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Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage is a 2008 Christmas biopic directed by Michael Campus, the first film he had directed in more than 30 years. It stars Jared Padalecki as painter Thomas Kinkade and features Peter O'Toole, Marcia Gay Harden and Aaron Ashmore.
Nov 11, 2008 · With Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O'Toole, Aaron Ashmore. A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
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- Biography, Drama
- Michael Campus
- 2008-11-11
Kinkade's relationship with Wessels is the subject of a semi-autobiographical film released in 2008, Christmas Cottage. After two years of general education at Berkeley, Kinkade transferred to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
- American
- January 19, 1958
- Sacramento, California, United States
- April 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2020 · A still from the Christmas Cottage movie Thomas would take the words of his mentor literally: until the end of his life he would paint luminous and shining landscapes and would even register the trademark "Thomas Kinkade , Artist of Light".
The semi-autobiographical story examines the motivation and inspiration behind his most popular painting, The Christmas Cottage. Jared Padalecki plays Kinkade and Marcia Gay Harden plays his mother. Peter O'Toole plays young Kinkade's mentor , who tells him, "Paint the light, Thomas!
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As a self-described devout Christian, each of Kinkade’s works project an image of Christian values. He referred to himself as a “warrior for light,” using light to represent a divine presence within each of his works—a traditional painting technique from the Middle Ages.