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A Christmas Carol, a review by Tom![]() Title: A Christmas Carol ![]() Year: 1984 Director: Clive Donner Rating: PG Length: 100 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars: George C. Scott Liz Smith Anthony Walters Roger Rees John Quarmby Plot: George C. Scott stars in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic in which one man discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas elicits nothing more than "Bah, humbug!" from Ebenezer Scrooge (Scott), a miser whose sole pursuit of financial success has left him a bitter and lonely old man. But a Christmas Eve visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future ultimately teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas and to the joys of friends and family. Filmed entirely on location in the historic English town of Shrewsbury, this lavish production vividly brings to life one of the world's best-loved Christmas stories. Extras: Closed Captioned Scene Access My Thoughts: I have seen the new Robert Zemeckis' Christmas Carol this week in the theatre. I thought it fitting to watch this one now for comparison. It was part of a Christmas movie boxset. This is the first time I have watched this film. I think before this week I have never seen an adaption of the Christmas Carol which follows the book. Of course I know the story, but mainly from the many TV series which used the storyline and of course the great Bill Murrey movie "Scrooged". It was fun to see a live-action adaption in comparison with a modern animated version now. I enjoyed both versions, but I have to say, that I like the new one better.Rating: ![]() (From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 19th, 2009) When The Daltons Rode, a review by Rogmeister![]() When The Daltons Rode (1940) 81 minutes Director: George Marshall Cast: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft, Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine, Stuart Erwin Plot: Lawyer Tod Jackson (Randolph Scott), childhood friend of the Dalton family, stops by upon his arrival in Kansas. Before long, circumstances conspire to put the Daltons on the wrong side of the law with Jackson having to decide on who to help while falling for Bob Dalton's girl. As with most earlier movie westerns dealing with real historical figures of the Old West, this is a highly fictionalized account of the Dalton family. Still, director George Marshall (who had directed the comedy-western Destry Rides Again the year before) keeps things lively with some light comedic touches (mostly in the person of Andy Devine) and with some excellent stunt work including such stunts as gunmen jumping in unison onto the top of a moving train, jumping from a railroad car while on horseback and falling under a moving stagecoach, grabbing hold of the back end and hauling himself back onto the top of it. Surprisingly, Randolph Scott is not the stalwart hero with a six-gun in this film...I'm not sure if he even touches a gun during the entire picture. He plays a lawyer and tries to help the Daltons in his own way (much of it happening offscreen) while we get a lot of the film concentrating on the doings of the Daltons themselves. As in real life, the movie ends with the entire Dalton gang meeting their end while trying to pull off a daring daytime bank robbery. The movie is bookended with Scott talking with a rambling wagon repairman played by Edgar Buchanan. The DVD has a fine black & white print but there are no extras. (From Roger's Ongoing Westerns Marathon on September 20th, 2009) Fear Itself Marathon, a review by addicted2dvdFear Itself: The Complete Series ![]() 5. In Sickness and in Health On the day of her wedding to Carlos, Samantha recieves a shocking note that reads, "The person you are marrying is a serial killer." Director: John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) Stars: Maggie Lawson James Roday Marshall Bell Sonja Bennett William B. Davis My Thoughts: This is another episode I never seen before. It originally aired as the 4th episodes of the series. William B. Davis (The X-Files) played the part of the priest that married the couple. While it is not a terrible episode... It definitely needs a lot of work. The storyline,,, while works is not as interesting as it could be. Plus added to that is the fact that they went with the obvious twist I seen it coming from the very beginning of the episode. If there is many episodes such as this one that originally aired on TV... it comes to no surprise that the series got canceled after airing only 8 episodes. My Rating: ![]() (From Fear Itself Marathon on April 7th, 2010) |