routines.
		Bing's version of White Christmas - better known, perhaps, from the later film, Blue Skies, also starring Fred Astaire, where Bing sings it to the US troops - is really a must-see for anyone in the run-up to Christmas holidays.
		With snow falling outside, as a woolly-jumpered Bing draws up to the fire with his pipe and begins to serenade Linda with his silky message of seasonal goodwill, it would melt all but the biggest of Scrooges' hearts.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/h/holiday_inn_1942.shtml (603 words)

	USATODAY.com - Alas, fortune did not favor 'Alexander' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The fight for moviegoers over the Thanksgiving holiday was too much for the Oliver Stone epic, which managed just $13.4 million over the weekend and $21.6 million since its release Wednesday, according to estimates from box office trackers Nielsen EDI.
		The spoils of the holiday battle, though, went to Disney, which became the first studio in 19 months to have the top two films.
		Both films have surprised analysts by performing well with families in the day, then becoming the primary choice for adults at night.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-11-28-box-office_x.htm (464 words)

	CSULB Online 49er: v9n60: Oscar hopefuls fill holiday film calendar
		The film, a remake of "Open Your Eyes," a Spanish film directed by Alejandro Amenabar, promises to be one of the weirdest films to come out this year.
		One notable film, opening Dec. 19, may be the most anticipated film to date: "The Fellowship of the Ring," Peter Jackson's first installment in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
		With so many top-notch films being released this holiday season, there is sure to be something for everybody and plenty of high quality entertainment for the masses to consume.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/archives/2001/fall/diversions/v9n60-osc.shtml (731 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Film Review: Christmas with the Kranks
		This doesn’t sit well with the Kranks’ holiday obsessed neighborhood (led by a wasted Dan Aykroyd), which tries to terrorize the Kranks into celebrating the holiday.
		Forgetting that he’s been unwilling to plant any seed of sympathy or believability in his film up to this point, Roth plunges ahead with a small final act turn, which has the Kranks embracing the holiday spirit, bestowing a rather large gift on their “kinda” enemy neighbors.
		“Christmas with the Kranks” would make a terrific double bill with last year’s “Bad Santa.” While the latter film purposefully tried to destroy the holiday spirit with caustic material and performances, “Kranks” manages to cover the same terrain, all the while believing itself to be the quintessential holiday film.
	www.filmjerk.com /new/article1116.html (786 words)

	Eye - Holiday film feast - 11.22.01
		Some of these films are worth seeking out; others, alas, are going to be shoved down your throats.
		The film everybody's going to see even if it sucks is Lord of the Rings (Dec. 19), a special-effects extravaganza about, oh, a bunch of little people chasing after jewellery or something.
		These films and their makers scream to be taken seriously, making them about as appetizing as broccoli.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_11.22.01/film/preview.html (905 words)

	MoMA \| Press \| Releases \| 2001 \| SPECIAL HOLIDAY FILM EXHIBITION
		This exhibition includes 13 notable feature films, drawn from the archives of MoMA and Warner Bros., in which a main character is the resilient and indomitable spirit of New York City.
		A Wonderful Town: New York in Film was organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, with the participation of Mary Lea Bandy, Steven Higgins, Joshua Siegel, Anne Morra, Natalie Hirniak, and Helena Robinson, Department of Film and Media.
		In Lee’s debut feature film, a middle-aged man is permitted to leave China to live with his son, his daughter-in-law, and his grandson in a New York suburb.
	www.moma.org /about_moma/press/2001/wonderful_town_11_01.html (1611 words)

	AAFES Continues Holiday Tradition With Sixth Annual Film Festival
		Through special arrangements made with AAFES for the Holiday Film Festival, motion picture distributors participating in this years festival have all agreed to waive their normal royalty fees for the films, resulting in no charge to the military.
		The films will be shown in 35mm theaters to U.S. service members stationed in the Balkans (Eagle Base, Tuzla, and Camps Monteith and Bondsteel in Kosovo), and Camp Doha, Kuwait.
		Since that time, Walters says major film studios have enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity to help AAFES bring a touch of home to U.S. service members deployed to remote sites around the world during the holiday season.
	www.aafes.com /pa/news/03news/03-070.htm (663 words)

