A Holiday Romance is a 1999 film directed by Bobby Roth and starring Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...

, Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead...

, and Gerald McRaney

Gerald McRaney

Gerald Lee "Mac" McRaney is an American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho.-Early life:McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, the son...

. This film has been released on DVD.

Cast

• Naomi Judd - Lily Waite
• Andy Griffith - Jake Peterson
• Gerald McRaney - Cal Peterson
• Alison Pill
  Alison Pill
  Alison Courtney Pill is a Canadian actress best known from her roles in Milk, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Midnight in Paris.-Life and career:...
  
   - Fern
• Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood , also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress most famous for appearing in the 2002 film Chicago. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City, and was a semi-regular on SCTV...
  
   - Margie
• Taborah Johnson
  Taborah Johnson
  Taborah Johnson , also known as Tabby Johnson, is a Canadian singer and actor. She is the sister of actor Clark Johnson and rock and jazz singer Molly Johnson....
  
   - Anne Hutchinson
• Jackie Richardson
  Jackie Richardson
  Jackie Richardson is a Canadian singer and actress.She is known for her screen roles in The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father....
  
   - Bea Buskins
• Brian Heighton - Todd
• Jack Duffy
  Jack Duffy
  Jack Duffy was a Canadian singer, comedian and actor.-Biography:Born in Montreal, Duffy grew up in Toronto, dropping out of Central Technical School to become a singer...
  
   - Irwin
• Sumela Kay
  Sumela Kay
  Sumela-Rose Keramidopulos is a Canadian actress.Kay was the first of three actresses to play Kitty Pryde in the X-Men franchise. She is the daughter of U.S. and Canadian Casting Director Juli-Ann Kay...
  
   - Clarissa
• Adam Dolson - Del
• Nathan Carter
  Nathan Carter
  Nathan Carter is a Canadian actor born in Toronto, Canada. He is best known for his starring roles in Radio Free Roscoe as Travis. He has also guest starred on The Famous Jett Jackson and PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal.-Filmography:-References:...
  
   - Hal
• Martha Gibson
  Martha Gibson
  Martha Gibson is a Canadian actress. She is probably best known for appearing alongside her husband Louis Del Grande in the television series Seeing Things, for which she earned a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Role in a Comedy Series in 1986.She was nominated...
  
   - Donna
• Andrea Lewis
  Andrea Lewis
  Andrea Desiree Lewis is a Canadian-born actress and singer best known for her portrayal of Hazel Aden on the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Television and Film:...
  
   - Autumn
• Aron Tager
  Aron Tager
  Aron Tager is an American actor and artist.- Background :As an artist, Tager has had numerous exhibitions of his work and has sculptures installed at the following locations: Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington, VT; Shaftsbury Elementary School, VT; Delaware County Community College,...
  
   - Joseph
• Ken Wickes - Pete
• Gas station singers - The Essentials
  The Essentials (band)
  The Essentials are a Canadian a cappella group founded in London, Ontario, Canada in 1993, now based out of Toronto. Band co-founder Joe Oliva attended London Central Secondary School where he co-founded a predecessor a cappella group to The Essentials, called The Humdingers.-Biography:The...
  
   with Paula MacNeill

Plot

During the holiday season, Bethlehem School goes under review by a stern school administrator Cal Peterson (Gerald McRaney

Gerald McRaney

Gerald Lee "Mac" McRaney is an American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho.-Early life:McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, the son...

), sent to eliminate programs to save money and the school itself. Following long review, Cal decides to eliminate the music program led by music teacher Lily Waite (Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...

). Cal is unaware that his teenage niece Fern (Alison Pill

Alison Pill

Alison Courtney Pill is a Canadian actress best known from her roles in Milk, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Midnight in Paris.-Life and career:...

), whom he has been taking care of, has been changed by the music program. At the final concert, before Lily must leave her job, the music program is saved by generous donations, and Cal sees Fern perform. There are many sub-plots, including the hijinks of Jake Peterson (Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead...

).

External links

• IMDB - A Holiday Romance