''Secrets of the Mountain'' is the first TV film in ''

Family Movie Night ''Family Movie Night'' was an umbrella series of made for TV films owned and sponsored by Procter & Gamble and Walmart. The companies were inserting product placements within the films. Flyover Studios, P&G Productions and Telenext Media Inc. were ...

'', a series of commercial made-for-TV movies produced by

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and

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aimed at families. Movies in the series feature embedded marketing of the producers' products. P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film.

Plot

A mountain cabin is inherited by a single mother and her three children from an eccentric uncle. The story's theme was that a family needs to pull together in tough times to move ahead.

Cast

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: Dana James *

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: Henry Beecham *

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: Tom Kent *

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: Jade Ann James * Crawford Wilson: Jake James * Kayla Carlson: Maddie James * Andreas Apergis: Nigel Fowler *

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: Colin James * Allison Graham: Brandi James

History

Dante Amodeo of Jacksonville Beach was approached at a book signing for his young adult mystery novel, ''Saban and the Ancient'' (2006) by a local TV producer for family friendly scripts. Amodeo developed a story he called "The Mountain". The story then tested so well the Family Movie Night partners purchased the idea. Amodeo then wrote the screenplay before it was handed off to Douglas Barr to finalize the story. Barr was also hired to direct the film. P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film. Production took place in

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with a 100-foot "mountain" built on a football field-size sound stage. By February 1, 2010,

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had scheduled the telefilm for April 16, 2010 while also indicating that it was a back door pilot.

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External links

* at archive.org * Walmart Television films as pilots American television films 2010 television films 2010 films Films directed by Douglas Barr {{US-tv-film-stub

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