Description

For just a moment, close your eyes andeno matter what your ageelook through a childes window of imagination. You may see and hear things long ago forgotten. You may cross into that time and place where everything is new and yet familiarea city where anything can happen, and something wondrous does. High above the city, on a tall column, stands the statue of the bejeweled happy prince overlooking a once shining city whose residents no longer believe in Christmas or themselves. The people of the city are despondent. Many are leaving, as is a young minister who has been offered a prosperous parish far away. The prince, once a selfish man, now turned to stone, implores of a migrating swallow, eLittle swallow, will you not stay and be my messenger to the good people in this city e The swallow delivers the ruby from the princees sword, the gold leaves that cover the princees body and the sapphires that are his eyes before the freezing weather takes her life. This kindness has a far-reaching effect on the residents of the city, especially the disillusioned minister, who decides to stay and help make it, once again, a shining city on the hill. And even though the prince and the little swallow have paid the ultimate price for their gifts of goodness, they receive, in return, a heavenly reward. This expanded version of the Oscar Wilde classic has a larger, more encompassing story with an uplifting ending, and the swallow, on its way to a warmer climate, is now a female. One int. set. Approximate running time: 35 minutes.