Based on a True Story: Celebration Family (1987)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2020
- Starring: Stephanie Zimbalist, James Read, Diane Ladd, Ed Begley Jr., Olivia Burnette
Based on real events story of a marriage couple; James and Janet Marston who having discovered not to be able to have more children, started adopting them. The result was a branch up to sixteen kids, often sick, disabled and problematic. Unfortunatelly the Marston's neighbours didn't like it... - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Great story, especially since it is based on a true story. There is another untold true story. When I lived in Germany, members of our church were friends with members of a church in the Ukraine, back in the 90's. I personally met several of them and what a blessing they were. One young couple in particular had three children of their own but they had a burden for children left behind in orphanages. Long story short, they adopted 27 children! The state gave them a building, an old sort of a warehouse. Our pastor bought a 7 ton truck in Germany and our members filled the truck with materials they needed to turn the building into a home for these children. Several of our young men drove to the Ukraine several times a year to help. There is a lot more to this story, but I just wanted you all to know that there are actually more people like the Marston's. I cherish those memories!
That’s really beautiful 💕
@@Lisaandco799 Thank you. Glad you got a blessing.
Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Must be lovely to be loved by the family you were born into or the people who choose you.
There are angels amongst us 😇❤️❤️❤️
Finally found this film as an adult watched it when i was a kid before i was rescued into foster care at 11... i only saw it once and as i was badly abused i remember wishing they would come and get me just whisk me away to a place of safety and love.❤
Similar experience myself regarding wanting to be rescued by these people….I hope you have found safety and love as an adult as I have ❤
May God bless you & heal you mind, body & soul in Jesus’s name. Amen
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This movie should be watch by a lot of people. Huge thanks to these couple and their biological sons for their loving hearts. Grace of God be with you all.
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i saw a coupole who took in a lot of disabled children... a big brood
Wow what a remarkable couple to get all those children out of an orphanage and show them what love is! ❤️ God bless each and everyone of them!
There needs to be more people with unconditional love. Every child needs love.
And every child deserves to be loved.
Ezekiel 36:26 Jesus says come to Me and I will take your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh,I will put My Holy Spirit within you and make you a new creation.
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Very very nice movie.... There are people out there with such big heart
@@michellepinaud9374 Goodness gracious ! A heart of love is worth more than a trillion dollar treasure Just as a teenager HAS TO KEEP HER BODY ALIVE until she has ACHIEVED ADULTHOOD, so she might inherit the trillion dollars her grandma put in a trust for her, EACH HUMAN being has to KEEP HER CONSCIENCE ALIVE until the SKILLFUL WORTH, to use the HEART OF LOVE is achieved. Defend her conscience against deadly assault of bitterness by watching kids (kids can show kindness to all without bitterness). I've received expensive land from my dad...and so many are pressuring me to sell it and have fun ... I'M, waiting until I train to have the skills to use theland to educate poor rural women in South India, just as a German American white Christian missionary built a college to educate lowest caste women like myself. Plz pray for my strength to resist the lure to dump the cure (educating women is the cure for many PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY !)
I was adopted myself, after unexpected circumstances on both of sides of my blood and biological family.
This is the type of family movie that I truly appreciate.
Much love to all! ❤🎉
Too bad about the neighbours not liking the many children and the glorious sounds of happiness. The sound of children's laughter is the most beautiful on this earth. Bless the Marstons!!
So true. Many people now see children , who are in the image of God, as a nuisance. We are supposed to love people and use things, but so many choose to love things and use people.
Yes it is when I hear and heard my kids laugh it makes you smile and feel joy ..
I can’t add anything to the lovely & truthful comments the three of u did. God bless you all.
We live in a remote area and a noisy family moved in down the valley and their horrible kids would come up screaming and yelling scaring the animals and generally being typical city brats.. they were banned from everywhere in the end and they were forced to move away thank god
People also have a right to peace in their own home and land
Children are an heritage and blessing from the Lord. Let us care for them and give them all the love they need! A heartwarming story.
Your wife as a fruitful vine in the heart of your very house.
Your children like olive plants all around your table;) ...psalm128:3♡
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I believe some parents would beg to differ with you. That little girl had deep rooted problems they didn't ask about, a danger to her sons, many parents have died by the hands of their children.
