A Christmas Carol
1999 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 11,637 VOTES · DIR. David Hugh Jones
Overview
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,028 lines
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00:01:10 Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live...
00:07:15 Merry Christmas!
00:09:15 Good afternoon.
00:11:54 ...and many hundreds of thousands lack ordinary comforts.
00:15:15 You were about to say something, Cratchit?
00:22:01 Do you know the weight and length of the strong coil you bear?
00:26:04 The hour itself.
00:29:59 My father turned against me when my mother died.
00:33:26 ...''Jack Robinson.'' Yo-ho, yo-ho, quickly. Quickly clear away.
00:38:07 Giving people pleasure is such a small matter.
00:41:00 lf you were free today, tomorrow, yesterday...
00:45:54 ''One's in the dusthold minus pants The other's gone home in an ambulance
00:48:34 l think he's getting better by the day.
00:51:16 -Don't say that. -They couldn't.
00:54:06 ...hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge.
00:58:27 Well, Mr. Scrooge certainly has very few friends.
01:02:12 That was my sister's favorite tune.
01:07:18 l can't find out the truth about old Scratchy.
01:10:21 No chance of that. Nobody cared what happened to him then nor now.
01:12:59 Calico's good enough for him.
01:16:58 l was grateful, not for anything he might do for us...
01:21:44 l don't know what day it is.
01:24:30 A cab, sir. A cab.
01:28:20 Will you take me in?
Cast & Characters
Patrick Stewart
Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge
Richard E. Grant
Bob Cratchit
Joel Grey
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Ian McNeice
Mr. Albert Fezziwig
Saskia Reeves
Mrs. Cratchit
Desmond Barrit
The Ghost of Christmas Present
Bernard Lloyd
Marley's Ghost
Dominic West
Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
Trevor Peacock
Old Joe
Liz Smith
Mrs. Dilber
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,028
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:01:10
Final line01:28:20
Production Record
DirectorDavid Hugh Jones
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes11,637