Buttons — Tim Janis

Buttons: A Christmas Tale

RELEASED THROUGH: Paramount Pictures, STARZ, The Super Channel, London Live

Buttons: A Christmas Tale is the magical, musical story that shows believing can be the greatest gift of all. Follow the heartwarming journey of two orphan girls whose only wish is to find a home for Christmas. With a little help from their guardian angels (screen legends Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury), they discover that miracles really can happen when you find the power to believe.

From director Tim Janis, this inspiring holiday film for the whole family features an all-star cast including Jane Seymour, Roma Downey and Abigail Spencer, and is narrated by Kate Winslet and Robert Redford, with a special song by Sir Paul McCartney.

Paramount

Starz

Amazon

“Two wonderful and talented actors, DICK VAN DYKE and ANGELA LANSBURY, in the late-prime of their lives, doing what they do and have done for many years, and we are the beneficiaries. Let yourselves go and sink into the charm and beauty of this piece.”

— Robert Redford

“It was refreshing to work with young, upbeat artists with an entrepreneurial spirit to breathe new life into the musical genre.”

— Dick Van Dyke

DIRECTOR: Tim Janis
WRITERS: Tim Janis and Elizabeth Demmer
PRODUCER: Elizabeth Demmer-Cranberry Island Films
COMPOSER: Tim Janis
COSTUME DESIGNER: Dustin Cross

BUTTONS CAST:

Narrator: Academy Award® winner Robert Redford
Narrator: Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet
Angel: Dick Van Dyke 
Angel/Rose: Angela Lansbury 
Mrs. Browning: Jane Seymour
Mother Genevieve: Roma Downey 
Mrs. Hill: Abigail Spencer 
William Kingsley: Ioan Gruffudd
Mr. Browning: Charles Shaughnessy
Mr. Wentworth: Robert Picardo 
Mrs. Wentworth: Katie McGrath 
Mr. Hill: Paul Greene 
Annabelle: Alivia Clark