some points:
it's a tv movie so that takes it down for me
david warner as cratchit was a miscast. cratchit was suppose to be bent over and worn down from long hours of work and carrying tiny tim around.
the movie is just not as funny as the 1951 version. that movie had some great humor.
i do like the fact they included more scenes in this version. i always wished the 1951 version was a bit longer.
george c scott was great as scrooge. sim was greater.
MY PREFERRED CHRISTMAS CAROL...
https://moviechat.org/tt0216621/A-Christmas-Carol
i haven't seen that one either.
shareI like that one too. I actually own multiple versions and enjoy watching them all. The Stewart version has a truly remarkable cast. Joel Grey rather sticks out as the lone American among all those Brits but he’s great, and ethereal as Christmas Past. The portrayal always makes me think of Roddy McDowell as Ariel in an old BBC production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Richard E. Grant is by far my favorite Cratchit.
I think the Stewart version was US-made? Hallmark Hall of Fame, I think? (Not to be confused with Hallmark Channel xmas movies).
How do you like the 1970 musical cinema release, Scrooge, with Albert Finney? I love Fezziwig’s Christmas Eve party in that version. 🙂
It's funny you say that because the 1951 version had way more things in it. I have to admit when watching the 1951 version with Allistar Simm last year for the first time since about 2013, I felt there were way too many extra things in it I felt. I liked that they did more with Jacob Marley but his death scene was unnecessary I felt. I also didn't care for the extra scene I have not seen in any other adaptation where he takes over his former employer's business and fires some of his employees out of spite. I feel like his former love Belle saying to him, "You have changed and become worse." works well enough without showing a bunch of extra cruel things he did.
I also admit I didn't care for the extra scene in the 1951 version I've not seen anywhere else where he sees his sister die. I rather just prefer what this one with George C. Scott did where the spirit briefly mentions her dying and that Fred looks similar to her. But that's just how I feel. Then again, I am biased as I grew up watching the George C. Scott version since it's a favorite of my Dad's.
I just saw it as well.
My take? It's my favorite version of the tale.
My favorite version.
shareBest version, which is amazing considering it's a tv movie.
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