A Christmas Carol (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 5 December 1999
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hallmark Entertainment Productions and TNT present
Copyright: © 1999 Hallmark Entertainment Productions, LLC
Executive Producers: Robert Halmi, Sr., Patrick Stewart
Executive Producer For Flying Freehold, Inc.: Wendy Neuss
Produced by: Dyson Lovell
Line Producer: Chris Thompson
Associate Producer: Peter Barnes
Production Co-ordinator: Erica Bensly

SCRIPT
Written For Television by: Peter Barnes
Based on the Novel by: Charles Dickens

DIRECTION
Directed by: David Jones
First Assistant Director: Gareth Tandy
Second Assistant Director: Toby Hefferman
Third Assistant Director: Tamana Bleasdale

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ian Wilson
Gaffer: Norman Smith

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: David Martin
Assistant Editor: Guy Ducker

MUSIC
Music by: Stephen Warbeck
Music Conducted by: Nick Ingham
Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright
Recording Engineer: Chris Dibble
Asst. Recording Engineer: Erik Jordan
Music Editor: Andy Glen
Music Contractor: Isobel Griffiths
Musical Assistants: Andrew Green, Bernie Lafontaine

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: David Crozier
Sound Editor: Nick Adams
Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hamblin
Re-Recorded at: De Lane Lea

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Charles Knode
Co-Costume Designer: Robert Worley
Wardrobe Supervisor: Graham Churchyard
Wardrobe Mistress: Lindsay Pugh
Wardrobe Assistant: Hilary Guthrie
Make-Up & Hair Designer: Norma Webb
Make-Up & Hair Stylists: Tricia Cameron, Andrea Pennal, Sallie Evans

SPECIAL EFFECTS
SFX Supervisor: Richard Conway

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Visual Effects: Framestore & CFC
Visual Effects Supervisors: Mike McGee, Tim Greenwood
VFX Co-ordinator: Matthew Cope
VFX Cameraman: Stefan Lange
VFX Xmas Past Based on: Joyce Tenneson's Light Writings
Titles and Opticals by: General Screen Enterprises

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designed by: Roger Hall
Supervising Art Director: Alan Tomkins
Art Directors: Gary Freeman, Tom Brown
Set Decorator: Karen Brookes
Property Master: John Mills
Construction Manager: Geoffrey Kingsley

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Jean Bourne
Financial Controller: Andy Hennigan
Dance Choreographer: Pat Garrett

LOCATIONS
Filmed on location in England and at Ealing Studios, London, UK
Location Managers: Chris Brock, Robin Higgs

CASTING
Casting by: Joyce Gallie
Casting Coordinator: Sally Osoba
Assistant Casting Director: Rebecca Wright

CAST
Patrick Stewart (Mr Ebenezer Scrooge)
Richard E. Grant (Bob Cratchit)
Joel Grey (The Ghost of Christmas Past)
Ian McNeice (Mr Albert Fezziwig)
Saskia Reeves (Mrs Cratchit)
Desmond Barrit (The Ghost of Christmas Present)
Bernard Lloyd (Jacob Marley)
Dominic West (Fred Bowley)
Trevor Peacock (Old Joe)
Liz Smith (Mrs Dilber)
Elizabeth Spriggs (Mrs Riggs)
Kenny Doughty (young Scrooge)
Laura Fraser (Belle)
Celia Imrie (Mrs Bennett)

With
John Franklyn-Robbins (Mr Crump)
Roger Frost (clergyman)
Edward Petherbridge (Foster)
Jeremy Swift (Williams)
Leagh Conwell (boy caroller)
Rowland Stirling (child scrooge)
Josh Maguire (boy Scrooge)
Rosie Wiggins (Mrs Fran Scrooge Bowley)
Matthew Cottle (Dick Wilkins)
Annette Badland (Mrs Fezziwig)
Michael Green (Eli Fezziwig)
Charlotte Brittain (Marigold Fezziwig)
Lynn Ferris (Daisy Fezziwig)
Holly Hutchings (Lily Fezziwig)
Tom Towndrow (Peter Cratchit)
Zoe Timmins (Belinda Cratchit)
Tabitha Francis (young girl Cratchit)
Barnaby Francis (young boy Cratchit)
Claire Slater (Martha Cratchit)
Ben Tibber (Tiny Tim)
Bruce Alexander (Mr Bennett)
Crispin Letts (Topper Haines)
Annabel Mullion (Emily Bowley)
Helen Coker (Betsy)
Pooky Quesnel (Maude)
Leanne Howard-Williams (Want)
Daniel Booroff (Ignorance)
Tim Potter (The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
Gawn Grainger (1st broker)
Roger Hammond (2nd broker)
Stephen Moore (3rd Broker)
Claire Adamson (Caroline)
Joe Jones (Caroline's husband)
Billy Seymour (turkey boy)
Jack Chissick (poulterer)
Debbie Chazen (Fred's maid)

PLOT SUMMARY

On Christmas Eve, the miserly Scrooge is visited by three spirits, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, who attempt to teach him the error of his ways by showing him how he has impacted on the lives of others. As Christmas Day dawns, will they have been successful - will Scrooge have learned his lesson?

Patrick Stewart recreates his hit stage role in the best adaptation of the Dickens novel since Alistair Sim took the role in Scrooge (1951). Like a lot of Hallmark's productions, it's perhaps a little too slick and glossy for its own good, but it scores high on the feel-good factor and both Stewart and Richard E. Grant are on excellent form.

Brazil
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video

UK
Television Distributor: Channel 4

USA
Television Distributor: TNT

1999
December
5: USA - television broadcast

2000
November
27: UK - video release

2002
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

2006
December
24: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

POSTER TAGS

In Just One Night, He Has Seen His Past, His Present, And His Future... And They've All Come Back To Haunt Him.

Conto de Natal - Brazilian title
Cuento de Navidad - Venezuelan title

2000
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award Best Genre TV Actor (Patrick Stewart) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Single Genre Television Presentation - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries Movie or a Special (Ian Wilson) - nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards, USA
Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (Patrick Stewart) - nominated

SEE ALSO
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1994)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Christmas Carol (1984b)
A Christmas Carol (1908)
A Christmas Carol (1910)
A Christmas Carol (1915)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Carol (1947)
A Christmas Carol (1953)
A Christmas Carol (1971)
A Christmas Carol (1977)
A Christmas Carol (1984a)
A Christmas Carol (1997)
The Christmas Carol (1949)
Christmas Glory 2000 (2000)
Christmas Present (1985)
Diva's A Christmas Carol (2000)
Ebbie (1995)
Ebenezer (1997)
Flintstones A Christmas Carol (1994)
The Jetsons Christmas Carol (1985)
Leyenda de Navidad (1947)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Mr Scrooge (1964)
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
The Right to Be Happy (1916)
Scrooge (1901)
Scrooge (1913)
Scrooge (1922)
Scrooge (1923)
Scrooge (1935)
Scrooge (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooge (1978)
Scrooge and Marley (2001)
Scrooged (1988)
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
O Velho Scrooge (1963)
The Virtue of Rags (1912)

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