''Clarence'' is a 1990
made-for-television film directed by
Eric Till
Eric Till (born 24 November 1929) is an English people, English film and television film director, director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s. His 1977 film ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'' was entered into the 10t ...
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It is a
spin-off
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*''The Spinoff'', a New Zealand current affairs magazine
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of the 1946 film ''
It's a Wonderful Life'' following the character of
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody, also spelled Clarence Oddbody, (born May 1653, died 1745) is a guardian angel character in Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film ...
from that film. The film premiered on
The Family Channel on November 24, 1990.
Plot
Clarence Odbody has gotten younger since earning his wings after helping George Bailey back in 1946. He had an unspecified problem with his last assignment to help someone, and he would prefer to stay in heaven working on clocks. He only agrees to return to Earth because the widow of a new angel is considering suicide. The fellow angel (Richard Fitzpatrick) was a computer expert who died before he could perfect a voice-activated computer cartoon that is part of his educational computer games that teach kindness.
The new angel's widow, Rachel, (
Kate Trotter
Kate Trotter (born February 5, 1953) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress.
Career
Trotter has over 100 credits in film and television. She won a Gemini Award for Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series in 2003 for '' Blue Murder''."A love ...
) is raising two children, trying to improve her husband’s invention, and keep the family company solvent while dealing with an greedy man (
Louis Del Grande
Louis Del Grande (born March 23, 1943) is a retired American-Canadian actor, comedian, and television writer. He is best known as the co-creator and star of the mystery-comedy CBC Television series ''Seeing Things (TV series), Seeing Things'' (19 ...
) who wants to buy the company and use its technology to create violent children’s games. Clarence is constantly monitored by a recording angel, and is forbidden to tell anyone he is an angel. If he does not succeed in helping Rachel he will not be able to return to heaven.
Cast
Release
The film was made for TV and did not have a theatrical release. It was first broadcast on
The Family Channel on November 24, 1990.
See also
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List of Christmas films
Many Christmas stories have been Christmas film, adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television. Since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, these films are sold and re-sold every ...
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List of films about angels
This is a list of films where angels appear.
Angel films are sometimes discussed in relation to Peter L. Valenti's definition of the 'film blanc', a variety of fantasy film characterised by "1) a mortal's death or lapse into dream; 2) subsequent ...
References
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1990 television films
1990 films
Canadian comedy television films
Canadian Christmas films
Canadian sequel films
Christmas television films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Eric Till
Television sequel films
Films about angels
1990s Canadian films
Works based on It's a Wonderful Life
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