A Christmas Carol (1984a)

Country of Origin: USA/UK
Date of Original Broadcast: 17 December 1984
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 101 mins
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Entertainment Partners (Enterprise) Ltd
Executive Producer: Robert E. Fuisz
Producers: William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman
Production Supervisor: Norman Foster

SCRIPT
Teleplay by: Roger O. Hirson
Novel: Charles Dickens

DIRECTION
Director: Clive Donner
Assistant Directors: Roger Simons, Gareth Tandy, Ian Hickinbotham

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tony Imi
Gaffer: Micky Wilson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Tanner

MUSIC
Music: Nick Bicât
Music Director: Tony Britten
Music Editor: Michael Connell

SOUND
Sound Recording: David Crozier
Sound Re-Recording: Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Editor: James Shields

MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Makeup Designer: Christine Beveridge
Makeup Chief: Neville Smallwood
Make-up: Joan Hills
Costume Designer: Evangeline Harrison
Wardrobe Supervisor: Patrick Wheatley

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Effects Associates Ltd
Special Effects Supervisor: Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects: Graham Longhurst

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: General Screen Enterprises
Opticals: Optical Film Effects

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Roger Murray-Leach
Art Directors: Peter Childs, Harry Cordwell

OTHER SOURCES
Production Assistant: Kelly Howard-Garde
Choreography: Eleanor Fazan

LOCATIONS
Locations: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Location Manager: Nigel Goldsack

CASTING
Casting: Noel Davis

CAST
George C. Scott (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Frank Finlay (Jacob Marley)
Angela Pleasence (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Edward Woodward (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Michael Carter (Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
David Warner (Bob Cratchit)
Susannah York (Mrs Cratchit)
Anthony Walters (Tiny Tim)
Roger Rees (Fred Holywell/narrator)
Caroline Langrishe (Janet Holywell)
Lucy Gutteridge (Belle)
Nigel Davenport (Silas Scrooge)
Mark Strickson (young Scrooge)
Joanne Whalley (Fan)
Timothy Bateson (Mr Fezziwig)
Michael Gough (Mr Poole)
John Quarmby (Mr Harking)
Peter Woodthorpe (old Joe)
Liz Smith (Mrs Dilber)
Brian Pettifer (Ben)
Catherine Hall (Meg)
Peter Settelen (Belle's husband)
Pat Rose (Mrs Fezziwig)
Joseph Blatchley (George)
Gavin Asher (Alfred)
Rebecca Burrill (Anne)
Cathryn Harrison (Kate)
Daniel Chatto (William)
Tim Munro (Mr Topper)
Alan Bodenham (poulterer)
Spencer Banks (Dick Wilkins)
Louise Gasser (Martha)
Kieron Hughes (Peter Cratchit)
Sasha Wells (Belinda Cratchit)
Orlando Wells (little boy Cratchit)
Nancy Dodds (little girl Cratchit)
Ian Giles (boy who gets turkey)

Ebenezer Scrooge is the meanest man in town and hates Christmas almost as much as he loves his money. But one Christmas Eve, he's visited by a series of ghosts who make him see the true meaning of Christmas - and a warning of what life may hold if he doesn't change his ways...

USA
Video Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
DVD Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (4112751)

1985
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (George C. Scott) - nominated

1984
December
17: USA - television broadcast

1989
December
24: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1999
October
5: USA - DVD release (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (4112751))

December
18: UK - television broadcast (on ITV (Londown Weekend Television))

2001
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV1)

Charles Dickens Weihnachtsgeschichte - German title
Cuento de Navidad - Venezuelan title
Cuentos de Navidad - Spanish title
En spökhistoria - Swedish title

MAGAZINES

TV Times 23 December 1989 - 5 January 1990 p.47 (UK)
review

BOOKS

A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.215
credits

book into film, christmas, misers, scrooge, ghosts, redemption, children

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008