A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total
Antony Holland
- Rev. Hopkins
- (as Anthony Holland)
Jason Michas
- Leroy Herdman
- (as a different name)
Lynne Gorman
- Mrs. Clausing
- (as Lynn Gorman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActing debut of Fairuza Balk.
- GoofsWhen Grace checks the sanctuary to see if people are filling it, Mrs. Clausing can be seen in the center of the shot in a brown blouse, waiting for the pageant to begin. A few shots after this she is greeted by the minister as she enters the sanctuary, with coat on, just ahead of Mrs. Herdman.
- Quotes
Hobie: I don't know what shepherds wear.
Charlie Bradley: You have to wear your father's robe. That's what I have to do.
Hobie: He doesn't have a robe.
Charlie Bradley: What does he hang around the house in?
Hobie: His underwear.
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Christmas pageant classic
Many people have been involved in a church Christmas pageant at one time or another, so there was bound to be a story like this. Take a typical middle-class family (the Bradleys) involved in a typical middle-class church Christmas pageant, a little uptight and steeped in tradition, and throw in some lower-class ruffian kids (the Herdmans) who take starring roles. This movie is a little different from the novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, but that should be okay, because Barbara Robinson wrote them both. It seems like the book did say that the narrator figured that the Herdmans were going to hell, while the movie has her say she figured they were going to the devil. I suppose "devil" was supposed to be less offensive than "hell," but I'd rather have the narrator say "hell" like in the novel. Loretta Swit from M*A*S*H plays the mother directing the pageant. You might think this would be an unlikely role for her, but she does a good job.
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- lightninboy
- Jun 9, 2005
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- Лучшее Рождественское представление
- Filming locations
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(Ryerson United Church)
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By what name was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) officially released in Canada in English?
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