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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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George C. Scott
Ebenezer Scrooge
Roger Rees
Fred Holywell …
David Warner
Bob Cratchit
Susannah York
Mrs. Cratchit
Edward Woodward
Ghost of Christmas Present
Angela Pleasence
Ghost of Christmas Past
Michael Carter
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Anthony Walters
Tiny Tim
Caroline Langrishe
Janet Holywell
Lucy Gutteridge
Belle
Nigel Davenport
Silas Scrooge
Mark Strickson
Young Scrooge
Frank Finlay
Jacob Marley
Peter Settelen
Belle's Husband
Daniel Chatto
William
Timothy Bateson
Mr. Fezziwig
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A Christmas Carol (1984)
Wonderful Adaptation.
The 1984 TV version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a joyous thing. Fronted by George C. Scott as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, Clive Donner’s movie pays great respects to the source material and garners a multi stranded piece of brilliance out of Scott. The characters of course remain the same, but headed by Scrooge having a complex and painful background and a persona of confused emotions, there’s meaty substance holding the movie up high. Donner and writer Roger Hirson retain the black heart of the source story, with the horror elements suitably effective to bother the children, while the Victorian atmosphere always feels – crucially – authentic.
If you haven’t seen this version of the often filmed tale, put it on your list for next yuletide. 9/10
John Chard28 Dec, 2014
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