A Christmas Carol (1999), with Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart takes his stage Scrooge to film, for TNT.
An actor who has lived with this part on stage can find the man in it, not just the miser.
You want a serious, actor-led version, from someone who had played the part on stage for years.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the period and the shape of the book.
Changes: the emphasis, toward Scrooge’s inner life. Richard E. Grant is Bob Cratchit and Joel Grey is Christmas Past.
Whose story is it?
Scrooge’s, closely.
How much time does it ask?
A 95-minute TV film, first shown on TNT on 5 December 1999. Directed by David Jones.
Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey. Made after Stewart’s one-man stage versions on Broadway and in London.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Christmas Carols: A Christmas Carol (MGM, 1938) · Scrooge (1951), with Alastair Sim · A Christmas Carol (1984), with George C. Scott