Watch Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol - On Demand

EMPIRE magazine
“Indeed, Figgis succeeds in achieving a sense of well-being without suffusing it with the sentimentality that so often blights this happiest of endings……. However, he deserves most credit for remaining faithful to the tone of the text, as film fans and Dickens aficionados alike will soon appreciate on visiting”.

Jason Figgis’s film version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL is the first ever full Irish film of a work by Charles Dickens. In this version the filmmakers have tried to keep wherever possible faithful to the great writers own words – “why change a perfectly written line in favour of something inferior”.  It is a very dark interpretation trying to reclaim the story from its Disneyification. For those wanting the jolly Christmas romp this is not for you.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be available from 12:01 AM on 1^st January 2012 (UK time) making it the first new version of a work by Charles Dickens in his Bicentenary year.

Made over two years in and around Dublin on an extremely limited budget but with a great deal of love it is now available via The Dickens Fellowship website. 25% of the rental price you pay will be earned by the Dickens Fellowship.

Guerilla Films presents October Eleven Pictures production Vincent Fegan A CHRISTMAS CAROL Bryan Murray, Brendan Grace. Brendan O'Carroll, Lara Belmont, Neill Fleming, Adam Goodwin, Christen Mooney and Anthony Fox. Music by Michael Richard Plowman and Clannad's Moya Brennan Executive Producer David Nicholas Wilkinson  Producers Jonathan Figgis and Carl Shaaban Adaptor, Producer/ Director Jason Figgis.

''A STARTLING WORK OF THE IMAGINATION THAT HAS ENORMOUS RELEVANCE FOR OUR TIMES''
Stephanie Sinclaire - Author 'The Shores of Grace'

''A TIMELESS STORY ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WITH BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ACTING''
The Arts and Entertainment Magazine

''A MUST-SEE FILM FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON''
The Eerie Digest

''A TRULY CAPTIVATING VERSION OF A CLASSIC TALE''
Heather MJL Watson - Author 'The Sidhe Saga'

''A SCINTILLATING PERIOD DRAMA. BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED AND EXECUTED BY FIGGIS WITH A POWERFUL CAST''
Haunted Earth (UK)

''A SUPERBLY HAUNTING MUSICAL SCORE BY PLOWMAN. STRIKING GHOST IMAGERY. SPLENDID CINEMATOGRAPHY. CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES. A POETIC MOVIE TAPESTRY''
Darren Travers - Author 'Tunnel of the Dead'

Extras :

10 Clips of 'Behind the Scenes' interviews with the cast.