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1) Scrooged
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Pip, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice inherits a fortune from an anonymous benefactor, his future seems promising. But a bitter heiress is intent on preventing Pip from finding true love.
3) Scrooge
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The classic Charles Dickens tale of the cold hearted miser who is reformed by the Ghosts of Christmas.
5) Hard times
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds...
Publisher
Distributed by BBC Audiobooks America]
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (1368 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Twist: After escaping from a life of poverty and abuse that begins in a workhouse and making his way to London, orphaned Oliver Twist is recruited into a gang of young pickpockets, from which he is rescued by the elderly Mr. Brownlow.
The old curiosity shop: Follows the fortunes of young Nell Trent and her maternal grandfather, who gambles away what money they have in a mistaken attempt to secure Nell's future.
Bleak House: A complex tale...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters,...
9) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 352 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver finds himself pursued by savage thief Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicholas becomes the head of the family when his father dies unexpectedly. Keeping watch over his mother and his sister Kate becomes an even greater challenge when Nicholas discovers that his father lost the family fortune due to ill-advised investments. Without a shilling to his name, Nicholas turns to his wealthy but unforgiving Uncle Ralph for help.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In payment for a gambling debt, Little Nell and her grandfather are evicted from their curiosity shop by the evil Daniel Quilp and wander about the country looking for a new home.
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