Holiday in Handcuffs

Infobox Film
name = Holiday In Handcuffs
director = Ron Underwood
producer = Jody Brockway
Craig McNeil
writer = Sara Endsley
starring = Melissa Joan Hart
Mario Lopez
Markie Post
Timothy Bottoms
June Lockhart
distributor = ABC Family
release date = December 9, 2007
runtime = 90 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget = $5,000,000(estimated)
imdb_id = 0938666

Holiday In Handcuffs is an ABC Family Original Movie. It aired on December 9, 2007 on ABC Family as part of their 25 Days of Christmas. The film stars Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Markie Post, Timothy Bottoms and June Lockhart.

Plot Summary

Trudie (Melissa Joan Hart), an aspiring painter stuck working as a restaurant waitress, the pressure to please her parents builds, a job interview goes poorly and she gets dumped by her boyfriend, leading to a nervous breakdown. Stressed about going home for the holidays alone, she kidnaps David Martin (Mario Lopez), a random customer at the restaurant in which she works and introduces him to her parents as her boyfriend, Nick. Trudie's family is vacationing at a very isolated house miles away from anything, so David is unable to escape (he makes several attempts). He finally decides to play along until the police come, but he ultimately falls in love with Trudie and understands why she felt forced to kidnap him in the first place.

But this Christmas holiday comes to an abrupt end when the police show up and arrest the family during dinner. Before he was kidnapped, David had a successful job and a beautiful, rich girlfriend. During his time with Trudie and her family, he realizes his life has developed into something he did not intend. After the police show up at Christmas dinner and arrest the family, he decides not to press charges. Trudie does not see or hear from David for a few months, but sees his engagement announcement in the newspaper.

Trudie is invited to show her art at a local art gallery and is stunned to see one of her pieces is sold during the show. As she is leaving the show, she is kidnapped and taken to a nearby building. Her kidnapper turns out to be David. He tells her he bought this building and is making it into an architecture/art studio. He decided to turn his life around and do something he really loves...architecture. He also wanted an art studio and shows her his first art piece he just purchased, and it turns out to be hers. They share a kiss as the credits start to roll.

Production details

"Holiday In Handcuffs" was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the summer of 2007.

Cast

*Melissa Joan Hart as Trudie Chandler
*Mario Lopez as David Martin
*Markie Post as Mother Chandler
*Timothy Bottoms as Father Chandler
*June Lockhart as Grandma Chandler
*Kyle Howard as Jake Chandler
*Vanessa Lee Evigan as Katie Chandler
*Travis Milne as Ryan
*Marty Hanenberg as Mr. Portnoy
*Layla Alizada as Lucy
*Ben Ayres as Nick

Reception

Ratings

The movie smashed ABC Family records among total viewers 6.7 million viewers and adults 18 to 49 (a 2.4 rating) making it the most watched show in ABC Family history. [http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/12/handcuffs_sets_abc_family_reco.php]

DVD

Holiday In Handcuffs will be release on to DVD, October 7, 2008 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BAWKQU] . The DVD is said to feature an exclusive look at filming the movie and deleted scenes.

External links

*imdb title|0938666

ources

*http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Specials+25-Days-of-Christmas+HolidayInHandcuffs/page_Detail
*http://www.tv.com/holiday-in-handcuffs/show/67812/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1