The story is familar - miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by 3 ghosts who profoundly change his attitude towards Christmas.
This version is well cast, handsomely mounted, well acted and adapted with intelligence. And it stars George C Scott as Scrooge.
Scott was a fine actor, but he wouldn't have been my obvious choice for Scrooge. I have always seen Scrooge in my mind's eye, as stooped, wizened, wrinkly, callow, mean-spirited - in short, exactly like tge cliche multiple tellings have made of him. But Scott plays him as strong, hale, and intelligent, whose attitude towards Christmas is at least partly born of reason. It is an interesting interpretation, and it works.
Thiversion is worth watching.
This version is well cast, handsomely mounted, well acted and adapted with intelligence. And it stars George C Scott as Scrooge.
Scott was a fine actor, but he wouldn't have been my obvious choice for Scrooge. I have always seen Scrooge in my mind's eye, as stooped, wizened, wrinkly, callow, mean-spirited - in short, exactly like tge cliche multiple tellings have made of him. But Scott plays him as strong, hale, and intelligent, whose attitude towards Christmas is at least partly born of reason. It is an interesting interpretation, and it works.
Thiversion is worth watching.