THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS (Theatrical Release USA 2017)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.3|5.0 Starsìììì

The Man Who Invented Christmas sports terrific acting by Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer. Watch for the appearance of Miriam Margolyes and Jonathan Pryce. This live action film is a good, family-oriented Christmas watch as it has a unique angle to understanding how the writer, Charles Dickens, imaged the characters that eventually peopled his book, A Christmas Carol.

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Storyline

Charles Dickens’ immense imagination produces the characters for a new book that will become a generational classic that crosses continents in its international appeal to the human spirit.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Bharat Nalluri for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Susan Coyne, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Johanna Hogan, Robert Jones, Mitchell Kaplan, Andrew Karpen, David Leiwant, Laurie May, Paula Mazur, Alan Moloney, Keith Potter, and Lisa Wilson making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens), Presenter (Mark Schrier), Stage Manager (Patrick Joseph Byrnes), Mrs. Fisk (Miriam Margolyes), Kate Dickens (Morfydd Clark), John Forster/Ghost of Christmas Present (Justin Edwards), Signor Mazzini (Cosimo Fusco), Walter Dickens (Jasper Hughes Cotter), Charley Dickens (James Heffernan), Mamie Dickens (Aleah Lennon), Katey Dickens (Ella Mai Delaney), Maid (Donna Marie Sludds), Hall (David McSavage), and Chapman (Ian McNeice).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It is a great flick for any fan of the 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, to see how it may have been created within the mind of Charles Dickens.

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