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Release Date: 1984
Cast: David Warner, Edward Woodward, Anthony Walters, George C. Scott, Angela Pleasence, Mark Strickson, Caroline Langrishe, Michael Carter, Roger Rees, Lucy Gutteridge, Susannah York, Frank Finlay ...MORE
Cast: David Warner, Edward Woodward, Anthony Walters, George C. Scott, Angela Pleasence, Mark Strickson, Caroline Langrishe, Michael Carter, Roger Rees, Lucy Gutteridge, Susannah York, Frank Finlay, Joanne Whalley, Timothy Bateson, Nigel Davenport ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Family Drama, Film Adaptation, Christmas Movie, Costume Drama, Fantasy, Period Piece, Family, Television Movie, Drama Film
A Christmas Carol is a 1984 made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film is directed by Clive Donner who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film was well received and is considered by many as one of the best adaptations of the classic tale.
In the Victorian period, Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) is a cynical and embittered old man whose greatest concern is money, and who regards compassion as a luxury he cannot afford. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost... MORE
A Christmas Carol is a 1984 made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film is directed by Clive Donner who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film was well received and is considered by many as one of the best adaptations of the classic tale.
In the Victorian period, Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) is a cynical and embittered old man whose greatest concern is money, and who regards compassion as a luxury he cannot afford. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley (Frank Finlay), his former business partner, who, as a result of his greed and mistreatment of the poor, is doomed to walk the earth forevermore, never to find rest or peace, fettered in chains of his own sins. Marley arranges for Scrooge to be visited by three spirits in an attempt to show him the errors of his ways and avoid the same horrid afterlife — the Ghosts of Christmases Past (Angela Pleasence), Present (Edward Woodward), and Yet to Come (Michael Carter). The spirits force Scrooge to examine the failings of his own life, as well as the bravery and optimism of his loyal but LESS
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