A Christmas carol [videorecording] / Renown Pictures Corporation; George Minter presents; produced and directed by Brian Desmond-Hurst ; adaptation and screenplay by Noel Langley.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Ultimate collector's ed.
Publisher:
VCI Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sd., b&w or col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. DVD release date: Oct. 23, 2007. Complete digitized and restored from multiple sources of 35 mm film elements and sound track elements by Point 360, Burbank, Calif. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary; cast biographies; disc 2: original American and British trailers; photo gallery; featurettes: Spirit of Christmas past: George Cole remembers Alastair Sim; Richard Gordon remembers George Minter & Renown Pictures; Charles Dickens: his life and times; Before and after restoration comparison. Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern, George Cole, Glyn Dearman, Patrick MacNee [sic], Clifford Mollison, Jack Warner.
Contents:
Restored 4x3 (1.37:1) version -- Restored 16x9 (tilt and scan) version -- Colorized version (introduced by Patrick Macnee) -- Scrooge (1935 feature film: 60 min., starring Seymour Hicks; no subtitles, not narrated for the blind)
Summary:
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and present and also foretell his future.
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