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Overview

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7.7/10   2,856 votes
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Director:
Clive Donner
Writers:
Roger O. Hirson (screenplay) and
Charles Dickens (short story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 December 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy more
Tagline:
A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!
Plot:
An old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when 3 ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
NewsDesk:
What Are Your Favorite Christmas Movies?
 (From Screen Rant. 24 December 2008, 8:17 AM, PST)

User Comments:
The best rendition of the classic fable. more

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
UK:U

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Trivia:
This is, perhaps, the only version of ACC in which Scrooge wears dress-slacks, a dress-shirt and a vest (with an Alistair Cooke-type smoking jacket)...instead of merely his nightgown, slippers and cap. (Rumor has it that George C. Scott openly reeled at the very thought of portraying Scrooge under such conditions...especially in mid-winter England.) more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The brass cornet and tuba in the beginning were not period pieces by a century or so. more
Quotes:
Tiny Tim: [outside Scrooge's office] Merry Christmas, Mister Scrooge.
Ebenezer Scrooge: Don't beg on this corner, boy.
Tiny Tim: I'm not begging, Sir. I'm Tim Cratchit. I'm waiting for my father.
Ebenezer Scrooge: Tim Cratchit, eh? Well you'll have a long wait, then, won't you?
[he walks off]
Tiny Tim: Merry Christmas, Sir!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Humbug.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Queer Duck: The Movie (2006) (V) more

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Is "A Christmas Carol" based on a book?
How does this version differ from the original novel?
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16 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
The best rendition of the classic fable., 19 November 2000
9/10
Author: gcdyer from Salem, OR

The setting and actors make this television movie for me the best rendition of Dickens' classic tale. George C. Scott is very believable as is the rest of the cast. His Scrooge oozes with nastiness until the very end of the movie. Then his character changes to one who is truly repentant. The 19th Century English town chosen for the setting creates an ambiance that is fitting to Dickens and adds to the plausibility of this film. It is a movie I watch every Christmas along with the real Grinch and It's A Wonderful Life.

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