''Three Wise Guys'' is a 2005
Christmas
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television film
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.
In an update on the
nativity of Jesus
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, a pregnant woman named Mary is helped in the desert by three
mobster
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s. The film stars
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,
Eddie McClintock,
Judd Nelson
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,
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
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,
Katey Sagal
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, and
Nick Turturro
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.
Filming took place in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Robert Iscove
Robert Iscove is a Canadian film and television director, television producer and a choreographer.
Filmography
* '' Love and Larceny'' (1985, TV)
* ''The Lawrenceville Stories'' (1987-1989, miniseries)
* '' Shattered Dreams'' (1990, TV)
* ''Miss ...
directed, with a story and
screenplay by
Damon Runyon
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He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To N ...
and
Lloyd Gold
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Gold's plays have been produced at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the McCarter Theater and others. He wrote numerous film scripts ...
, respectively.
Christopher Lennertz
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composed the score, and
Francis Kenny
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Kenny is a twice board member of the American Society of Cinematographers and member of the AMPAS Executive Committee for Cinematographers.
Kenny was born in Ind ...
was the cinematographer. At 87 minutes, the
Lions Gate Television
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History
The company was established in July 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. It a ...
-produced film was
released on the
USA Network
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at 9p.m., December 8, 2005.
See also
*
List of Christmas films
References
External links
*
2000s Christmas films
2005 films
2005 television films
American Christmas films
Christmas television films
films directed by Robert Iscove
films scored by Christopher Lennertz
films shot in New Mexico
Lionsgate films
USA Network original films
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