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An American Christmas Carol
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Wikipedia article
'An American Christmas Carol' is a 1979 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Eric Till and loosely based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella 'A Christmas Carol'.
Plot
In Depression-era Concord, New Hampshire, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, and more amiable man.
Academy Award-winning special make-up effects artist Rick Baker consulted on the aging makeup for star Henry Winkler.
Cast
Home media releases
'An American Christmas Carol' was released on DVD on November 23, 1999. It was released on Blu-ray in December 2012.
See also
* List of Christmas films
* List of ghost films
* Adaptations of 'A Christmas Carol'
References
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