A Christmas Carol

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A Christmas Carol
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 16, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1951
  • Label: VCI Video

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User Ratings: 53,501
Other Christmas Carols need not apply. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Nov 27, 2008
A sturdy 1951 British mounting of the Dickens tale, with Alastair Sim contributing a definitive Scrooge. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Dec 5, 2012
Rating: 4/5 -- Inarguably the definitive and best adaptation of Charles Dickens' seminal Christmas fable. Full Review
Patrick Nabarro
Nov 10, 2018
Rating: 4/5 -- Watching most versions, the viewer is tempted to punch happy Scrooge. Here we yearn to share a sherry with the newly jolly rogue. Full Review
Irish Times
Jan 10, 2017
Rating: 4/5 -- All in all, a beguiling festive treat. Full Review
BBC.com
Jun 13, 2001
Though Dickens' frank sentimentality calls for broad treatment, Brian Desmond Hurst's direction is too often heavy as well. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Dec 5, 2008
Rating: 4/5 -- This faithful adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a rare beast indeed, a genuinely affecting melodrama. Full Review
Total Film
Dec 6, 2013

Product Description:

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.

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  • Sales Rank: 115,969
  • UPC: 089859885129
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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