A Smoky Mountain Christmas

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A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Directed by	Henry Winkler
Produced by	Robert Lovenheim
Written by	William Bleich Dolly Parton
Starring	Dolly Parton Lee Majors
Music by	Dana Kaproff
Distributed by	CBS/Fox
Release date(s)	December 14, 1986
Running time	94 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 fantasy television film directed by Henry Winkler. It stars Dolly Parton and Lee Majors.

[edit] Plot

Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape and recuperate during the Christmas season.

Upon arriving at the cabin, Lorna finds it has become the impromptu home of seven orphans who are hiding from the orphanage in town. The children actually discover her sleeping in one of the beds, (an allusion to the Seven Dwarfs finding Snow White) to which the youngest girl proclaims: "I know who she is. She's the Angel."

Because they both have secrets to keep - the orphans don't want to be found by the orphanage and Lorna doesn't want to be found by anyone from LA - they agree to keep each other's presence at the cabin a secret. Lorna then quickly builds strong friendships with the children, although it takes a while to win over cautious Jake, the eldest brother in the family.

Little does she know, Lorna has been followed to the cabin by a sleazy and enterprising paparazzo (Dan Hedaya), who is determined to reveal her hidden location. In addition to the paparazzo, Lorna faces a mountain "witch woman," Jezebel, who is determined to kill her for attracting the eye of her lover, the sheriff of the nearby town. Lorna is saved from Jezebel's first attempt on her life by Mountain Dan, a wandering mountain man who is wise to the ways of "mountain folk."

After the paparazzo reveals Lorna's identity to the sheriff, she is arrested and the children are taken back to the orphanage. Jezebel, disguised as an old woman, delivers a poisoned pie to Lorna in prison, but is tricked into eating it herself and falls into an endless sleep. Lorna is freed from prison by Dan and the paparazzo and they formulate a plan to free the children from the orphanage.

Dressed as Santa Claus and a helper Elf, Dan and Lorna are able to get into the orphanage and free the children, only to be stopped by the sheriff while trying to escape.

They are taken before an extremely disinterested Judge (John Ritter) who eventually dismisses all charges against Lorna and Dan and grants custody of the children to Lorna.