These couple won my heart. There are so brave to take those kids as part of their family ❤
Who else is watching this during the 2020 Pandemic 😷
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My respect and admiration to the couple who demonstrated that kindness and generosity comes from a big heart not bank balance.
The couple not rich but they got an amazing love to help children with disability. Awesome movie.
6/2022😀
I'm amazed of the amount of caring and love in this story, if it is true. We need so many people like this.
Amen 🙏🙏
So true.
I just love how the events were unfolding, at the time of the search for Ricky. Because I just knew when they found him, he would tell why he ran away, and it wasn't for a test, and the teached would see he advanced in math, and the court would dismiss the case. It was just something telling me that nothing but good was coming to that couple, because of their heart.
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It actually is a true story.
This Was A Wonderful Movie !
Wish there were More People like Them !
All Children are a Blessing !
No Matter what Color or Religion !
God Bless them All !
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Amen
Glad they never fought God but instead head the call‼️Many are times when even the childless fight it with their faith of a mustard seed(which is ok) believing God will work out a miracle of child bearing for them but unfortunately, what we never know are God's plans. Have we ever taken time to think that even adoption is inclusive of answered prayers. Let's open our hearts to God's available opportunities. ♨️Caution:♨️ LET US NOT FIGHT GOD.🙏🏾♥️
This movie just came to me 37yrs after it's production, everything comes in it's own time, it's a heartwarming movie and a must to see. Thank you God for making the unfortunate,, fortunate, and giving adults your compassion to make it possible, for through you everything is possible!! Amen.
Beautiful and wonderfully said, Jimmy! Thank you!
Yes it is heartwarming. All I could say was, Wow, to a couple with hearts of gold, very willing to adopt any race, or handicapped, or disabled. If all os us, had similiar attitudes, I can imagine the beauty you would see, in this world. Those are the kind of hearts God looks down on, and is pleased with.
Amen
A very rare and a wonderful, touchy movie.
Dibya
A very rare wonderful, touchy movie.
One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. And true too. Makes a heart feel good!
Praying for a miracle for Brian and his 7 children
God Bless this couple the love that they have for these children is a true blessing there is a special place in heaven for this family
AMEN TO THAT 😇💞
There should be more parents like this in the world. What a testimony and a blessing they are to us
You have a great screen name/handle
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People who abandon their own kids, yup Stellar people.
They should of waited so their boys had their attention.
I am not a religious man but it often feels like things happen for a reason. Those poor parents losing their baby open up the chance for so many children to finally find a loving home.
I have so much respect for those who decide to adopt children. Loving and raising a child as your own is one of the most beautiful things a person can do
Jesus is not a religion he is a father follow him and you will never be disappointed Jesus is love not a religion ❤
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In the Bible Matthew19:13,14,15. ButJesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.
Follow Jesus was too late for me. I'm a born again Christian studying 📖 the Word of God through an inmate at Hawaii State Prison..
Follow Jesus was too late for me. I'm a born again Christian studying 📖 the Word of God through an inmate at Hawaii State Prison..
This is the most beautiful story I've seen in a long time!!!
This was based on a true story which makes it remarkable! Adopting 60 kids?!?! I can’t imagine. I hope the lady of the house had help! This story so touched my heart. Gee even the old hag , the judge came around at the end lol and that says a lot. Thank the good Lord Jesus for people who have this kind of love for children who were forgotten. 🕊️🤍
Such a beautiful movie. God is alive and works in so many ways. God bless this family.
Hello Leslie, how are you doing?
Could we please go back to these days...this 2020- 2021 life of uncertainty is challenging..🥺🙏🏾
This movie reminds me of a book I read, "The Family Nobody Wanted." A true story of a couple who adopted like 12 kids. ❤😊
Thank you for this beautiful true story. So many children don't know what a hug is let alone love 🇿🇦
The real story this movie is based on is not at all a beautiful story! Google the real family Nason, to find out how horrible these people were! Abuse, starvation, even death. These people were vile human beings!
@@fionav3840 really??
@@jeanettereynolds3151 yes really just google the family. I was disillusioned
Amàn. so true
@@fionav3840 I wonder why they chose to make the movie so that it looked like they were a happy and loving family. How insulting to the children that ended up in the custody of the Nason's. Terrible!
