A Walton Wedding (1995) (TV)

Director:

Robert Ellis Miller

Writers (WGA):

Earl Hamner Jr. (characters)
Claire Whitaker (written by) ...

Release Date:

12 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Fifth Waltons TV movie is set in 1964 which has John-Boy Walton planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Southern U.S. | Character Name In Title

Cast

Richard Thomas	...	John-Boy
Ralph Waite	...	John Walton
Michael Learned	...	Olivia Walton
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton Jones (as Judy Norton)
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton Northridge (as Mary McDonough)
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	James Robert 'Jim-Bob' Walton (as David Harper)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Kate McNeil	...	Janet Gilchrist
Joe Conley	...	Ike
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Corabeth
Holland Taylor	...	Aunt Flo
Ellen Corby	...	Grandma Walton
Diane Baker	...	Charlotte Gilchrist

Runtime:

USA:150 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Amanda Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by A Walton Easter (1997) (TV)

If you liked the last reunion, you'll like this one

The second of the three 1990s reunions for "The Waltons" TV series finds the Virginia mountain clan preparing for eldest son John-Boy's wedding in 1964. This time around, the writers wisely avoid trying to give subplots to each of the now-grown Walton children (most of these former child actors are now much less natural on-camera) and sticks to members of the family who can carry a story: John-Boy (Richard Thomas), John (Ralph Waite), and Olivia (Michael Learned). While the wedding preparations are going on, budding feminist Olivia enrolls in college and finds some prejudice against older students, while county commissioner John is caught in the middle of a minor scandal when he's forced to vote on a project in which the Walton lumber mill has an interest.

The script is less sappy than the last time-around, but there are also far fewer cameos from all the Waltons' friends and neighbors, which is a bit of a shame. Also, Richard Thomas wears a distracting pageboy hairdo which looks completely out of place for the early 60s, and Michael Learned seems to have lost some of the warmth that made Olivia such a wonderful character in the series (at one point, she refers to a fellow student as a "twit"!). The usually-wonderful Holland Taylor seems out of place on the mountain as the meddling aunt of John-Boy's bride-to-be.

But these are nitpicks. This is a solid effort that will entertain even casual fans of the original series.