A Christmas Carol

1984 · 101 min · EN · PG · 7.5 (441 votes)

Dir. Clive Donner · Starring George C. Scott, Roger Rees, David Warner, Susannah York, Edward Woodward, Angela Pleasence · Music Nick Bicât

“A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!”

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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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A timeless, spectral journey through a miser's past, present, and future. It's a cozy, melancholic, yet ultimately hopeful holiday classic that reminds us of the spirit of Christmas and the possibility of redemption.

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