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Features: DVD, Black & White
The producers are pleased to present this holiday classic, fully restored and re-mastered from the original 35mm negative discovered in England. Some of Britain's best filmmakers united to produce one of England's greatest classics in this, the most well-known and critically-acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale. With an authentic, dramatic script by director Noel Langley, a superb performance by Alastair Sim and company and under the careful direction of Brian Desmond-Hurst, the 1951 film version of A Christmas Carol emerges as an outstanding cinematic presentation.
Editor's Note
Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) contentedly meanders through his life as a cruel miser until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghosts. The spirits show him how his behavior has degenerated over the years as his heart has become colder. Using events from Scrooge's idealistic past, dreary present, and dismal future, the apparitions try their best to melt his steely soul. Will Scrooge see the error of his ways and learn the true meaning of Christmas? Check out this hailed classic and find out! Many critics widely consider this the definitive film version of Charles Dickens' cherished novel.
Plot Summary
In this adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol," a remake of the 1938 film, miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and reforms his heartless and money-grubbing ways after being visited on Christmas Eve by four Ghosts: his old business partners Jacob and Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
| Features | Region 0 | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono - English | | Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional | | Additional Release Material:
| Alternate Audio Tracks: Optional Narrative for the Blind | | Introduction: Patrick Macnee - Star | | Bonus Footage: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER cartoon | | Interactive Features:
| Scene Access | | Interactive Motion Menus | | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Biographies | | Production Notes |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Video Communications |
| Release Date: 11/5/2002 |
| Running Time: 86 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1951 | | Catalog ID: 8215 | | UPC: 00089859821523 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...This flick is not only the gold standard against which all other holiday films should be measured, but also one of the greatest films ever made, period..." 12/12/2003 p.64Wall Street Journal
"[T]his is the definitive choice among all the feature versions....Alastair Sim, gimlet-eyed and gleefully acidulous, is Scrooge..." 11/06/2009 |
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