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A Christmas Carol (1999)

A Christmas Carol poster
Directed by
David Hugh Jones
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 231 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A miserly old man is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. They show him visions of his past, present, and future to teach him compassion and generosity.

wintrysomberredemptivetimelesssentimentalearnestslow-pacedmoralistic

What happens

A Christmas Carol is a 1999 Christmas fantasy television film based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol that was first televised December 5, 1999, on TNT. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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