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What Is Your Favorite Christmas Movie?
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: David on December 04, 2006, 02:45:45 am ---"A Christmas Carol" is definately my favorite all time Christmas movie. I love the Hallmark Hall of Fame version with George C. Scott. I think it came out in 1989 or 1990. I also love "The Preacher's Wife". :)
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I love all versions of "A Christmas Carol." Actually, I think A Christmas Carol is the scariest thing I've ever seen or read. Charles Dickens studied the occult, and his drawings, his literary desciption of Marley's Ghost is very frightening. Think of it--being all alone at night in your home--a place where you should feel safe-- and all of a sudden you're subjected to bells clanging, chains being dragged up the stairs. I would lose my mind! Even the Muppet's version has me turning on every light in the house. I won't watch any verion of A Christmas Carol or Scrooge alone.
Does anyone remember an African American version starring that guy who played Benson? There is another Scrooge version with Henry Winkler, and an African American version starring Cecily Tyson. Let us not forget "A Diva's Christma Carol, with Vanessa Williams in the starring role.
I also love the musical version of A Christmas Carol (or is it Scrooge?) starring Albert Finney.
The TBS version featuring Patrick Stewart(sp?) is also a fine production.
Scrooged with Bill Murray is outrageous, and a great favorite.
The 1950 version with Alistair Sim is perhaps the best. I also remember an English modern day gangster version that I haven't seen in years.
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 04, 2006, 03:02:22 am ---Dear Father Christmas, I mean David,
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I chose It's a Wonderful Life. What a community! :)
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A Classic. I'm in love with "The Kid Who Loved Christmas" which starred everyone from Sammy Davis Jr. (his last performance) to Della Reese to Vanessa Williams and Ben Vereen.
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: Snavel del Snork Snater Snuit on December 05, 2006, 05:08:37 am ---I voted for It's A Wonderful Life.
Can I add National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? God, that's a hilarious movie... I love Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid together!
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An all-time favorite. It's just not Xmas without NL Christmas Vacation.
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: moremojo on December 08, 2006, 11:19:26 am ---Scrooge was a great childhood favorite of mine as well; I saw it more than once at the theater with my family. "Happiness is Whatever You Want It to Be" is still stored in my memory bank. This is by far my favorite film adaptation of this Dickens classic.
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"Happiness is Whatever you Want it To Be" is the only great song in the entire movie. I find myself humming it even in June! :laugh:
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on June 07, 2007, 12:48:43 pm ---Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol.
I love the music in it. Especially the songs "All Alone In The World", and "Winter Was Warm".
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I almost forgot about this one! I have such fond memories of my brother choking in fits of laughter when the char woman, the undertaker and the laundress are at the Rag and Bone man's shop pawning scrooge's stuff. When they start jumping up and down and singing, "FA LA LA LA LA LA LA...!" Hilarious!
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