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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Scrooge from 1951, Elf from 2003, and A Child’s Christmases in Wales from 2009.
Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843).
It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.
The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman.
George Cole stars as the younger Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for the film; Ernest Thesiger as Jacob Marley's undertaker; and Patrick Macnee as the younger Jacob Marley.
Michael Hordern plays Jacob Marley's ghost, as well as the older Jacob Marley.
Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Charles Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film; he also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen talking with Scrooge (at the beginning of the film) and discussing Scrooge's funeral (as witnessed by Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come).
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst.
Screenplay by: Noel Langley.
Based on: A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens.
Produced by: Brian Desmond Hurst, and Stanley Haynes.
Starring: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Hordern, and George Cole.
Narrated by: Peter Bull.
Cinematography: C. M. Pennington-Richards.
Edited by: Clive Donner.
Music by: Richard Addinsell.
Production company: George Minter Productions.
Distributed by: Renown Pictures.
Release dates: 22 November 1951 ( Odeon Marble Arch), and 28 November 1951 (New York).
File Length: 88 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum.
It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised by Santa's elves, who learns about his origins and heads to New York City to meet his biological father.
James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart appear in supporting roles.
Elf was released in the United States on 7 November 2003, and became a major critical and commercial success, grossing $220 million worldwide against a $33 million budget.
Ferrell's performance as Buddy the Elf was praised by critics and audiences alike, with many calling it one of his best performances.
The film inspired the 2010 Broadway musical Elf: The Musical and NBC's 2014 stop motion animated television special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.
It has been hailed by many as a modern classic and is often listed among the greatest Christmas films of all time.
Directed by: Jon Favreau.
Written by: David Berenbaum.
Produced by: Jon Berg , Todd Komarnicki, and Shauna Robertson.
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart.
Cinematography: Greg Gardiner.
Edited by: Dan Lebental.
Music by: John Debney.
Production companies: New Line Cinema, and Guy Walks Into a Bar.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema.
Release date: 7 November 2003.
File Length: 88 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $33 million.
Box office: $225.1 million.
A Child's Christmases in Wales was a 2009 one-off period comedy written by comedian Mark Watson, starring Ruth Jones, Paul Kaye, and Steve Speirs.
It was shown on BBC Four in December 2009 and repeated on BBC Two.
Since November 2022, it is available to watch on BritBox.
An adaption of the Dylan Thomas classic, A Child's Christmas in Wales, and filmed in the small mining town of Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, has Owen Rhys reminiscing on Christmas-past (1983, 1986 and 1989).
File Length: 58 Minutes.
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