Despite being made directly for television, it impresses with its technical aspects and with the talents of its actors. Not to say that the rest of the film is in any way inferior.
The scene where he meets his remaining family after he has repented is easily one of the most poignant in the entire film and made possible solely through the talent of Scott. The sheer talent and charisma of this man is by itself enough to carry a movie. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come are once again brilliantly represented, managing to drive the point of giving and sharing in, but the real star of the show has to be George C. An old miser gets haunted by his old partner, who in turn warns that he's about to be visited by three ghosts in the course of the night in order to teach him about the perils of his miserly nature. The original story is of course wonderful. And over the years it has become one of the most well-known adaptations of the original tale. This time made directly for television, yet starring George C. Once again a retelling of the classic Charles Dickens novella. When the decorations come out of the basement, this film should find its way into the DVD player at least once during the season. The 1984 version of A Christmas Carol should be a required part of every household's celebration of the holiday. You won't often find this version aired on television anymore, and that is a disappointment. The important tale of morality shines through in every frame, though. The film even borders on frightening in several scenes involving the spirits. 19th Century London comes to life in Clive Donner's visionary style. The supporting performances are uniformly excellent, as are the costumes, music, and scenery. He has too much dignity, and his Scrooge projects his emotion in a realistic manner. He's never going to go dancing down the street in a fit of joy. Too gruff in fact for some critics who claim he is unable to project the new-found glee that he awakens to on Christmas morning after the spirits teach him a valuable lesson. We all know the story of this stingy businessman who is haunted by the ghost of his dead partner, then by three other spirits later on that evening.
Scott is simply incredible as Ebenezer Scrooge. The lack of color is perhaps the biggest shortcoming of that version, although the acting was wonderful. And yes, the Hound has seen the 1951 version which was also good, but not good enough.
#A christmas carol 1984 tv
So this made for TV film scores only a 7.6 on this site? Bah! Humbug! Without question this 1984 version of Dickens' classic tale is the best ever made. Dickens felt it was not so much a Christmas story but a story of the responsibility the rich have to their fellow man. Other stories have tended to focus too much on Scrooge while sometimes ignoring the important allegorical aspects of the tale. The hungry masses were only alluded to or shown in a cleaned up way in other versions, but here starvation and desolation are ugly and important to the plot and are just as Dickens had intended. I am not saying subsequent versions are bad (the Patrick Stewart version is excellent), but that the Scott version is so perfect and well-crafted that there is simply no need to try again! Scot is the best Scrooge-with malevolence and selfishness in spades! In addition, despite this, there is a deeper humanity about his character and the writers were brilliant to focus so much on the societal aspects of the story as well. Scott they should have stopped making remakes. I have seen many different versions of this story and I think that after the 1984 version with George C.
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