What a beautiful story, those parents were amazing and had so much love to give,shame that their neighbours didn't understand that ❤️
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Such a beautiful and uplifting story! May God bless them and all families like them abundantly! ❤️
Hello Sharon, how are you doing?
What a nice true to life story. God bless the big family prayers to their success.
Great to see a caring couple devoting their lives to the children
Hello 👋 how’re you doing hope you’re having a great day?
Excellent many families when I grew up in church adopted alot of kids or fostered them then adopted. My husbands family adopted two of the six they raised as foster children. To them that was just paperwork. All the family was treated the same. Wonderful family.
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE THE MARSTONS!!!. I WORK WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND WAS GLAD TO SEE SUCH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!! GOD BLESS ALL
Absolutely.I also used to work in care ,with disabled children with carying needs.I was also fortunate to be adopted as a small child by the two most wonderful parents anyone could wish for.If only there were more people in the world like these people.x
I'm glad this is based on a true story. It's a taste of Heaven.
Hm, "Just love each one like it's the only one."
Beautiful!!! 💖💯
That was a beautiful story. I wish I wasn't so old so I could adopt children too.
You are NEVER too old to do good!
Adopt them spiritually, its not too late.
So glad to see another James Reed vehicle for his talent. Been a fan for a very long time.
Beautiful! Very well achieved! It takes a ❤️, not only will. It was good that he waited until he felt like sharing his wife's dreams. It was also very good that the children had very much the same age. How good to find a judge with heart! Awesome story! 🎉❤... and it is only living that we learn to live, no-one can get ahead of that.
You should have warned me that we needed Kleenex to watch this movie. Absolutely beautiful. The way a family can open their hearts to all different kinds of children knowing that they are special in their own ways. It's also very sad that neighbors and others are so judgmental. Instead they should be honoring and helping those people who are making society a better place.
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That's absolutely 💯 all ❤ to be blessed with this loving couple 💑 . Sadly not all kids are that fortunate when they get dumped from orphanage to orphanage and still end up living on the street , What heartaches !! 💔😒😏🥺
Agree with you absolutely. Speak it gal...
Sweet movie and so touching. I wish there were more parents willing to love and care for others' children.
I wish my OWN parents loved and cared for me.
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What a brilliant life story
Thank you kindly for sharing
Appreciate 🌹🌹🌹
I ❤️the theme song,the movie is great❤️
Such an inspiring story ❤️. Coming from Africa ,I'd love to help the many children who suffer in our society one day .God bless ❤️
What SELFLESS Parents.❤ A wonderful example of Devotion & Sacrifices.
Beautiful true story!
This is a case of "True Love, God's Love!", the kind I want and need to share with others everywhere I go!
Beautiful, uplifting, only from above!! 💖💕
I saw this once before,but I didn t see it in it s entirety ,due to a lack of time. I m now seeing it for what I missed and had no idea the children were adopted from the same children s homes
There s great deal of difference when one sees the details of a new brother not just friends after being schooled together with the original core family. I never experienced fostering or adopting other children outside my core family. I had only one set of parents and my mom and dad created us. I knew just my siblings. This union was new to me and I couldn t vision life starting with other children not born to our parents. We knew each other from birth. I can t say if I understand the logic of this family after the couple planned and lost their daughter from birth. Our connection is still a bond. How would I have accepted these foreign children? I don t understand children that lost their parents or ones who landed in institutions. I was the eldest daughter raised with four brothers,who I became a "tomboy",as I learned all guys things and went on trailing them. When my sisters were born they took my space and I had to take care of my sister's and two younger brothers. We had each other. We had a dad who worked hard at his job to supply us untill I got to be mine years old. I was made to work at the age of 9 years then mom got a job and it was my job to take care of the housekeeping taught to me by my mom. It d be hard to accept someone not related to us.We took care of each other. 🧀🎊 By no
Amazing story , what wonderful people . Cried my eyes out .
This woman has OCD about adopting kids, regardless of how hard her husband has to work and the feelings of her own children.
