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A Christmas Carol (2004)

A Christmas Carol poster
Directed by
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
12+
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A miserly old man is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him his past, present, and future. This is a musical adaptation of the classic story by Charles Dickens.

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What happens

A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a 2004 American musical television film based on the 1994 stage musical by Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens inspired by the 1843 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Ahrens, the film stars Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Geraldine Chaplin, and Jason Alexander. The film premiered on November 28, 2004, on the NBC television network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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