posted 4 years ago
I love the story of A Christmas Carol! My favorite film version by far is The Muppet Christmas Carol. It has the characteristic silliness of the Muppets, but is very well done and honors the story well. The music is great and the costumes and sets are beautiful. Michael Caine is absolutely fantastic as Scrooge. I watch it every Christmas Eve and haven't gotten tired of it. This year, we watched the version with Patrick Stewart and thought it was great too. I was honestly surprised, as I figured he would outdo Michael Caine as Scrooge, being the brilliant actor that he is. But Michael Caine and The Muppet Christmas Carol remain my favorite.
Apparently, at one point, Patrick Stewart did a live version in which he performed over 40 characters. Wish I could've seen that!
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