The Gathering Part II

The Gathering Part II
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Release date	December 17, 1979
Run time	1:37:18
Starring	Maureen Stapleton Rebecca Balding Patricia Conwell Bruce Davison Veronica Hamel Jameson Parker Lawrence Pressman Gail Strickland Efram Zimbalist, Jr.
Executive producer(s)	Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Joel Rogosin
Music composed by	Robert Prince
Screenplay by	Renee Longstreet Harry Longstreet
Director(s)	Charles S. Dubin
Art director(s)	Dale Koeppe
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The Gathering Part II is an American live-action Christmas drama television film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It aired on December 17, 1979 on NBC. It was written by Renee and Harry Longstreet, produced by Joel Rogosin, and directed by Charles S. Dubin. It was a follow-up to The Gathering in 1977, which aired on ABC, instead.

Widow Kate Thornton is romanced by her late husband's business rival, Victor Wainwright, much to the chagrin and distrust of her family.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mary	Rose Weaver
Victor Wainwright	Efram Zimbalist
Lee Rifkind	Norman Goodman
Kate Thornton	Maureen Stapleton
Tiffany Collum	Jessica Hill
Bud Thorton	Jameson Parker
Julie Collum	Rebecca Balding
Joey Collum	John Ine
George Collum	Bruce Davison
Toni Thornton	Patricia Conwell
Adam Thornton III	Jonas Miller
Minister	Father Frank Toste
Lazarus
Peggy Thornton	Gail Stickland
Tom Thornton	Lawrence Pressman
Jesus
Adam Thornton (painting and photo)	Edward Asner
Doctor Ellis	Naomi Thornton
Adam Thornton III	Jonas Miller
Helen Thornton	Veronica Hamel
Santa Claus (toy)	N/A
Sam Francis
Billy Wilder
Henry Okun
Aaron	Dennis Howard
Rudyard Kipling
Lucille Rifkind	Anita Sangiolo
Kaitlin Rifkind
Mark Rifkind
Horatio Alger
Tom Wolfe (photo)	Himself
Security guard	Edward C. Higgins

Organizations

• Thornton Industries

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New England
      • Massachusetts
        • Thornton residence
          • Cemetery
          • Thornton Wood Works
          • Collum residence
          • Boxer's Furniture
          • Peavey Hardware
          • Train station
        • Boston
          • Thornton Industries building
          • Hotel
            • Copley's
            • Victor's hotel room
    • Washington, D.C.
    • Florida (mentioned)
    • Connecticut (indirectly mentioned)
      • New Haven (indirectly mentioned)
        • Yale University (mentioned)
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Hollywood (mentioned)
  • Canada (mentioned)
  • Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Vietnam (mentioned)

Objects

• The Right Stuff

Vehicles

• Victor's car
• Toni's car
• Kate's car

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Robert Prince. The music editors were Kenneth Karman and La Da Productions.

Crew credits

• Director of photography: Robert Collins
• Executive producer: Joseph Barbera
• Associate producer: Huw Davies
• Art director: Dale Koeppe
• Film editors: Scott Eyler, Greg Prange
• Casting by: The Ellison-Gartzman Company
• Production manager: Nick Anderson
• First assistant director: Bruce Kerner
• Second assistant director: Craig Morse
• Set decorator: Dennis Peeples
• Production sound mixer: Alan Bernard
• Script supervisor: Pamela Alch
• Costumer: Darryl Levine
• Assistant costumer: Chris Burrows
• Make-up artist: Mike Maggi
• Hair stylist: Phil Naso
• Property master: Dierdre O'Leary
• Extra casting: Yula Gavala
• Gaffer: Mike Strong
• Key gripper: Jim Dunn
• Camera operator: Don Sweeny
• Assistant camera operator: Maurice Brown
• Assistant editors: Ellen Ring, Michael Hill
• Production coordinator: Maggie Williams
• Assistant to the producer: Donna Rosenstein
• Production secretary: Diane Saunders
• Transporation coordinator: Jimmy Davis
• Sound editor: Sound Fx
• Titles and opticals: Westheimer Company
• Recording services: Ryder Sound Services
• Lenses and panaflex cameras by: Panavision
• Furs furnished by: Edward F. Kakas & Sons
• Locations by: Cinemobile Systems

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 3, 1977 at 9 pm on NBC

Behind the scenes

• This film localizes Mary's area more to be in Massachusetts.
• Efram Zimbalist, Jr. is credited as a special guest star. Of course, it is ironic that Efram Zimbalist, Jr. joins the cast when his daughter, Stephanie, is replaced.
• There are several cast changes from the previous film, with Gregory Harrison, Stephanie Zimbalist, Ronald Readinger, Maureen Readinger, and Mary Bradley Marable being replaced with Jameson Parker, Patricia Conwell, John Ine, Jessica Hill, and Rose Weaver, respectively.
• George compares Victor to possibly being like Svengali from the 1894 novel Trilby.

Errors

• Joey and Tiffany are credited with the Thornton surname.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • March 16, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Gathering (including The Gathering Part II) on DVD.
  • October 15, 2013: Warner Archive Collection releases The Gathering/The Gathering Part II on DVD.
  • October 15, 2013: Warner Archive Collection releases The Gathering Part II on DVD.

Trailers

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