	[Taos-film] TAOS TALKING PICTURES AT THE STORYTELLER 1999 HOLIDAY FILM SERIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As per usual with a Kusturica film (his others include TIME OF THE GYPSIES and ARIZONA DREAM), BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT features a terrific soundtrack, a range of wild and weird characters and a plot that happily bounces in a variety of directions.
		At the center of the film is Lenny, an eight-year-old Parsee girl stricken by polio, who is growing up in a wealthy, nonpartisan family.
		Lenny becomes embroiled in the social conflict surrounding her family, eventually becoming a pawn in a cruel game that may ultimately rob her of her innocence.
	lists.laplaza.org /pipermail/taos-film/1999-October/000000.html (943 words)

	Star Wars Holiday Special
		This site was created as a labor of love in homage to the 25th anniversary of The Star Wars Holiday Special, which aired one time only on November 17th, 1978 and has been virtually lost ever since.
		The intent was to gather as much as there is to possibly know about the Holiday Special and document it in great detail, since this has never really been done before.
		We are well aware here that this particular film is not the brightest star in the Star Wars galaxy; however, we feel that there are a lot of good or enjoyable aspects about the Holiday Special that are often overlooked.
	www.starwarsholidayspecial.com (249 words)

	Roman Holiday (1953) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Audrey Hepburn's first big film role cast her as a Princess of country unknown, making a state visit to Rome.
		Peck, too, is served well by this kind of role, and the romance of the city of Rome helps their relationship to develop during their 24 hours of freedom.
		Roman Holiday is one of those rarities which are truly perfect and memorable, a real girly flick with beautiful photography and a sparkling script.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0046250 (440 words)

	Holiday Film Guide: The Phantom Menace (Seattle Weekly)
		You'd hope that a film featuring a phantom, a viscount, some gloppy pop opera, and Miranda Richardson with a gluey French accent would get really juicy and over the top, yet Schumacher has almost everybody approaching the material with Method-like severity.
		Butler, his obsession for Rossum turning murderous at random, bites into his crazed caped crusader role without enough indication that a guy who hangs around a theater wearing a nifty mask (how does that stay on, by the way?) might be a flamboyant fellow.
		But he's apparently sworn to keep a cap on his emotions here, too, as if he'd done a lot of research on 19th-century viscounts and learned they were a levelheaded lot.
	www.seattleweekly.com /film/0451/041222_film_phantom.php (1004 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - Roman Holiday Film Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dalton Trumbo’s life is perhaps more exciting than any of the films he wrote.
		He was a successful screenwriter in the 1940’s, one of the highest paid in Hollywood.
		Peter Hanson is a graduate of the film program at NYU, and the journalism program at the University at Albany.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fnf01n5.html (443 words)

	upstatebeat.com: Holiday Film Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		That’s always the question being asked at this time of year, when the studios stop fidgeting with their fall releases and bring out the big guns of the holiday season.
		With that in mind, here’s a look at the movies headed our way between now and the end of the year (and beyond), films that will hopefully prove to be worth their weight in Oscar gold.
		PLOT: A neurotic New Yorker (Sarah Jessica Parker) reluctantly agrees to spend the holidays with her boyfriend (Dermot Mulroney) and his New England family, a decision that leads to various personality clashes.
	www.metrobeat.net /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:3644 (1440 words)

	Holiday film 'Love Actually' takes epic look at romance
		With that bravely said, Richard Curtis' film then reveals itself to be the most widespread romantic comedy ever made.
		The remarkable Thompson anchors the film with a complex portrayal that shows the pain of love.
		All too rare is the holiday film that not only makes you feel good, but also is good.
	www.cincinnati.com /freetime/movies/reviews/11072003_loveactually.html (465 words)

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