A Christmas Carol

1984 PG-13 1h 41m

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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.

Director Clive Donner

Writers

Charles Dickens Roger O. Hirson

Stars

George C. Scott Roger Rees David Warner

George C. Scott

Ebenezer Scrooge

Roger Rees

Fred Holywell / Narrator

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Angela Pleasence

Ghost of Christmas Past

Michael Carter

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SteveMcQueen36 24 Dec 2024

8/10

#A Christmas Carol 88 of the 150 Movies of 1984 What are we dealing with here?: A Christmas Carol is an American dramatic fantasy film from director Clive Donner and writer Roger O. Hirson. This is one of many film adaptations of this classic Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It stars George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, and Susannah York. It was first released in the United Kingdom o...

Wuchak 12 Apr 2022

_**The classic tale in glorious color with George C. Scott**_ In early 1840’s London, a wealthy miser who hates Christmas (George C. Scott) gains insights on the past, present and future. Will he write these experiences off as dreams or will he make some much needed changes? Despite being a TV production, this 1984 rendition of "A Christmas Carol" is one of the better versions of the oft-fi...

John Chard 28 Dec 2014

9/10

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 a...