Re: [Mid] Christmas Carol w/Patrick Stewart

I'll be watching...the only holiday special I've seen so far this year is
the Muppet version. Though I do enjoy watching the two old guys who sat in
the balcony as the ghosts of the Marleys. :)
Siobhan nicInis

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>From: "Judith Kirk" <Kirk@ucs5.cc.wmich.edu>
>To: <THREEHILLS@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
>Subject: [Mid] Christmas Carol w/Patrick Stewart
>Date: Mon, Dec 6, 1999, 10:34 AM
>

> Oh rapture...oh joy. This is Holiday Heaven(tm)
>
> Did anyone else see TNT's "A Christmas Carol" with Patrick Stewart
> as Scrooge? It was on last night from 8-10 and 10-12 on TNT. I chose
> to watch this over network's "Santa and Pete", which was a tale of
> Santa Claus and his original sidekick, Black Pete. Ya gotta know
> your Santa lore to understand this. I can recommend a dandy book,
> "When Santa Was A Shaman", from Llewellyn Books.
>
> If you missed "Christmas Carol" both times it was on last night,
> you get another chance this Thursday at 10pm. And probably a few
> more times after that as well, TNT tends to run its own productions
> several times. Don't dawdle, don't miss this, if you skip every
> other holiday special, _don't_miss_this_.
>
> What an absolutely delightful treat! Stewart is a deliciously
> menacing Scrooge, and there are some downright scary bits when
> Marley begins to make his appearance, starting with the doorknocker.
> Superb effects, tastefully used.
>
> It gets better and better... Joel Grey as the ghost of Christmas
> Past is perfectly cast. The aging of the ghost of Christmas Present
> is wonderfully done, and the ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is scary
> down to your shoes! There are details here straight from Dicken's
> novel that not many productions of this time-honored tale will
> touch. There are extensive bits of vocabulary lifted directly from
> the book.
>
> Costumes are wonderful, casting is delightful, the story is always
> entertaining, and this production makes it all seem fresh and new.
>
> Warm up the vcr's for this one, you'll want to watch it again and
> again. I give this one ten stars on the Holiday Tree of approval.
> It's a classic. Better than Albert Finney, better than George C.
> Scott, better than Alistair Sim, better than Reginald Owen.
>
> Siobhan
> (certified Christmas Carol fan....with six versions in the
> collection and a seventh, as of Thursday night at 10, the vcr
> screwed up last night)
> From: "Judith Kirk" <Kirk@ucs5.cc.wmich.edu>
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