"A Christmas Carol" 1971 animation

[HareBrain]

Back in the seventies they used to show a 25-minute version of Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", directed by Richard Williams and with Arthur Sim's voice reprising his role of Scrooge from the B&W fifties film. A lot of it was done in an etching/woodcut style, it was scary and beautiful and moving and absolutely brilliant - and I haven't seen it on TV for about 30 years! Does anyone else remember this? (I think it might have got more recent air-time in the States)

After loads of searching I eventually got a copy on DVD off ebay, and it was just as good as I remembered. This short animation pretty much was my childhood Christmas, including the terror of Marley's ghost.

A Christmas Carol (1971 film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[BAYLOR]

Ive seen this one a few time in my life and love the animation style and gothic look

 

[Vladd67]

Every Christmas I watch a version of a Christmas Carol, last Christmas it was Scrooged, maybe this is the version for next time.

 

[HareBrain]

Ooh, one of my first threads!

I've watched this every Christmas since, and it never gets old. Ironically.

 

[BAYLOR]

I always felt bad for poor Jacob Marley.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I've never seen it, but it looks good. I'll have to sit back and watch the embedded video when I get a chance.