Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Release Date: 08/28/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: 2
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate

Based on the best-selling books by Catherine Marshall, the original TV series Christy focused on 19-year-old Christy Huddleston, an idealistic schoolteacher who left a life of wealth and comfort behind to accept a job in the backward mountain community of Cutter, NC, in 1912. First telecast as a two-part, four-hour PAX Network miniseries on May 13 and May 14, 2001, Christy: Return to Cutter Gap picks up where the weekly series left off. Lauren Lee Smith replaces Kellie Martin as Christy, while Stewart Finlay-McLennan repeats his series role as the community's agnostic, Scottish-born doctor Neil McNeill. In part one of Return to Cutter Gap, titled "A Change of Seasons," the year is 1913, and Cutter Gap is in the throes of a deadly typhoid epidemic. The superstitious mountaineers believe that the illness has been brought on by such "outsiders" as Christy Huddleston and the community's new minister, Rev. David Grantland (James Waterston). Dr. McNeill realizes that the real cause of the epidemic is Cutter Gap's brackish water and squalid living conditions, but he is unable to convince the locals of his findings. Meanwhile, Christy suffers a crisis of faith when one of her closest friends dies of the fever, and on another front, she finds herself romantically torn between McNeill and Grantland. Part two, "A New Beginning," takes place three months later. This time, the community is literally torn apart by a raging storm. As the rest of the citizens head to the highest point in Cutter Gap, Christy and Dr. McNeill are stranded in a tiny hunter's shack. Shocked when McNeill declares his love for her, Christy rushes into the deluge, contracting a deadly fever. Also complicating matters is the presence of attractive aviatrix Harriet Quimby (Claudette Mink), who has apparently set her cap for McNeill. The story concludes with a wedding -- but which man does Christy choose for her life partner? Filmed in British Columbia, Christy: Return to Cutter Gap was originally telecast under the title Christy: Choices of the Heart).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Lauren Lee Smith - Christy Huddleston
Diane Ladd - Alice Henderson
James Waterston - Rev. David Grantland
Stewart Finlay-McLennan - Dr. Neil MacNeill
Ryan McDonald - Lundy Taylor
Ingrid Torrance - Fairlight Spencer
Olivia Kelly - Ruby Mae Morrison
Bruce McKinnon - Jeb Spencer
Dale Dickey - Opal McHone
Andy Stahl - Tom McHone
Michael Hunter Lilly - Bob Allen
Chilton Crane - Mary Allen
Ralph Alderman - Ault Allen
Jacob Witkin - Dr. Jacob Ferrand
Mike Hickman - "Birds-Eye" Taylor
Justin Chatwin - John Spencer
Frank C. Turner - Ozia Holt
William Pavey - Sam Houston
Bruce Dawson - John Holcombe
Marcus Hondro - Tutt Bradford
Xantha Radley - Mrs. Perkins

Production:
George Kaczender Don McBrearty - Director
Deborah B. Gabler Nancy LeSourd - Producer
Ron Ramin - Composer
Tom Blomquist - Screen Writer
Laszlo George - Cinematographer
Chuck Bowman - Executive Producer
John Schneider - Executive Producer
John Steven Agoglia - Executive Producer
Tim Gamble - Executive Producer
Tom Blomquist - Executive Producer
Tony Fantozzi - Executive Producer

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