A Christmas Carol (1984) starring
George C. Scott is The Younger Son's favorite of the Scrooge videos. It
is a good one. Scott is mean and devotedly business-like at first without being a miserly caricature and is utterly convincing post-conversion. The not-so-good parts:
- Nephew Fred just seems whiny;
- The Ghost of Christmas Present is scroogier than Scrooge and lacks any Christmas Spirit;
- Oppressive background music.
David Warner (
Aldous Gajic in
Grail, a
Babylon 5 episode, and several characters in the
Star Trek universe) is Bob Cratchit, and
Susannah York is his wife. The Tiny Tim in this version actually looks like he is sickly. The
woman who plays Mrs. Dilber here plays the same role in the
Patrick Stewart version.
the beginning of the movie:
12/25/2009: Salon.com loves this version:
Well, Cratchits and ghosts come and go, one might argue, but every "Christmas Carol" must rise or fall with its Scrooge. And on this point the 1984 version most emphatically ascends.
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