Movie Trailer for A Christmas Carol (1999) starring Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West directed by David Hugh Jones Movie Review

A Christmas Carol (1999)

Certificate

Length

95 mins

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie

Director

David Hugh Jones

Cast

Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West, Trevor Peacock

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Trailer for A Christmas Carol

Now one of the few differences in this version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is the opening because on a snowy day we watch as Scrooge buries his business partner Jacob Marley and vows to make the business they started the most prosperous off of the back of others idleness. It makes a nice change to the usual opening narration which informs us of Marley's passing and the transition as we watch the sign outside the business rust alludes to the passing of times, 7 years to be exact. ... Read Review

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