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21/12/1971 Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Family, TV Movie 0h 25m
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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.

  1. Richard Williams

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alastair Sim

    Scrooge (voice)

  2. Michael Redgrave

    Narrator (voice)

  3. Diana Quick

    Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

  4. Joan Sims

    Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

  5. Michael Hordern

    Marley's Ghost (voice)

  6. Paul Whitsun-Jones

    Fezziwig (voice)

  7. David Tate

    Scrooge's Nephew/ Charity Man (voice)

  8. Felix Felton

    Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

  9. Annie West

    Belle (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-20
There are some astonishingly good time-lapse animations in this very heavily abridged version of the famous Charles Dickens Christmas story. It helps that Alastair Sim reprises his characterful role from 1951 and what now ensues is an engaging and quickly paced version of the tale of the miser who has four visitations early one Christmas morning. One from his erstwhile, now late, business partner then three that reflect his childhood, his present and the potential for his future - and it's that last part that makes him realise that, well we know the rest. The script retains much of the salient...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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