Edward Asner portrays Adam and Maureen Stapleton is his estranged wife Kate in The Gathering, a beloved holiday classic that won the Emmy as Outstanding Special and celebrates the tender power of forgiveness and the profound gift of family love.
"The Gathering," is a heart-warming and heart-wrenching film that demonstrated how love should triumph over all things:
One of the best Christmas movies ever. Starring Ed Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Bruce Davidson.
Synopsis: A crusty businessman Adam, facing his last Christmas, makes an eleventh hour attempt to pull together the family which he shattered by allowing them to become second to his work and which he left years earlier. Adam tries to arrange a Christmas reunion – but not even the season of miracles may be miraculous enough to heal long-standing emotional wounds.
The Gathering (TV Movie 1977) Special Edition Feature Clip
The Gathering Part II (1979)
Synopsis:
Two Christmases hence, Kate runs Thornton Industries and is wooed by a courtly financier (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) in The Gathering Part II. Kate's children fear he's more interested in the business than in Kate herself. Or has the season brought Kate the magic of romance?
Stapleton and many of the original cast members from The Gathering return for another holiday tale aglow with life's - and love's - possibilities.
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