Feature Film
A Christmas Carol
- by Peter Barnes, directed by David Hugh Jones
- (TNT-TV, USA, 5 December 1999)
Patrick Steward delivers a nuanced portrayal of Scrooge in this faithful adaptation. Much of the dialog came verbatim from Dickens’s original, and the costumers paid careful tribute to John Leech’s original illustrations. —Michael Main
Scrooge: Is there no chance that boy will be spared?
Christmas Present: Not if the future remains unaltered.