Christy: Return to Cutter Gap

Christy: Return to Cutter Gap
Written by Tom Blomquist (teleplay)
Catherine Marshall (novel author)
Directed by Chuck Bowman
Starring
Production
Running time 89 minutes
Release
Original network Pax
Original release November 19, 2000
Chronology
Preceded by Christy
Followed by Christy, Choices of the Heart

Christy: Return to Cutter Gap (originally aired under the title Christy: The Movie[1]) is a 2000 television movie starring Lauren Lee Smith, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, James Waterston, Diane Ladd, Dale Dickey, Andy Stahl, Bruce McKinnon, and Claudette Mink.

Summary

Based on Catherine Marshall's novel Christy and the follow-up of the TV series Christy, this PAX Television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, this film begins with an elderly Christy (played by Sheila Moore) returning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught. It premiered on the Pax television network in the United States on November 19, 2000.

Developed for television by executive producer Tom Blomquist the film was the first of three Christy movies to continue and resolve the storylines presented in the original CBS series and the novel. Return To Cutter Gap re-established the themes and characters of the previous Christy productions for longtime fans and newcomers, alike.

Synopsis

Set in early 20th century Tennessee, this film tells the story of schoolteacher Christy Huddleston who attempts to force a small community into progressing with the outside world. Considered an outsider by the residents of Cutter Gap, North Carolina native Christy is beloved as a teacher but has begun to stir up conflict with her pleas for progress and stories of an outside world of skyscrapers and modern conveniences. When an aviatrix crash lands in Cutter Gap, the attention is taken off Christy, until a series of robberies occur. Believing the thieves would never have come if it weren't for the new road Christy had built, the town unites against her. Faced with this series of setbacks, Christy contemplates returning home to North Carolina, but is persuaded to stay.

DVD release

The release of the DVD set for the Christy series of television movies for Region 1 (USA, Canada and U.S. territories) took place as follows:

Title Release Date
Christy: Return to Cutter Gap August 28, 2001
Christy: A Change of Seasons August 28, 2001
Christy: A New Beginning August 28, 2001

References

  1. ↑ Connie Wethington (November 18, 2000). "'Christy: The Movie' Stays True to Its Original Concept, Values". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-05-28.

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