A Christmas Carol
1984 · Movie · 1h 41m · PG
DramaFantasyMade-for-TVFamily
"A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Key crew
- Clive DonnerDirector
- Roger O. HirsonScreenplay
- Nick BicâtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George C. ScottEbenezer Scrooge
- Roger ReesFred Holywell / Narrator
- David WarnerBob Cratchit
- Susannah YorkMrs. Cratchit
- Edward WoodwardGhost of Christmas Present
- Angela PleasenceGhost of Christmas Past
- Michael CarterGhost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Anthony WaltersTiny Tim
- Caroline LangrisheJanet Holywell
- Lucy GutteridgeBelle
- Nigel DavenportSilas Scrooge
- Mark StricksonYoung Scrooge
Stills
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Themes
futurebased on novel or bookholidayredemptioncharitymiserghostmoral transformationghosts of the pastchristmasspectrestingy