A Bing Crosby Christmas
Seen it?1998 | 60 min | Music, Documentary, Comedy
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With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for people who'll be humming afterwards and people who start the Christmas movies early. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top. A good follow-up to The Apartment or Michael Jackson's This Is It. Made to be watched with the tree lit.
- The mood
- Light and funny, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves through the story clearly, at 1 hr. Done before bedtime.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
- Bing CrosbySelf - Host (archive footage)
- Kathryn GrantSelf / Narrator
- Gene KellySelf / Narrator (archive footage)
- Fred AstaireSelf (archive footage)
- David BowieSelf (archive footage)
- Carol BurnettSelf (archive footage)
- John BynerSelf (archive footage)
- Roy ClarkSelf (archive footage)
- Harry CrosbySelf (archive footage)
- Mary CrosbySelf (archive footage)