A Christmas Carol is a 1999 television movie adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella. It was directed by David Hugh Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film is marketed with the tagline "In just one night, he has seen his past, his present, and his future... and they've all come back to haunt him." This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... Dickens redirects here. ... A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is Charles Dickens little Christmas Book first published on December 19,[1] 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ... Patrick Stewart, OBE, (born July 13, 1940) is an English film, television, and stage actor and Vice-Chancellor of Huddersfield University. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ...

Plot summary

In the Victorian period, Ebenezer Scrooge is a skinflint businessman who loathes the Christmas season and begrudges having to give time off to his best employee, Bob Cratchit. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of his late friend and partner, Jacob Marley, who in the afterlife has come to see the errors of his ways. Marley arranges for Scrooge to be visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come in hopes of teaching Scrooge of the importance of embracing the joy of the holiday season.

Main cast

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

Patrick Stewart, OBE, (born July 13, 1940) is an English film, television, and stage actor and Vice-Chancellor of Huddersfield University. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ... Joel Grey (born 11 April 1932 as Joel Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is a Jewish-American stage and screen actor. ... The Ghost of Christmas Past was a character in what was one of the best-known works of the English novelist, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. ... McNeice as Vladimir Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi Channels Dune miniseries Ian McNeice (born October 2, 1950 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK) is an internationally known English television and movie actor. ... British Actress; Dune (2000) Mini-series, Close My Eyes (1991). ... Desmond Barrit (born October 19, 1944 in Morriston) is a British actor who has starred in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company. ... The Ghost of Christmas Present was a character in what was one of the best-known works of the English novelist, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. ... Jacob Marley is a fictional character who appears in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. ... Dominic West (born September 3, 1969) is a British actor born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. ... Fred is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ... Trevor Peacock is a British character actor who has breathed life into such famous roles as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, Rouault in Madame Bovary (opposite Keith Barron) and Old Bailey in Neverwhere. ... Elizabeth Liz Smith (b. ... Elizabeth Spriggs (born 1929 in Buxton, England) is a British actress. ... Kenny Doughty (born 1975 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England) is a British actor. ... Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1976, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress. ... Celie Imrie (born 15 July 1952 in Guildford England) is a British actress. ...

Trivia

• Liz Smith appears as Mrs. Dilber in both this version and the 1984 version with George C. Scott.

Elizabeth Liz Smith (b. ... George C Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubricks George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. ...

External links

• A Christmas Carol at the Internet Movie Database