The Gathering (film)
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| Directed by | Brian Gilbert |
| Produced by | Marc Samuelson Peter Samuelson |
| Written by | Anthony Horowitz |
| Starring | Christina Ricci – Cassie Grant Ioan Gruffudd – Dan Blakeley Kerry Fox – Marion Kirkman Stephen Dillane– Simon Kirkman Simon Russell Beale– Luke Fraser |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films (Miramax) |
| Release date(s) | 2004 in France and Germany, 2006 in USA |
| Running time | 1 hr. 32 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 18.000.000 |
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The Gathering is a 2002 thriller/horror film directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Christina Ricci.
- Tagline: Evil souls rule.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Cassie Grant is a young girl from the USA who is wandering through England on foot. On her way to Ashby Wake Cassie is hit by a car. The driver of the car, Mrs Marion Kirkman, immediately calls an ambulance. During an examination at the local hospital the doctor comes to the result that Cassie only has some scratches and not even a concussion, but Cassie has lost her memory due to the accident. She only knows her name and mother country, but she does not know which town she comes from, who her family is and why she is in England. The doctor explains to her that the loss of memory is caused by a shock and that she will regain it after some recreation. As a result of the examination Cassie is checked out. The driver of the car, Marion Kirkman, invites Cassie to her house, until she has overcome her loss of memory, because Mrs Kirkman feels guilty and responsible for the lonely girl who nobody knows. Instead of recovering Cassie happens to get into a mysterious story. She gets to know Marion Kirkman's husband Simon who examines a church of Early Christianity (built in Glastonbury during the first century AD) after the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea. This church was recently discovered by two visitors to the Glastonbury Festival who died after falling down a hole through the open roof of the buried church. In the Church there is a relief made of stone, which illustrates the crucifixion of Christ being watched by many curious onlookers. During the next days Cassie has visions, which concern the future of people in the immediate vicinity of her. She also recognizes certain people which seem to watch her and often appear on certain place in Glastonbury which she visits. She observes the strange auto mechanic Frederick Michael Argyle and examines his belongings. Thus she discovers that Argyle wants to revenge the cruelties which certain people in the town did to him. Cassie suspects that a catastrophe is imminent, but she has yet to persuade the people. Cassie Grant finds out that the relief in the church illustrates real people who are called The Gathering. They are immortal and damned to watch catastrophes and murders, because they watched the crucifixion of Christ craving for the sensation. At the same time the priest and bishop of the Catholic Church discover the same. The priest wants to inform Mr. Kirkmann and has an accident in his car, because he recognizes The Gathering on a bridge over the highway, and dies. But the bishop is able to inform Mr. Kirkland about the bad news who suddenly knows that his family is in great danger. Therefore he hastens to drive home to his family. Meanwhile Cassie Grant prevented Argyle killing a lot of people with a bomb at a festival, but she could not prevent him killing individual people for revenge. Cassie sacrifices her life to save the lives of the children of the Kirkland family. Mr. Kirkland arrives just in time to stop Argyle from killing his family. At the end it is revealed that Cassie Grant also belongs to The Gathering, because she stands among these people who stare at the dead Argyle being killed by an electric shock. But Cassie has shown compassion and tried to prevent evil deeds, therefore her restless life will end and she will find peace, which she tells the son of Mr. Kirkland at night on the same day.
[edit] Awards
- Nomination for the Fantasporto Award 2003
- Nomination for the Golden Fleece of the Golden Trailer Awards 2003
