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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   221 votes
Director:
Randal Kleiser
Writer:
James Poe (writer)
Release Date:
4 December 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Emmy Award Winner - Best Dramatic Special [Video Australia]
Plot:
Dying father (Ed Asner) pulls his torn family together for a last Christmas. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Maureen Stapleton: 1925-2006 (From IMDb News. 13 March 2006)
User Comments:
A lost gem, that should be on DVD. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Asner ... Adam Thornton

Maureen Stapleton ... Kate Thornton
Rebecca Balding ... Julie Pelham
Sarah Cunningham ... Clara

Bruce Davison ... George Pelham
Veronica Hamel ... Helen Thornton

Gregory Harrison ... Bud Thornton

James Karen ... Bob Block
Lawrence Pressman ... Tom Thornton

John Randolph ... Dr. John Hodges
Gail Strickland ... Peggy Thornton
Edward Winter ... Roger

Stephanie Zimbalist ... Toni Thornton
John A. Hubbard ... Reverend Powell
Mary Bradley Marable ... Mary, the Maid
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Additional Details

Runtime:
120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA more
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Movie Connections:
Followed by The Gathering, Part II (1979) (TV) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
A lost gem, that should be on DVD., 3 December 2005
Author: Soujurn from Seattle, WA

Edward Asner and Maureen Stapleton, are at the top of their form in this small, made-for-TV movie from 1977. The supporting cast are all familiar faces and flesh out the story perfectly.

This film won an Emmy for best special in drama or comedy at the '78 Emmy Awards. The movie has almost a documentary feel to it. The film never sinks under a weight of sentimentality but the emotions are there, just under the surface. You get the feeling that here is a man who loved his family but always thought there would be time to enjoy them, but learns he has weeks to live and this will be his last Christmas.

Desperate to try to rekindle some feelings of love with his four adult children, he turns to his estranged wife and together they try to organize a Christmas reunion but without letting them know their father has a fatal illness.

The children all busy with their own lives in other cities and in one case, another country, struggle with their own emotions about coming back home. This is one of my all time favorite Holiday offerings and my VHS copy is from a broadcast from the 1980's, but the quality is holding up pretty well for all this time. If you can find a copy or see it listed for broadcast, be sure to not miss it.

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