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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 8103
Released: October 5, 1999 |
| Our Price: $34.95 |
| Used Price: $32.80 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Christmas elicits nothing more than "Bah, humbug!" from Ebenezer Scrooge (Scott), a miser whose sole pursuit of financial success has left him a bitter and lonely old man. But a Christmas Eve visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future ultimately teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas and to the joys of friends and family.
Description of A Christmas Carol:
In the same year that he directed a handsome version of The Scarlet Pimpernel for television, Clive Donner also made this worthy 1984 small-screen production of the Dickens tale. George C. Scott can't quite muster a decent English accent, but he does bring some new colors to this movie's interpretation of Scrooge, making the character less nasty for the sake of nastiness and more a product of a life of lovelessness. The supporting cast is first-rate, and the production is far more handsome than most TV fare. --Tom Keogh
A Christmas Carol Reviews:
The One and only Scrooge 
2009-12-28 -
In my opinion this is simply THE BEST SCROOGE better then all the rest.At 74 years old I have seen them all.Don't waste your time and $ go this way.
Still a Classic!
2009-12-28 - This is my favorite Christmas movie and I watch every year! I am now sharing it with my grandchildren!
A Fantastic Version!!!
2009-12-27 - I like almost everything about this version of A Christmas Carol. The supporting cast is excellent. Edward Woodward as The Ghost of Christmas Present almost steals the movie! The sets and costumes are wonderful. The sooty, smoky London exterior shots capture the haunting quality of the story. George C. Scott plays an excellent Scrooge. He is my favorite Scrooge(and I have seen the Albert Finney and Alstair Sim versions). I admit his lack of a convincing british accent is annoying at times and Angela Pleasence disappoints me as Christmas Past. What I love most about this movie is the chill factor. This is the only film to capitilize on the genuine chill of the novel. The dark streets, the hearse carriage, the lightning when Christmas Yet to Come is on screen and the bony finger pointing the way. As a whole, the Patrick Stewart version is the best and most faithful to the story, but George C. Scott is Scrooge all the way! A note to previous poster's, this version comes on tv every year. This year it was played several times on AMC(American Movie Classics). No one should be disappointed in this purchase!
One of the best versions of Charles Dickens's masterpiece.
2009-12-25 -
In 1837 in the streets of London on Christmas Eve, a sour old rich miser named Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) always would rob the widows and swindle the poor as he hates christmas since he was young. His worker Bob Cratchit (David Warner) is a family man with a beautiful wife (Susanne York), a sickly crippled boy named Tiny Tim (Anthony Walters) and a loving family that he's trying to provide yet he's quite underpaid by his greedy boss. Later on he is haunted by the spirit of former partner Jacob Marley (Frank Finlay) as he warns him that he spent his life of greed with no joy for christmas or any human being leaving him in chains to be doomed and the same thing will happen to Scrooge if doesn't change his ways. Three spirits of past, Present and Future (Angeleca Pleasance, Edward Woodard and Michael Carter) pay a visit to see him as they will change his life and make him appreciate christmas.
One of the better adaptations of the immortal and timeless Dickens classic! George Scott is wonderfully casted as the main character who portrays a nastiness in the character and the other actors who played the other characters. The special effects in this production aren't too bad for a wonderful christmas feature that shows us the meaning of Christmas including being unloved yet you can believe it.
This DVD has a good transfer even on the sound category with one extra being the trailer.
Forget Patton
2009-12-24 - Forget Patton. George C. Scott's greatest performance was as Mr. Scrooge! With all prior efforts to adapt this one--and all the efforts since, this is by far the most powerful.
