Christy: Return to Cutter Gap
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Christy: Return to Cutter Gap (also known as Christy: The Movie) is a 2000 made-for-tv movie starring Lauren Lee Smith
, Stewart Finlay-McLennan
, James Waterston
and Diane Ladd
.
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 1900s. 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 TV network
in the US
on November 19, 2000.
Lauren Lee Smith
-Early life:Lauren attended Henry James Cambie Secondary School. Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stepdaughter of a documentary filmmaker, Lauren travelled around the world with her family. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California...
, Stewart Finlay-McLennan
Stewart Finlay-McLennan
Stewart Finlay-McLennan is Australian actor. He is also credited as actor under the names of Stewart McLennan and Stuart McLennan....
, James Waterston
James Waterston
James Waterston is an American film and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society....
and Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , Wild at Heart , Rambling Rose , Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days , and...
.
Summary outline
Based on Catherine Marshall'sCatherine Marshall
Catherine Wood Marshall was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall.-Biography:...
novel Christy and the follow-up of the TV series Christy
Christy (TV series)
Christy is an American drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes.Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall...
, this PAX Television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith
Lauren Lee Smith
-Early life:Lauren attended Henry James Cambie Secondary School. Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stepdaughter of a documentary filmmaker, Lauren travelled around the world with her family. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California...
as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the backdrop of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains or the...
, 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 TV network
I (TV network)
Ion Television is a United States broadcast television network. Owned by ION Media Networks, the networked commenced broadcasting on August 31, 1998 as PAX TV, a named it used until July 1, 2005, when it became i: Independent Television; the network was rechristened Ion on January 29, 2007...
in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on November 19, 2000.
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.Region 1: DVD release (USA, Canada and US territories)
| DVD Name | 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 |