A Christmas Carol (1999)

A Christmas Carol is a 1999 television movie adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novel. It was directed by David Hugh Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit.

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 ghost of his late friend and business 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.

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

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
 * Trevor Peacock - Old Joe
 * Liz Smith - Mrs. Dilber
 * Elizabeth Spriggs - Mrs. Riggs
 * Kenny Doughty - Young Ebenezer Scrooge
 * Laura Fraser - Belle
 * Celia Imrie - Mrs. Bennett