An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Directed by Eric Till
Genres - Fantasy, Children's/Family |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Period Film |
Release Date - Dec 16, 1979 (USA - Unknown), Dec 16, 1979 (USA) |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - Canada, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Made up to look like a septuagenarian, Henry Winkler plays Benedict Slade, a Scrooge-like miser living in a tiny New England town during the Depression. Slade goes Scrooge one further by repossessing items from a poor farm couple and an orphanage on Christmas eve. While reading a copy of Dickens' The Christmas Carol in his home, Slade is visited by his own set of Spirits Past, Present and Future, including his Hell-dwelling late business partner (Kenneth Pogue). Lensed in Canada, this made-for-TV film premiered the week before Christmas of 1979.
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Christmas, Christmas-spirit, businessperson, debt, family, financier, ghost, greed, holiday, redemption, self-discovery, selfishness, terminal-illness
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