An American Christmas Carol

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An American Christmas Carol

Miserly businessman gives up the love of his life, the respect of his friends, and the ability to enjoy life for the lust of filthy lucre, the pride of ambition, and the euphoria of being the wealthiest man in town. Misery was his constant bedfellow until a vision of a lonely, unloved future is presented to him in all it's ugly wretchedness. Excellent re-make, almost as good as the George C. Scott version. What was the 70's hairstyle doing on a man living in the 20's?

When asked recently what my favourite version of A Christmas Carol was, I had to respond with this movie. Henry Winkler provides a character in this adaptation that is the most believable amongst other perennial favorites in the role of Scrooge (Mr. Slate in this case). It has been a while since I have seen the film and I am disappointed not to find it on TV again this year. I could use the refreshing view this film provided to the tired Allister Sims or Gorge C. Scott versions.

It takes a great movie "for me" to voice my opinion, but this is such a great version I had to speak out. Although there are other versions "and there are many" this is the one that puts a jump in my step, this is the one that I go out of my way to watch. I actually plan my TV viewing time around it every year, the President could be declaring war, and I'll change the channel on him. One year it was not playing on any of the station so I went out and bought a copy. Now I have it on file forever, and can watch it any time I choose "but seriously" it literary kills me to have to wait until Christmas time to watch it. One year "I couldn't wait" so I whipped out my disk "slid it in the player" and watched it in July. Be cool John, R.I.

I haven't seen it in about 15 years, but I really did like this version of A Christmas Carol. Yeah, it deviated a bit from the original story, but... so what? I could relate to it more. Seems like ABC would have this one to broadcast annually, but I guess they tossed it when the Fonzie furor was over. Actually, I'm not sure if he was best cast as the American Scrooge, but that didn't take away from the story. Call me delusional, but I consider it an unappreciated holiday classic.

"An American Christmas Carol" has always been a favorite of mine. It doesn't show up on television that often anymore. I think it faded away because it was a tv-movie and even the great ones don't get the same attention that theatrical movies get. "An American Christmas Carol" is one of the great ones. The 1930s setting is terrific. It fits the theme of the movie much better than a modern setting would have. The ace in the hole of this movie is Henry Winkler. Winkler is a wildly underrated actor and he's great in this movie. The rest of the cast is also very good. "An American Christmas Carol" certainly delivers the goods at the end (the way all Scrooge movies should). My favorite Scrooge movie is the 1970 musical "Scrooge" but "An American Christmas Carol" is not far behind.

I have loved this movie for a long time. Unfortunately, where I live my searches of TV schedules over the years have turned up nothing. It is very nice that I can finally give this movie the praise it deserves. It was a grand experience discovering that Henry Winkler was an actor of this range. I also was impressed that he and the studio chose a different presentation of this timeless story. To conclude, I thank this venue for allowing me to sing the praise of this movie so many years later, while I again search for replays of it on TV.

This is a great movie. It has great acting. It also has a great story line. It also has great special effects. I am glade to see it got a 6.9. But still this is such a great movie that 6.9 is underrating it. This movie is a 9 out of 10. It is kind of spooky at time. A Christmas Carol (1951) is better. A Christmas Carol (1910) is also better. Scrooge (1935) is also better. But still this a great movie. It is one very good fantasy movie. See it. It is one of the best movies of all time. See this movie. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say A Christmas Carol (1938) is also better. But this is a great movie. See it.