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Plot

Made up to look like a septuagenarian, Henry Winkler plays Benedict Slade, a Scrooge-like miser living in a tiny New England town during the Depression. Slade goes Scrooge one further by repossessing items from a poor farm couple and an orphanage on Christmas eve. While reading a copy of Dickens' The Christmas Carol in his home, Slade is visited by his own set of Spirits Past, Present and Future, including his Hell-dwelling late business partner (Kenneth Pogue). Lensed in Canada, this made-for-TV film premiered the week before Christmas of 1979.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Fantasy
Run Time:
98min.
DVD Release Date:
11/23/1999
Director(s):
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Redemption,Fathers and Sons,Righting the Wronged,Ghosts
Tone:
Bittersweet,Gentle,Intimate,Poignant,Earthy
Keywords:
Christmas,Christmas-spirit,family,financier,greed,holiday,selfishness,terminal-illness
Language:
English