holiday films
Join us for a celebration of A Christmas Carol in film with the man, the myth the legend, Ebenezer Scrooge and his creator Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Charles Dickens had acknowledged the influence of the modern Western observance of Christmas and later inspired several aspects of Christmas, including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games and a festive generosity of spirit.
A Christmas Carol
Director: Edwin L. Marin Run Time: 69 min. Release Year: 1938
Starring: Barry MacKay, Gene Lockhart, Lynne Carver, Reginald Owen, Terry Kilburn
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
$8 admission with a new, packaged item to donate to:
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Holiday, Drama, Family
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Director: Bharat Nalluri Run Time: 105 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2017
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Dan Stevens, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, Morfydd Clark
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Holiday, Family, Drama
$8 admission with a new, packaged item to donate to:
Items requested:
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Paper Plates
Paper Bowls
Square Napkins
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 85 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1992
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The Muppets perform the classic tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets — Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle — weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases — past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.
Holiday, Family, Drama
$8 admission with a new, packaged item to donate to:
Items requested:
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Paper Plates
Paper Bowls
Square Napkins