

A Christmas Carol
A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!
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.
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- Language
- English
- future
- based on novel or book
- holiday
- redemption
- charity
- miser
- ghost
- moral transformation
- ghosts of the past
- christmas
- spectre
- stingy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TVPGCBS17 Dec 1984
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU9 Oct 1984
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG9 Oct 1984
GermanyDE
- TV6ARD24 Dec 1991
JapanJP
- TheatricalG20 Nov 1985
NetherlandsNL
- TV623 Nov 1984
SwedenSE
- TVTV424 Dec 2001
- PhysicalBtlDVD3 Dec 2008
Frequently asked questions
A Christmas Carol was released on 9 October 1984.
Audience reviews
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John Chard
12/28/2014
A Christmas Carol (1984) Wonderful Adaptation. The 1984 TV version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a joyous thing. Fronted by George C. Scott as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, Clive Donner’s movie pays great respects to the source material and garners a multi stranded piece of brilliance out of Scott. The characters of course remain the same, but headed by Scrooge having a complex and painful backgroun…
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Wuchak
4/12/2022
_**The classic tale in glorious color with George C. Scott**_ In early 1840’s London, a wealthy miser who hates Christmas (George C. Scott) gains insights on the past, present and future. Will he write these experiences off as dreams or will he make some much needed changes? Despite being a TV production, this 1984 rendition of "A Christmas Carol" is one of the better versions of the oft-filmed tale by Charles…
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RottenPop
12/24/2024
#A Christmas Carol 88 of the 150 Movies of 1984 What are we dealing with here?: A Christmas Carol is an American dramatic fantasy film from director Clive Donner and writer Roger O. Hirson. This is one of many film adaptations of this classic Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It stars George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, and Susannah York. It was first released in the United Kingdom on October 9th, 1984.…
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