Which Christmas Carol film is best?
This is as good a place to start as any, save for reading the original Christmas tale itself.
- A Flintstone’s Christmas Carol.
- A Christmas Carol (1999)
- A Christmas Carol (1997)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol.
- A Christmas Carol (1984)
- Scrooged.
- A Christmas Carol (1971)
- Scrooge (1935) Now we’re solidly into the classics.
Which version of A Christmas Carol is most accurate?
A Christmas Carol: Ranking 10 Versions From Least To Most Accurate To The Book
- 1 A Christmas Carol (1999)
- 2 A Christmas Carol (Short Film, 1971)
- 3 Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009)
- 4 A Christmas Carol (1985)
- 5 BBC Version (1977)
- 6 A Christmas Carol (1951)
- 7 A Christmas Carol (1938)
How many versions of Christmas Carol are there?
So, how many versions are there total? 135! The most famous ones that you’ll see on TV this season are Mickey’s Christmas Carol from 1983, the George C. Scott version (1984), Scrooge (1951), and Disney’s A Christmas Carol — which stars Jim Carrey as not only Scrooge, but the three ghosts as well.
Where was 1984 A Christmas Carol filmed?
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
This movie was filmed on location in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the English Midlands. It originally aired on the American television network CBS on 17 December 1984, and was released theatrically in Great Britain.
Is a Christmas carol based on a true story?
But is A Christmas Carol a true story? Well TBH, it’s not based on anything in particular. However, the character of Ebenezer Scrooge and the dire straights of the poorest people living in the city of London at the time drew from real people and places. Scrooge is believed to be based on two different men.
Which version of Christmas Carol was filmed in Shrewsbury?
Roger Hirson’s 1984 adaptation of Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, filmed in Shrewsbury, is still thought to be the definitive Christmas film. We take a nostalgic look back at the making of a classic.