Growing the Big One

Growing the Big One (2010)

Love grows in funny places

A radio talk-show host inherits her grandpa's pumpkin farm. When she loses her job, she's forced to take over the farm and host a new 'green' program. To keep the farm and pay off the mortgage, she hopes to win the pumpkin-growing contest.

Date of release
2010-10-23
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
TV Movie, Drama, Romance
Director
Mark Griffiths

Casting

Interesting facts

Growing the Big One is a 2010 Canadian-American television film directed by Mark Griffiths. It was developed as one of twenty-four programs scheduled for broadcast on the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries during the 2010–11 television season. Anna Sandor and Diane Mettler wrote the film; Howard Meltzer, Jane Goldenring, and Ted Bauman served as executive producers. Shannen Doherty and Kavan Smith star as the lead characters. One commentator noted that the film marked a transition for Doherty away from her "bad girl" reputation.

Production

The 84-minute television film was written by Anna Sandor and Diane Mettler and directed by Mark Griffiths. Howard Meltzer, Jane Goldenring, and Ted Bauman served as the film's executive producers; Randolph Cheveldave was its producer. Production was handled by GBO Films. The film's music was edited by James Hazell, and Mahlon Todd Williams was its cinematographer.

Growing the Big One was promoted as part of Hallmark's collection of original, holiday movies. It was one of twenty-four films scheduled for broadcast on the Hallmark Channel and its affiliate digital cable and satellite television channel Hallmark Movies & Mysteries for the 2010–11 television season.

On October 14, 2009, the Hallmark Channel issued a press release announcing that Doherty was cast as the star for the television film; Kavan Smith was confirmed as her co-star on March 23, 2010. Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia with production beginning in October 2009. Several scenes were shot in Fort Langley, British Columbia.

Doherty completed filming her scenes shortly before her participation as a contestant on the tenth season of the reality competition show Dancing with the Stars. Nancy Mills of USA Today wrote that Doherty's performance in the project marked her transition away from her earlier "bad girl" image, stemming from her arrest for driving under the influence and vandalism and subsequent anger management counseling.

Doherty said that she decided to work on more family-friendly films for "[her] goddaughter and for [her] brother's seven kids", adding that: "[she] get[s] joy out of their watching something [her] brother approves of. They can all sit around and talk about it and call [her] afterward." She found the role and the film to be "lighter and fluffier" compared with her earlier work.

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