What is your favorite movie version of a Christmas carol?

[Tripe]

jobs a good 'un then

Edit: aww crush over I see

[valeyard]

"Thank you very much! Thank you very much!  That's the nicest thing that anyone's eva done for me.... it seems a bit bizarre.. with things the way they are...."

This thread makes me feel like singing!  I once got in a bit of a quarrel with a lameass clerk at the local Hollywood rental place because he said a "musical version of the Christmas Carol doesn't exist"... and I had to set him straight.

Don't forget the soup man dancing right on Scrooge's coffin.  Great stuff.

[BEERxTaco]

I am really surprised with the amount of nerd-dom we have on this board there isn't any support for the Patrick Stewart version... I found it thoroghly enjoyable.

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[Chaos]

I would also have to say the Muppet Christmas Carol is my favourite version, aside from re-reading the actual book. I do both each year... it's part of my Christmas tradition.

Every year on Christmas Eve, we sit down as a family with lots of homemade nibblies for supper, fresh homemade hot cocoa, and watch The Muppet Christmas Carol. It's the only night of the year we ever eat in the living room and watch TV. This is actually going to be the first year our daughter gets to join in on the fun, as she's just now old enough to stay up that late. I think she's more excited about it than I am.

[BEERxTaco]

It's the only night of the year we ever eat in the living room and watch TV.

Interestingly, that's the only night of the year we DON'T eat in front of the TV in the living room !   

[Doctor Who?]

Definitely, the Muppets Christmas Carol is my favorite of the adaptations. And what are you guys talking about "When Love is Gone" not being on the DVD. My version has it. I know, because I fast forward through the stupid thing every time.

I remember seeing years ago an adaptation that really impressed me. The primary thing I remember about it ws that at one point, Scrooge goes to hell, and is put in a freezing office. The devil tells him he'll be the only one in Hell complaining about the cold. Which version was this, does anybody know?

Well I have the 50 years of the Muppets DvD version that cam out last year and the Widescreen version of the movie dosen't have the song on it.

Everyone who love the Muppets should rent that version just for the commentary by Brian Hesson,it's very good.

I had no idea making a Muppet movie was so hard.

[Hebs]

Don't forget the soup man dancing right on Scrooge's coffin.  Great stuff.

Coffin-dancing is very hard to make amiable, isn't it? 

[MikeKz]

A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott.

[ImOscardotcom]

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[Zardoz!]

Definitely, the Muppets Christmas Carol is my favorite of the adaptations. And what are you guys talking about "When Love is Gone" not being on the DVD. My version has it. I know, because I fast forward through the stupid thing every time.

I remember seeing years ago an adaptation that really impressed me. The primary thing I remember about it ws that at one point, Scrooge goes to hell, and is put in a freezing office. The devil tells him he'll be the only one in Hell complaining about the cold. Which version was this, does anybody know?

The musical version, Scrooge, starring Alec Guiness as Jacob Marley and albert finney as scrooge.

[Phantom of Krankor]

The Geroge C Scott version, bottom line, end of discussion. Its versions of Jacob Marley and the ghost of christmas future scare the living crap out of me.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

The Geroge C Scott version, bottom line, end of discussion. Its versions of Jacob Marley and the ghost of christmas future scare the living crap out of me.

Last minute heads up.....

That version is about to air on AMC - today, the 15th at 3:45pm EST.  Followed by Santa Claus: The Movie with Huddleson and Dudley Moore.

Followed by two showings of Miss Congeniality - don't ask me why.

EDIT: Wait....now they're saying that the next movie is going to be The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.....?   WTF?

Well, to make it up here's two songs from my fave...."Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"

"All Alone In the World"

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"We're Despicable (Plunderer's March)

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[gbeenie]

I really like the 1984 George C Scott version (Edward Woodward as Ghost of Christmas Present is great)
Also like Mr. Magoo, although I haven't seen it in years (I remember the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come as being genuinely frightening)
And I'm fond of the Muppet version, even though Muppets projects without Jim Henson as Kermit make me sad.

[Darth Geek]

I can remember going to see the Mickey's Christmas Carol when I was a little kid. I got so scared at the parts with the Ghost opf Christmas Yet to Come that I made my parents leave the theater and take me home. While I didn't like it then (I was 7), now I appreciate that they made a character that was intended to be frightening, frightening. You would never get that anymore.

On another note, was that the origin of Scrooge McDuck?

[Tripe]

Also like Mr. Magoo, although I haven't seen it in years (I remember the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come as being genuinely frightening)

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Wow this was first shown on my  -13th birthday

I love the scene of Scrooge's servants dividing up his possessions (including his still warm sheets) in the book, it's another example of Dickens' brilliant touch for the horrible.