Christy: Return to Cutter Gap

Christy: Return to Cutter Gap

Theatrical poster
Directed by Chuck Bowman
Written by Tom Blomquist (teleplay)
Catherine Marshall (novel author)
Starring Lauren Lee Smith
Stewart Finlay-McLennan
James Waterston
Diane Ladd
Emily Perkins
Distributed by Pax TV network
Release dates
 November 19, 2000
Running time
 89 minutes

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, Diane Ladd, Dale Dickey, Andy Stahl, Bruce McKinnon, and Claudette Mink.

Summary outline

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 TV network in the US 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.

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

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