If you listen real hard you will hear the lady say they adopted 60 kids not 16. God bless them all, After the death of our own 3 special needs children, we have also fostered and adopted 3 children including colored and love them all the same along with my 1 miracle biological child being the youngest. This was also in the 1970's -80s We would have adopted more but were quite poor and always rented. No help from those close or around us. Was a difficult journey but the Lord God was with us. Bless them all.
Whao! Awesome.
Thanks for sharing, may GOD bless you and your family for all your labour of love on those children.
Amen. 🙏
🙏💞 God bless your amazing kindness, May God give you happiness and joy always. Wish to help children like you did as well. Praying to God for giving me and my wife strength and love to adopt children. Sanjay and Raji
Y'all did a beautiful thing but you really shouldn't have said colored that sounds terrible . If you didn't care about race then color wouldn't have been mentioned like this couple didn't never mention the race of the child . You could have said you adopted and didn't care what race . But I adopt as well and I have 6 and I didn't care what race just who I feel when I go to the center seeing the kids interact .
"colored" ...that's an outdated and offensive term. You didn't do any special favors to the black race by adopting a child OF COLOR (not "colored," as you put it), but realize it was a blessing for God to have entrusted you with any child for their care. Take care.
I videotaped this when it came out - watched it several time. Such a heartwarming story! Glad to see this again!
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What a beautiful story. You always have 1 busy body to cause trouble but what those busy bodies don't realize is God doesn't like those who gossip and do not love his children.
Speak it, mp. Excellent comment and statement. Very True.
Ricky speaking at the end was very touchy with love.
SIXTY kids, I sincerly hope they had help. We had our hands full with our four.
Amazing
Only kids of God can do this with his love and help.
Agreed. 😊
Everyone is a child of the creator! Drop the religion and adapt the compassion, before it's too late ..
Only every couple so godly loving like this couple this world will be much better place .i love this movie.
That neighbor need to keep in mind that love can conquer all.
I cry with happiness that all turn out for good . Thank you to this awesome judge.she is a loving human.
The scene with Walt and Ricky at the well made me cry.
I just cried . Beautiful true story
Hello Agnes, how are you doing?
I think they did, in fact, take on more than they should have or could. Because even with a good heart, having more kids than you can handle especially with any disabilities, it's a lot. They should not have been left unattended in the hands of boys that were barely preteen themselves. And then, show up to court, while their child is missing. " a little love and understanding" is not what brings up the child. I think they had a lot of well meant intentions, though. I'm thankful Ricky was okay. I'm thankful the familys situation ended in a good light. Every child needs a home. Parenting is not easy.
If only all families could be like this. What a wonderful world it' be. Such loving selfless people.
What a beautiful story, the Lord blessed me with. Thank you for posting
What a timely movie for 2022. Fight for your children, parents!! All children.
What a beautiful film, this made my Sunday
A beautiful touching story that is based on a true story. T adopted children were so lucky. Today it would be so expensive to raise such a large number of children. The father in the story said after visiting the foster home that each child deserves a chance, deserves to be loved, and to know what it is like to be part of a family. I hope you enjoy this movie as much as I did.
*Such a heartwarming movie! but I dislike the way the couple never went back to see their parent's at all!*
Can't believe I hadn't seen this movie before! I'm so glad I watched it this time! Watch it and enjoy it 🤗
That movie was an inspirtion. It would make you want to do some good in the world. Love does make the world go around!
I love how you add a description about the movies you upload. Thank you 😊
Beautiful and inspiring story. 🧡❤💚
Wow, amazing. I know I couldn't do it, God Bless those who can. Amen.
I am in awe, how i wish i can be like them, loving children that are special and not my own.
Amazing!!! I cried happy tears through the whole story!!!
This is an excellent account of love, compassion, caring & dedication! The one concern that I found w/the film is that at times the music is so loud that it practically drowns out the speech.
There’s always one ☝️, that’s you that is 😡
Just googled the real family and unfortunately it wasn’t what this movie portrayed, look for yourself.
I'v no words 2 describe what i'v just watched. 👌👍 It's wonderful. Am in tears! It's wonderful 2 know that there r people in this world who hav such loving & merciful hearts . Am hoping 2 build a home 4 th destitute children & th aged in our community. This movie has raised 2 my morale. It's classic!!! I wish there r more movies depicting great love, kindness & honesty as this one! God bls all good hearts. Amen. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Heart touching story,
What a beautiful family
Such unconditional love, may God bless this family 🙏🙏, lesson learnt,
Awesome, caring, loving movie - How anyone (69 people) could give it a thumbs down (as shown above) is beyond my comprehension.
