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Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:40 on 20th October 2009 By my count, there are 38 versions and adaptations of Dickens's classic Christmas story. Which one is your favourite? My personal favourite is still, and probably always will be, Scrooge (1951; U.S. title: A Christmas Carol) starring Alistair Sim (Scrooge), Mervyn Johns (Bob Cratchit), Michael Hordern (Jacob Marley), Hermione Baddeley (Mrs. Cratchit) and a very young Patrick Macnee (Young Jacob Marley). To me, it remains the most stark, atmospheric and gloomy version--much like London must have been in the early 19th century. Sim is absolutely brilliant as Scrooge! |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:54 on 20th October 2009 The Muppet Christmas Carol!!!!
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Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:39 on 21st October 2009 I have two favourites, the 1984 version with George C. Scott, and The Muppet Christmas Carol, which is most definitely worth a viewing if you haven't already. It's hilarious! |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 05:07 on 21st October 2009 I'm with you Rob. I love the Alistair Sim version.
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Shirley K. Lawson Posts: 2310 Joined: 17th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 09:07 on 21st October 2009 You people took the thought right out of my head, with both the original one and the Muppets. Though I admit the one they are about ready to come out with don't look to bad either. Other favorites are entertainment shows I've tapes over the years, Nashville, Barbara Mandrell, Donnie and Marie Osmond, Peter, Paul amd Merry Christmas Concert, Tim Allens first "Santa Claus" "Eloise",and there are an host more of them also. I use to pull me up an chair and sit there singing along and making ribbon "doves" for Christmas oranaments. I always thought "Madonna" would be the perfect person to do an Chirstmas show on the "Madonna's of the world (statues/pictures) and English estates and how people celebrate the Season. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:30 on 21st October 2009 My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the one with Patrick Stewart, Richard Grant, and Joel Grey. It's become a tradition to watch it after all of the dishes have been washed and put away from Thanksgiving dinner. |
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:13 on 21st October 2009 Difficult to choose a favorite - I say line them up and I'll try to have watched them all by Christmas. If I could only have one, well, I'm a sucker for Patrick Stewart reading anything! The telephone directory, directions on a medicine bottle, whatever! Can't wait to see how Jim Carey interprets Scrooge, in 3D no less! |
| Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA | quotePosted at 02:15 on 22nd October 2009 I have to say that I also like the Patrick Stewart version. I like the George C. Scott version, too, though I found David Warner and Susannah York unconvincing as the Cratchits. And the Muppets paired with Michael Caine was a riot--Gonzo as Charles Dickens was inspired!. |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 05:57 on 22nd October 2009 Patrick Stewart's version is my favourite. I do enjoy watching Scrooged though - the 1980s version with Bill Murray! |
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