| The Gathering |  | Category: Video
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Seller: airicefire
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 131
Format: Color, Full Screen
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 018713090379
EAN: 0018713090379
ASIN: B0001J20QW
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christmas gifts July 9, 2009
Angelo (Scranton, Pa.)
This is a great movie. We watch it every year with all the others. This will bring back the 1970's. If your in your 40's and 50's you will like this movie.
A True Christmas Gift! March 3, 2009
solomarti (Dumfries, VA USA)
From the first time I saw this movie it became one of my favorite Christmas movies! The entire cast is outstanding, in particular, Ed Asner (one of my favorite actors), and Maureen Stapleton. I have no doubt that it will become one of your favorites as well!
Ed Asner stars as a man with terminal illness. Throughout his life, he has made his business a priority over his family life. This has lead to marital separation and distance between him and his children. Without telling his wife of his illness, he goes to her for help in locating each of the children so they can all get together one last time for the holiday. This gathering brings about healing of past hurts, misunderstandings, and relationships as they share opinions, laughter, and precious moments with friends and each other.
Great movie December 13, 2008
B. Hunter (atlanta ga)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watch this every year. So far, I still cannot watch it without tears. I thought the more I would see it, the more I would get used to the sadness. But, there is sadness, love and joy and renewed faith... I still tear up every time.
An enjoyable movie, regardless of how long ago the movie was made.
A must to see.
Superb Christmas Drama Highlighting One Family's Forgiveness And Compassion November 18, 2007
Simon Davis
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first became acquainted with this highly moving 1977 Christmas Television movie during one Christmas season in the mid 1980's when it was shown late on Christmas Eve. I immediately fell in love with its simple story filled with much identifiable human drama, great characters and first rate performances by all cast members. Christmas is often a time of reflection and efforts by families to come together despite their conflicts and differences during the past year and the storyline of "The Gathering", uses these very issues to perfection in its beautifully thought out screenplay. "The Gathering", centres its story around one man's recently diagnosed terminal illness which makes him reflect on his wasted life where ambition and the obsession to succeed in big business has cost him not only his wife, his children and his home, but also his inner sense of self worth. Ed Asner still best remembered for his role on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", here takes on a very different kind of role as driven business man Adam Thornton who with only a few months left to live enlists the help of his long estranged wife Kate, (a superb Maureen Stapleton), to gather together for one last Christmas, his four children whose love he sacrificed in his quest for business success. What unfolds is a beautifully crafted tale highlighting the power of forgiveness and family unity against all odds, and while it is indeed on the sentimental side ( which I love incidently!), the film also never shies away from illustrating many all too common human failings and the harmful effects they can often have on those we love.
I firmly believe that very few present day movies dealing with the often complex relationships existing within families come anywhere near the emotional impact that "The Gathering" delivers. It really comes from what I can now see as the "Golden Age", of television movies in the 1970's and 1980's and at its premiere screening for Christmas 1977 was a great success with both viewers and critics earning a coveted Emmy Award for that year as Best Television Movie. That great acclaim and success led to a sequel two years titled simply "Gathering 2", that focused on Kate finding a new man played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr, entering her life at Christmas time. Both these films are amazingly not available on DVD as of Christmas 2007 which is such a major disappointment considering the much loved reputation of the original film which has only ever been available in sub-standard EP VHS editions. Much of the film's memorable quality is due to the near perfect chemistry of veteran performers Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton and this film deserves to be released properly for a new audience to be able to enjoy it. Try to seek out "The Gathering", during this coming Christmas season as it is an emotional viewing experience you wont regret and which I know I cherish every year at this time.
The Best for Christmas November 14, 2007
Herbert Katchay (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I saw this absolutely beautiful film when it was first shown. I was beginning college and to this day I watch it not only at Christmas but whenever I need a pick me up. This movie teaches all about forgiveness and demonstrates that from sadness and sorrow one can find the silver lining and hope eternal.
First rate performances with a story that's right on target. I managed to purchased a tape when it was on the shelf over twenty years ago and it hasn't worn out, yet. I am thinking I should get a few copies for backup and loved ones.
It needs to be on DVD. Will the powers that be please hear us!
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