I think it's being realistic. Affording 16 kids is an improbable situation even for Gates or Tesla. 12 is still possible.
Dislikes are because of the movie not being true. Family abused kids, had over 80 and several died. And jail sentence was a joke. Family lived in Sisters, Or.
This is not the type of movie that the world wants to see
@@paulineneal5851 honest question
Why is it that when one tries to do good for society....the people try to look for the bad
@@constancestinger5976 you and people like you may not like it. But this kind of movie needs to be made to maintain compassion, harmony and peace in the world.
What a wonderful family!!!
This the most beautiful story iv ever watched! God bless them!!! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Hello Deborah, how are you doing?
Great movie. Love always wins. It's what the world needs. Thanks be to God
Such beautiful kids - and a beautiful family. The world needs more people like the Marstons. Thank you for sharing.
GOD BLESS! THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL & IT TOOK ALL MY CRIES AWAY! SOME ONE CARES & IT BROUGHT ME 2 KEEP MOVING FORWARD N RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR KINGDOM WORKS! WHATEVER FATHER GOD SAYS I WILL FOLLOW HIS EVERY COMMAND! BLESSINGS ARE AT HAND & I HONOR YOU DADDY! TELL ME! I HEAR YOU! SPEAK I LISTEN & OBEY! I LOVE YOU FATHER GOD WITH ALL MY HEART!
Amen !
Wow wonderful movie to see a family that loved all the children they adopted and spread their love to each equally. They’re all God’s children!!🙏🏻
we are all gods children. Many old/ young people need our time and love.
I agree 💯 but have to disagree too
We are all God's almighty children
@@wendycarstens8185 We are all Gods children but our choices can lead us to eternal death. God is merciful, He is also Justice. We will be held in the balance, God is no fool.
@@darylburnet8328 I'm totally 💯 aware of this and I ain't No Fool
Now they have OVER 60 kids?!!!? They must have live-in help and rich enough to afford it? Crazy.
They are great! It’s hard to believe but it’s true! Thanks for sharing this true story movie!
The judge rants about the supervision of Ricky *missing * yet he disappeared from school! Did she even realize what the argument she failed to make?
Thanks for the wonderful story of a loving family
What a beautiful movie, thank you for sharing such a great story. Love it so much and God bless this wonderful Family 🙏🙏😇😇🥰🥰❤️❤️
I could only have the one due to hereditary conditions!!!! I KNOW exactly how this woman feels!! I’m a middle aged single woman with a deep dull heartache that NEVER goes away. Knowing that I’ll NEVER have a newborn baby again is more than this heart can bear. We were created to be married, and to go forth and multiply. It’s an overwhelming longing that only another woman who cannot have as many children as she longs for, could possibly understand ……….
I love these old TV movies…
Worth a second watch. Lovely.
Ya, right ... who's gonna let some kid run around a hospital entering other patients private rooms uninvited????
Wonderful and touching film, thank you
Thank you for the movie .it bring me tears.
God bless you an your beautiful little family big hugs 😇❤🤗
A very heartwarming movie.
There was a family at our church who adopted over 20 children. All with special needs, and realistically not children anyone would want to adopt even one of them. Many of these had serious medical issues. I remember they went to being applauded for taking in these children, to being taken to court because they were thought to have too many children. Isn’t it better to be in a real family?
Such beautiful movie those we're the days when movies reflected love in the families and whole societies!!!
Absolutely beautiful story!
The lady that said the music is too loud is right. It really takes away from the music.
I forgot that James Read and Stephanie Zimbalist did this movie together. They also worked together on Remington Steele.
WHAT AN AMZING WONDERFUL TRUE STORY THANK YOU
Hello Sally, how are you doing?
What a blessing this family is. God's grace 🙏 ❤
I miss TV movies of the 80s. Actually, I miss everything about the 80s
They had good intentions but didn’t know what they were really doing with the children.
I think their two sons were terribly neglected over the years.😢
Love old movies they make me smile when im not feeling well,modern movies are rubbish ❤️