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A Walton Easter

  • TV Movie
  • 1997
  • TV-G
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982)
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In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorman in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans to return to Walton's Mountain for the celeb... Read allIn 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorman in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans to return to Walton's Mountain for the celebration of John and Olivia's 40th wedding anniversary. Accompanying them to see the place J... Read allIn 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorman in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans to return to Walton's Mountain for the celebration of John and Olivia's 40th wedding anniversary. Accompanying them to see the place John-Boy lived as a child is Aurora, a TIME magazine photographer who is doing a story on J... Read all

  • Director
    • Bill Corcoran
  • Writers
    • Earl Hamner Jr.
    • Julie Sayres
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Ralph Waite
    • Michael Learned
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    364
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    • Director
      • Bill Corcoran
    • Writers
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Julie Sayres
    • Stars
      • Richard Thomas
      • Ralph Waite
      • Michael Learned
    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas
    • John Walton Jr.
    Ralph Waite
    Ralph Waite
    • John Walton
    Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    • Olivia Walton
    Jon Walmsley
    Jon Walmsley
    • Jason Walton
    Judy Norton
    Judy Norton
    • Mary Ellen Walton-Willard-Jones
    Mary Beth McDonough
    Mary Beth McDonough
    • Erin Walton Northridge
    • (as Mary McDonough)
    Eric Scott
    Eric Scott
    • Ben Walton
    David W. Harper
    David W. Harper
    • Jim-Bob Walton
    • (as David Harper)
    Kami Cotler
    Kami Cotler
    • Elizabeth Walton
    Sydney Walsh
    Sydney Walsh
    • Aurora Jeffreys
    Kate McNeil
    Kate McNeil
    • Janet Gilchrist Walton
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Grandma Walton
    Tony Becker
    Tony Becker
    • Drew Cutler
    Peter Crombie
    Peter Crombie
    • Calvin Weeks
    Zack Eginton
    • Jimmy Weeks
    • (as Zachary Eginton)
    Lynn Hamilton
    Lynn Hamilton
    • Verdi Grant
    Lisa Harrison
    Lisa Harrison
    • Toni Walton
    Jennifer Parsons
    Jennifer Parsons
    • Rebecca Weeks
    • Director
      • Bill Corcoran
    • Writers
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Julie Sayres
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    10EdCarpenter

    A nicely done reunion.

    My opinion is that Kate McNeil works well as John-Boy's wife because she is different from the other actresses the character was interested in on the show. She comes across as a sweet and kind person who has a career and who truly tries to stand up to her meddling aunt in the previous reunion film. She also has blonde hair, as does the real Mrs. Jane "Earl" Hamner in real life. I thought the film wrapped up the story nicely if this is indeed, as it looks, the last Walton reunion film with the original cast. What happens to John-Boy in the end brings him "full circle" in my opinion as a character. We see him reach this place in his life after seeing him years ago for the first time as the struggling young writer.
    angeleyes-47586

    married 40 years????

    I'm confused if it's 1969 and. Olivia and John are celebrating their 40 wedding annivsary which means they would have married in 1929?? But John Boy was born in 1916 which would make him 53??? I'm so confused.
    5chewning

    Disappointed

    I loved the Waltons as a kid -- it premiered on my seventh birthday. I was so disappointed by the reunion movies. Seeing Ralph Waite recently on Bones made me think about it. Why did they need to "jump the shark" and make a movie out of linear time? They did that the first time with the one about the Kennedy assassination. The original show was perfect -- these final movies (and unless they correct all the errors of the first three I hope they were the final ones) were just heartbreaking for anyone who loved The Waltons. In this movie Mama and Daddy are supposed to be celebrating their 40th anniversary. If that were so, then their first six children were born our of wedlock, and Mama, who is always portrayed as having been a beauty in her youth, withered unmarried on the vine until she was almost 30. We know that's not true -- why make it so fake in a movie based on something we who actually watched the series when it originally ran loved so much? So disappointing. But it's nice to hear John Boy's voice on Mercedes commercials these days.
    10shannasman9

    One of the best 90's reunion movies for the Waltons I've seen

    I think this movie follows right along with the others. Kate McNiel was wonderful as Janet Walton. Though she was pregnant she looked beautiful in this movie. For some reason I thought that Kate McNeil was the same in all the Waltons movies in the 90's. I do hope they do another reunion movie sometime in the 2000's because I would like to know what each Walton family member is up to especially the father. Thank you and I think that Richard Thomas wouldn't mind telling us about how his two children are up to. Also I would like to see what the father is up to. Even though they might be too old to play the Waltons I think it would still be nice to see everyone again. Maybe they could do one around the time the space shuttle Columbia disaster. I don't know.
    lissiemd

    For the Walton Fans

    Since no one has made a comment on this movie, I thought I should. I saw it back on TV when I was 17 and liked it then very much, but I rewatched it the other day and was not at all happy with it. It seemed very pushed and unrealistic which is unlike the Walton series itself. Plus, everyone looked old and tired. When this movie first came out, there were rumors that there would be another movie in 2 years where Elizabeth and Drew get married. Well, that would be a good movie, but where is it? I would certainly watch it. As for this movie, while it is not up to par with The Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, if you are a true Walton fan you will enjoy it.

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    • Trivia
      It can be inferred from the pilot episode, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, that John Walton, Sr., died shortly after the events of this movie, the last installment in The Waltons legacy. It was stated in the pilot that John died in 1969, the same year in which Earl Hamner's own father died.
    • Goofs
      John-Boy comments on TV about the first moon landing during Easter of 1969, but the moon landing happened a few months later, in July.
    • Quotes

      Elizabeth Walton: I'm not hungry.

    • Connections
      Follows La montagne des neuf Spencer (1963)

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    • Release date
      • March 30, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Waltons - Nachwuchs für John Boy
    • Filming locations
      • Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Eagle Point Production
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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