A Christmas Carol. 1999.
Another made for T.V. movie this time Patrick Stewart takes the lead as Scrooge who seems a bit darker and meaner, Richard E. Grant plays Bob Cratchit who manages to look pale and sweaty at times, yet manages to give us a more heart warming presentation of the character. Dominic West plays Scrooge's young nephew Fred, who tries to bring a smile when speaking to the two charity collectors. Liz Smith returns from the 1984 version as the same character Mrs Dilber.
This does have a nice touch to it with the miners, mariners and then a prisoner singing to which the rest of the prisoners join in, and on Christmas day Scrooge attending a church and finding his voice while singing Christmas Carols to the point you realise he has discovered what it really means.
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