Secrets of the Mountain

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre =  | creator = | based_on =  | developer = | writer = Dante Amodeo | screenplay = Dante Amodeo | story = [[Douglas Barr]] | director = Douglas Barr | creative_director = | starring = {{ubl|[[Paige Turco]]|[[Barry Bostwick]]|[[Shawn Christian]]|[[Adelaide Kane]]|Crawford Wilson|Kayla Carlson}} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = [[Eric Allaman]]<br>Randy Jackson | country = | language = en | num_seasons =  | num_episodes =  | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{ubl|Joel S. Rice|Brian Wells|Jeff Grant}} | producer = Irene Litinsky | location = Canada<ref name=ft/> | cinematography = Pierre Jodoin | editor =  | camera =  | runtime = 2 hours<ref name="dsn">{{cite news|last1=Alexander|first1=Antoinette|title=Walmart, P&G emphasize family in new partnership - Drug Store News|url=https://www.drugstorenews.com/article/walmart-pg-emphasize-family-new-partnership/|accessdate=February 23, 2018|work=Drug Store News|date=February 11, 2010|archive-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224133723/https://www.drugstorenews.com/article/walmart-pg-emphasize-family-new-partnership/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | company = {{ubl|[[Procter & Gamble|P&G Productions]]|[[Muse Entertainment]]<ref name="wrap"/>}} | budget = $4.5 million | network = [[NBC]] | released = {{Start date|2010|4|16}}<ref name=ft/> | related =  }} '''''Secrets of the Mountain''''' is the first TV film in ''[[Family Movie Night]]'', a series of commercial made-for-TV movies produced by [[Procter & Gamble]] and [[Walmart]] aimed at families. Movies in the series feature [[product placement|embedded marketing]] of the producers' products.<ref name="la times review">{{cite news |first1=Mary |last1=McNamara |date=July 16, 2010 |title=Television review: 'The Jensen Project' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-16-la-et-jensen-project-20100716-story.html |access-date=July 16, 2010 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==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.<ref name=ft>{{cite news|title=Jacksonville Beach writer behind family-friendly NBC movie 'Secrets of the Mountain'|url=http://www.jacksonville.com/lifestyles/columnists/laura-capitano/2010-03-21/story/jacksonville-beach-writer-behind-family|accessdate=February 23, 2018|work=The Florida Times-Union|date=March 21, 2010|language=en}}</ref>

== Cast == * [[Paige Turco]] as<ref name="wrap">{{cite news|last1=Adalian|first1=Josef|title=NBC Planning 'Mountain' Climb for April|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nbc-planning-mountain-climb-april-13752/|accessdate=February 23, 2018|work=The Wrap|date=February 1, 2010}}</ref> Dana James * [[Barry Bostwick]] as<ref name="wrap"/> Henry Beecham * [[Shawn Christian]] as Tom Kent * [[Adelaide Kane]] as Jade Ann James * [[Crawford Wilson]] as<ref name=ft/> Jake James * Kayla Carlson as Maddie James * Andreas Apergis as Nigel Fowler * Frank Schorpion as Colin James * Allison Graham as 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 that 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.<ref name=ft/> P&G Productions supposedly budgeted $4.5 million to make the TV film.<ref name=adage>{{cite news|last1=Hampp|first1=Andrew|title=P&G, Walmart Find Success as Moviemakers for Their Brands|url=http://adage.com/article/madisonvine-news/branded-entertainment-p-g-walmart-find-success-movies/146129/|accessdate=February 23, 2018|work=Ad Age|date=September 27, 2010|language=en}}</ref> Production took place in [[Montreal]] with a 100-foot "mountain" built on a football field-size sound stage.<ref name=ft/> By February 1, 2010, [[NBC]] had scheduled the telefilm for April 16, 2010 while also indicating that it was a [[backdoor pilot]].<ref name="wrap"/>

==See also== * ''[[The Jensen Project]]'' * [[Product placement]]

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130210223057/http://www.familymovienight.com/secrets-of-the-mountain/}} at archive.org * {{IMDb title|1516373}}

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