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Christmas brings out the best and worst in people.
The same can be said for the TV movies often made to celebrate
the holiday. “The Gathering” a TV movie made in 1977 featuring
Ed Asner as Adam a workaholic businessman who discovers
he has a fatal disease who attempts to mend fences with
his family over the Christmas Holiday was often a touching
if melodramatic highlight of the late 70’s. Featuring Maureen
Stapleton “The Gathering” continues to deliver because of
the powerful performances at the heart of the film. The
movie certainly earned its Emmy for Outstanding Special
for 1977-78 but what it really didn’t need was a sequel.
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Image & Sound:
“The Gathering” looks quite nice with a full screen
transfer that has faded a bit but otherwise is presented
with a nice, relatively clean transfer. This doesn’t receive
the same attention as a mass market mainstream release but
Warner has done a stellar job given their marketing budget
with the film. ***
Audio is presented in the original mono and sounds
solid if unspectacular throughout. ---
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