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A Christmas Carol (1984)

PG 12/17/1984 (US) Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie, Family 1h 41m

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A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!

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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.

Clive Donner

Director
Charles Dickens

Novel
Roger O. Hirson

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George C. Scott

Ebenezer Scrooge
Roger Rees

Fred Holywell / Narrator
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
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on December 28, 2014

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 e... read the rest.

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