Christmas

154. A Christmas Carol, Part 5

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A mosaic of images from screen adaptations of A Christmas Carol, featuring Vincent Prince, Sterling Hayden, Rich Little, Ross Kemp, Oscar the Grouch, the Smurfs, and more.

Season's greetings and happy holidays from Adapt or Perish! It’s the time of year for our fifth look at A Christmas Carol and 10 more screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic. And here’s a Christmas miracle for you: Ari’s back to help!

Our previous Christmas Carol episodes:

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The Christmas Carol (1949), the TV special written and directed by Arthur Pierson, and starring Vincent Price and Taylor Holmes
  • Carol for Another Christmas (1964), the TV movie directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, written by Rod Serling, and starring Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara, Percy Rodriguez, Steve Lawrence, Pat Hingle, Robert Shaw, and Peter Sellers
  • Rich Little’s Christmas Carol (1978), the TV special directed by Trevor Evans, and written by and starring Rich Little
  • A Christmas Carol (1997), the animated movie directed by Stan Phillips, written by Jymn Magon, and starring Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, and Ed Asner
  • A Christmas Carol (2000), the TV movie directed by Catherine Morshead, written by Peter Bowker, and starring Ross Kemp, Michael Maloney, Angeline Ball, and Ray Fearon
  • Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001), the animated movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by Robert Llewellyn, and starring Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Jane Horrocks, and Rhys Ifans
  • A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006), the TV special directed by Victor DiNapoli, written by Rickey Boyd, and starring Caroll Spinney, Tim Curry, Kristin Chenoweth, and Kevin Clash
  • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011), the animated short directed by Troy Quane, written by Todd Berger, and starring George Lopez, Jack Angel, Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, and Anton Yelchin
  • All American Christmas Carol (2013), the movie written and directed by Ron Carlson, and starring Taryn Manning, Beverly D’Angelo, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Eddie Jemison, Eric Roberts, and Meat Loaf
  • A Christmas Carol (2018), the movie directed by David Izatt, written by Stuart Brennan, and starring Brennan and Bonnie Wright

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133. A Christmas Carol, Part 4

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Season's greetings and happy holidays from Adapt or Perish! It's that time of year, so we're back with our fourth look at A Christmas Carol, and 10 more screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic.

Our previous Christmas Carol episodes:

In this episode, we discuss:

  • A Carol Christmas, the 2003 Hallmark TV movie directed by Matthew Irmas, written by Tom Amundsen, and starring Tori Spelling, Gary Coleman, and William Shatner
  • Barbie in A Christmas Carol, the 2008 animated movie directed by William Lay, written by Elisa Allen, and starring Kelly Sheridan and Morwenna Banks
  • Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special directed by Toby Haynes, written by Steven Moffat, and starring Matt Smith, Michael Gambon, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill
  • It's Christmas, Carol!, the 2012 Hallmark TV movie directed by Michael M. Scott, written by Christopher Sey and William Penick, and starring Emmanuelle Vaugier and Carrie Fisher
  • The Man Who Invented Christmas, the 2017 theatrical movie directed by Bharat Nalluri, written by Susan Coyne, and starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce
  • A Christmas Carol, the 2020 modern dance adaptation written and directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris, starring Simon Russell Beale, Carey Mulligan, Andy Serkis, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman, and Siân Phillips
  • Christmas Carole, the 2022 TV special directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto, and starring Suranne Jones
  • A New Diva's Christmas Carol, the 2022 TV movie directed by Rusty Cundieff, written by Aydrea Walden, starring Ashanti, Vivica A. Fox, and Robin Givens, and adapted from A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000), which we covered in Part 3
  • Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, the 2022 animated movie directed by Stephen Donnelly, written by Donnelly and Leslie Bricusse, starring Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and Jonathan Pryce, and adapted from Scrooge (1970), which we covered in Part 2
  • A Christmas Carole: A Ghost Story, the 2022 filmed staging directed by Adam Penford, written by Mark Gatiss, and starring Gatiss and Nicholas Farrell

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121. A Christmas Carol, Part 3

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Seasons greetings from Adapt or Perish! In Episode 121, we're taking our third look at Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, and 10 more adaptations from the big and (mostly) small screen.

In this episode, we discuss:

Footnotes:

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We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, biweekly bonus show! We hope to see you there.

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