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This is the desert-island choice of the many versions of A Christmas Carol, with a magnificent, full-bodied portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge by Alastair Sim that leaves everyone else in the dust. Lean and direct, this film's version of the story wastes no time trying to impress viewers with the magical nature of the spirits' visitations. Director Brian Desmond Hurst keeps the focus on Scrooge's life story, beautifully simplifying and underscoring the theme of lost women with a haunting musical refrain from the folk song "Barbara Allen." Sim's commitment to the role is at times astonishing; his Scrooge's Christmas-morning ecstasy is a marvel of giddy technique. Watch for Patrick Macnee (Steed in The Avengers) as the young Jacob Marley--the actor made his screen debut in this 1951 production. --Tom Keogh
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67 of 68 people found the following review helpful
By stryper
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Granted, the sharpness of the picture is better then the VCI version, but there are persistent, light white scratches, that appear horizontally across the middle of the screen for great amounts of time, usually right across someone's face, that are so annoyingly distracting that watching this version is not much fun (it's kind of almost as bad as watching a cheap DVD that has a line going vertically, through the it for a nice chunk of time).
I checked out two different copies of this DVD and tried them on two different DVD players, to make sure that the scratches had nothing to do with my equipment.
The VCI version is the one to get, as though the picture may be a tad softer, there are no annoying scratches on the print (and until I actually did a side by side comparison of the two, I didn't even notice the VCI version being at all, soft)
Also, the booklet that comes with this new version has nothing of any importance, what so ever, where as the liner notes on the VCI DVD are way more informative.
The only thing that this version does have over the VCI version is the inclusion of an unremastered trailer (which isn't really all that great, as trailers go, anyway).
Hope this helps :)
46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
By Horror Fan
Format:DVD
I own various dvds of this DEFINITIVE production, naturally i was so excited to see a restored version of this movie. However, this EMERALD EDITION dvd is a HUGE dissapointment. The booklet claims the dvd was created from 7 different prints. That would explain why specks come and go, lines (film scrapes) appear for some scenes, sound changes through out (hissing comes and goes), and worst, imo, the tint changes when Marleys ghost enters the room (turns slightly greenish) All of this is very annoying. Keep your VCI version for now, and hope for a proper restoration by someone like CRITERION.
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By F. Bruni
Format:DVD
A Christmas Carol: Emerald Edition is a very disappointing release. A restoration should be pristine or as close to it as possible. This release is not even as good as previous releases. A waste of time and money.
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I love it
Durring christmas time sometime they show or will have it on tv at a time I cannot watch it and miss it
Published 13 days ago by Sue Le Blanc
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Scrooge
Scrooge - Colorized version
This is a great movie. It's even better in colour. Wonderful Christmas movie but nice to watch anytime. Thank you
This is a great movie. It's even better in colour. Wonderful Christmas movie but nice to watch anytime. Thank you
Published 3 months ago by Sandra M. Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars
my mistake , I thought I was ordering a DVD but its fine
package arrived safe and in tact ..no problem with my order .Would have liked a DVD but this will do
Published 3 months ago by DARLENE THUSS
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic!
This film will never ever age. It is timeless and captures the true essence of Charles Dicken's famous tale. Highly recommended.
Published 4 months ago by G. Holden
4.0 out of 5 stars
Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol BD had quite a sharp and clear looking picture but would have loved it had been wide screen and in colour
Published 4 months ago by Larry Beazley
1.0 out of 5 stars
THIS DVD WILL NOT PLAY IN A BLU RAY PLAYER
I BOUGHT THIS DVD EXPECTING IT WOULD PLAY IN MY BLU RAY PLAYER ,
IT DOES NOT , AFTER CALLING THE COMPANY WHO PRESSED THE DVD ,
THEY INFORMED ME THE DVD WAS... Read more
IT DOES NOT , AFTER CALLING THE COMPANY WHO PRESSED THE DVD ,
THEY INFORMED ME THE DVD WAS... Read more
Published 16 months ago by riddimdaddy
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Christmas Carol
Wonderful, just as described. We watched the b&w version and it was great. Have not watched the colour version yet.
Published 17 months ago by Tracey
5.0 out of 5 stars
MOvie Watcher
We loved the movie. Now we don't have to wait for it to be on TV. We can watch it when and as often as we want. Delivery time was excellent.
Published 17 months ago by Wil
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent release
Before the bluray came out, I had the 50th Anniversary "Emerald Edition" dvd with the UK version "Scrooge" as well as the US version, both restored from the best copies of the film... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Norman Wolf
5.0 out of 5 stars
The greatest version of this story ever!!!!
Alistair Sim is so incredible as Scrooge, it was like the story was written for him to play the part. The supporting cast is a history book of British film stars. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Keetsbro
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