A Christmas Carol (Blu-ray + DVD)
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Also released as:
Scrooge (Colorized)
for $10
A Christmas Carol (2017)
for $5
A Christmas Carol
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- 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
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison & Jack Warner | |
Performer: | Hermione Baddeley | |
Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
Edited by | Clive Donner | |
Screenwriting by | Noel Langley | |
Composition by | Richard Addinsell | |
Story by | Charles Dickens | |
Produced by | George Minter | |
Director of Photography: | C. Pennington-Richards |
Entertainment Reviews:
Though Dickens' frank sentimentality calls for broad treatment, Brian Desmond Hurst's direction is too often heavy as well.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 5/5 --
This is easily the best screen version of the much loved yuletide tale.
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Radio Times
[T]his is the definitive choice among all the feature versions....Alastair Sim, gimlet-eyed and gleefully acidulous, is Scrooge...
Wall Street Journal
A sturdy 1951 British mounting of the Dickens tale, with Alastair Sim contributing a definitive Scrooge.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4/5 --
All in all, a beguiling festive treat.
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BBC.com
Rating: A+ --
The cinematography is uniformly strong with gorgeous shadows, lighting and atmosphere.
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rachelsreviews.net
You have what Scrooge himself might call 'Ho-hum-bug.'
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Time Out
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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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 116,370
- UPC: 089859905124
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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