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Title: Good Adaptation but....
Review: This is an excellent adaptation with Scrooge played by one of my favorite actors, the late George C. Scott. But unfortunately after seeing the Sim version, you are ruined for all other versions because no Scrooge holds a candle to the Sim portrayal. He crushes all of the other Scrooges like little poser bugs beneath his feet. For this reason, and this reason only, does the Scott version get four stars, because to give this one five stars would mean that it is as good as the Sim Scrooge, which it is not. But this version definitely gets kudos and is well worth a view. Warning: make sure you watch this version (or any version) BEFORE the Sim version or, alas, it will seem small and puny in comparison and you will be unable to look at the Scott version as anything more than a cheap imitation, which it is not.
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