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Post by quark12000 on Dec 6, 2019 14:44:21 GMT
I'm a huge fan of the Patrick Stewart version. I also have a CD of him doing a reading of the story, like Dickens used to do, where he plays all the parts. I just thought him a skosh young to play Scrooge in a visual adaptation. He's still, as always, excellent. By the by, Albert Finney was probably the youngest Scrooge, at a mere 34 when he played him. My mother has that CD of him reading. We actually took my mom and MIL )years ago) to see Charles Dickson's great grandson do a 1 man performance of a Christmas Carol. I thought he was just going to read it. But it was a real performance and absolutely amazing. Both mom's loved it. I think the Albert Finny one is the musical where they sing "Thank you very much" when Scrooge dies. My family will launch into that song throughout the year. Yep, that's the one. It's just called "Scrooge". There's also a musical version with Kelsey Grammar, but...no. Just, no.
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Post by quark12000 on Dec 6, 2019 14:46:27 GMT
TMC is showing the 1938 version (Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart) Sunday at 11AM. I love that one---I think it is the sweetest of the earlier versions. The Alistair Sim version is quite dark, IMHO. That said, I opted out of Christmas shows this afternoon and instead watched Stephen King's "Misery." So much for my holiday spirit, lol! I'm indifferent to the Owen version and love the Sim version for the same reasons. Ah, variety. Truly what makes life interesting! Well, there is a lot of snow in "Misery"... Oh! I forgot "Snow". But I'm a huge Tom Cavanaugh fan, so I'm biased.
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