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Twin girls Sarah and Julie are two naughty but sweet children that drive their work-obsessed widowed mother, Rhonda, up the wall. They overhear her saying that they are a "handful" and she needs a "vacation". They decide to go give Rhonda what she wants and head off to their great grandmother's house for Christmas. The girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles. But there's a problem; they aren't allowed to cross the street on their own. That's when the city bus pulls up and they sneak on through the back door. While riding the bus, an elderly lady tells them that it only goes Downtown, Uptown, and back. They also discover that Edgemont (where Grandma lives) is actually hours away. After getting off the bus Downtown, they spot Eddie (a delivery man who has a crush on their mom) and his truck. They sneak into its back and only reveal themselves to him because Sarah desperately has to go to the bathroom. He doesn't like kids, but eventually starts to enjoy the girls' company after he figures out that he gets large tips when they deliver packages with him. He evens buys them ice cream, as well as a lottery ticket with the numbers of their birth date (6-13-19-8-7). After the day's deliveries are finished, he brings them home, only to be attacked by two robbers who steal his truck (with the girls still inside). When the robbers, Harvey and Shirley, discover them, they decide they can make some money by kidnapping them for ransom. Shirley makes a phone call to Rhonda, asking for $10,000 in cash. She tells her that they will make the trade at the ice rink in Edgemont, and that she is to wear a red hat. |
Twin girls Sarah and Julie are two naughty but sweet children that drive their work-obsessed widowed mother, Rhonda, up the wall. They overhear her saying that they are a "handful" and she needs a "vacation". They decide to go give Rhonda what she wants and head off to their great grandmother's house for Christmas. The girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles. But there's a problem; they aren't allowed to cross the street on their own. That's when the city bus pulls up and they sneak on through the back door. While riding the bus, an elderly lady tells them that it only goes Downtown, Uptown, and back. They also discover that Edgemont (where Grandma lives) is actually hours away. After getting off the bus Downtown, they spot Eddie (a delivery man who has a crush on their mom) and his truck. They sneak into its back and only reveal themselves to him because Sarah desperately has to go to the bathroom. He doesn't like kids, but eventually starts to enjoy the girls' company after he figures out that he gets large tips when they deliver packages with him. He evens buys them ice cream, as well as a lottery ticket with the numbers of their birth date (6-13-19-8-7). After the day's deliveries are finished, he brings them home, only to be attacked by two robbers who steal his truck (with the girls still inside). When the robbers, Harvey and Shirley, discover them, they decide they can make some money by kidnapping them for ransom. Shirley makes a phone call to Rhonda, asking for $10,000 in cash. She tells her that they will make the trade at the ice rink in Edgemont, and that she is to wear a red hat. |
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Meanwhile, Harvey has begun to like the girls and when he asks Shirley why they never had kids, she replies that it's because they are criminals. Sarah and Julie eventually get to their great-grandmother's house, and then Eddie and Rhonda (who by this time has learned that it was because of her saying she wanted a vacation that the girls ran away, and apologizes to the girls for being upset and making them think like that) get together after he saves the girls. He wins the lotto of 1. |
Meanwhile, Harvey has begun to like the girls and when he asks Shirley why they never had kids, she replies that it's because they are criminals. Sarah and Julie eventually get to their great-grandmother's house, and then Eddie and Rhonda (who by this time has learned that it was because of her saying she wanted a vacation that the girls ran away, and apologizes to the girls for being upset and making them think like that) get together after he saves the girls. He wins the lotto of 1.3 million on a TV show. Afterwards, they give all the people their parcels back. At the end everybody is happy spending Christmas together. |
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| Directed by | Jeff Franklin |
| Written by | Jeff Franklin Boyd Hale |
| Starring | Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | December 6, 1992 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
To Grandmother's House We Go is a 1992 Christmas television film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The film's title is one of the first lines of Lydia Maria Child's Thanksgiving song "Over the River and through the Woods". It debuted on ABC with unexpected success, mostly because of the already-growing popularity of the "Olsen Twins".
Plot
Twin girls Sarah and Julie are two naughty but sweet children that drive their work-obsessed widowed mother, Rhonda, up the wall. They overhear her saying that they are a "handful" and she needs a "vacation". They decide to go give Rhonda what she wants and head off to their great grandmother's house for Christmas. The girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles. But there's a problem; they aren't allowed to cross the street on their own. That's when the city bus pulls up and they sneak on through the back door. While riding the bus, an elderly lady tells them that it only goes Downtown, Uptown, and back. They also discover that Edgemont (where Grandma lives) is actually hours away. After getting off the bus Downtown, they spot Eddie (a delivery man who has a crush on their mom) and his truck. They sneak into its back and only reveal themselves to him because Sarah desperately has to go to the bathroom. He doesn't like kids, but eventually starts to enjoy the girls' company after he figures out that he gets large tips when they deliver packages with him. He evens buys them ice cream, as well as a lottery ticket with the numbers of their birth date (6-13-19-8-7). After the day's deliveries are finished, he brings them home, only to be attacked by two robbers who steal his truck (with the girls still inside). When the robbers, Harvey and Shirley, discover them, they decide they can make some money by kidnapping them for ransom. Shirley makes a phone call to Rhonda, asking for $10,000 in cash. She tells her that they will make the trade at the ice rink in Edgemont, and that she is to wear a red hat.
Meanwhile, Harvey has begun to like the girls and when he asks Shirley why they never had kids, she replies that it's because they are criminals. Sarah and Julie eventually get to their great-grandmother's house, and then Eddie and Rhonda (who by this time has learned that it was because of her saying she wanted a vacation that the girls ran away, and apologizes to the girls for being upset and making them think like that) get together after he saves the girls. He wins the lotto of 1.3 million on a TV show. Afterwards, they give all the people their parcels back. At the end everybody is happy spending Christmas together.
Release
The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its release debuted in the USA December 6, 1992, Poland on December 25, 1996. The movie was also released in other countries in which it was renamed:[1]
Cast*
- Mary-Kate Olsen as Sarah Thompson-one of two main protagonists
- Ashley Olsen as Julie Thompson-the other main protagonist
- Cynthia Geary as Rhonda Thompson-Sarah and Julie's widowed mother and the tritagonist
- J. Eddie Peck as Eddie Popko-a mailman and the deuteragonist
- Jerry Van Dyke as Harvey-one of the two main antagonists
- Rhea Perlman as Shirley-the other main antagonist
- Stuart Margolin as Det. Gremp
- Florence Patterson as Great Grandma Mimi
- Venus Terzo as Stacey
- Andrew Wheeler as Policeman
- Rick Poltaruk as Santa
- Walter Marsh as Crotchety Man
- Bob Saget as Win-O-Lotto Lottery Host
- Lori Loughlin as Win-O-Lotto Lottery Hostess
- Lorena Gale as Waitress
- Note: This movie starred many actors and actresses from the ABC sitcom, Full House, which included Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Sarah and Julie, Bob Saget as the Win-O-Lottery host, Lori Loughlin as the Win-O-Lottery hostess, Andrea Barber (uncredited), and Candace Cameron, who could be seen in the Win-O-Lottery audience. Saget and Loughlin also hosted a morning talk show on Full House.
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