A Christmas Carol (DVD)

...for those who live in a hole or have dementia, _A Christmas Carol_ is the story of Ebonezer Scrooge (Jim Carey) and is passage by fire from twisted, grumpy, old miser who hates Christmas to the very opposite (except he stays old). After the death of Scrooge's business partner, Scrooge has got even more miserable and spiteful than ever and everyone fears and avoids him. Even his sole employee, Bob Cratchet (Gary Oldman) lives in misery, not allowed ...
...this film is so fantastic a telling, this would merely enhance the tediousness of an overly told story but the computer generated recreation and the direction of this film make it wonderful to watch. It’s directed by Robert Zemeckis, the man responsible for _The Polar Express_ and _Beowulf_ . He uses the same sort of 3-D capturing here that he used in those films. Basically this is a technique were he captures the movements etc. of real actors and ...

Phelthew 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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...is the best version of A Christmas Carol that was ever made. Ha! and they have made many. Scrooged, A muppet Christmas Carol to name but a couple. Two Decembers ago I found this film on video and bought it for my husband for Christmas. I took it home, wrapped it up and forgot all about it. On Christmas day he opened all his presents and was thrilled to get this video to watch. Yes, it was the right one. After dinner, he put it on, fiddled with all ...
...had a problem getting it going and .....We watched in amazement.....A Muppet Christmas Carol. Once the shops opened again I hotfooted it to the store where I bought this only to be told that they didn't have a copy of the George C. Scott video left, so some poor family got ours when they were expecting the Muppets. Oh well, they took the video back and gave me back my tenner. End of story. Until the other day...... There it was, sitting on the ...

solamarie 18.11.2005 · Read full review
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...Roger O. Hirson Based on a story by Charles Dickens published in 1843 Drama / Fantasy Released November 1984 (UK) MAIN CAST: George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge Frank Finlay as Jacob Marley's Ghost Angela Pleasence as Ghost of Christmas Past Edward Woodward as Ghost of Christmas Present Michael Carter as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come David Warner as Bob Cratchit Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit Anthony Walters as Tiny Tim Roger Rees as Fred Holywell/Narrator ...
...The story begins with a glimpse into the wretched life of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Scott), as he goes about his daily activities on Christmas Eve. After a perfunctory and cold discussion with his nephew, who has come to visit him at his office in order to invite him to a small fete he and his wife are organizing for friends and relatives on Christmas Day, a discussion which ends by Scrooge remarking on his nephew's stupidity (of a sorts) for marrying ...

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...popularity of the DVD played a critical role in redefining the importance of Christmas and the major sentiments associated with the holiday. Few modern readers realize that A Christmas Carol was written during a time of decline in the old Christmas traditions. "If Christmas, with its ancient and hospitable customs, its social and charitable observances, were in danger of decay, this is the book that would give them a new lease. The DVD Shows exactly ...

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