Not to get OT, but IMO, the Patrick Stewart one was boring. Never thought I'd say that about something Patrick Stewart is in.
Unexpectedly, I got to see the Patrick Stewart version last night--I noticed that TNT was running it. I was impressed by the realism of much of the production--in the Hallmark/George C. Scott version, even to me, even the cobwebs in Scrooge's rooms seem just a little
too perfect. OTOH--and no offense intended to anyone who prefers this version--especially in some early scenes, where you see Patrick Stewart in profile, with the shape of his head and his lean figure dressed in black, I thought he bore a startling resemblance to the vampire in
Nosferatu. Or, worse, yet, an Edward Gorey cartoon.
And then there was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: with those two bright eyes within the cowl and no visible face, he made me think of an overgrown Jawa.
Minor quibble: While I haven't double-checked, I suspect the early 1840s may be too early for Tiny Tim to have known
Silent Night in English, and I also doubt that
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen was sung in church at that time.
I need to research cast lists, too, because I would swear that the elderly actress who played Mrs. Dilber in the pawn broker scene was the same actress who played Mrs. Dilber in the Hallmark/Scott version.