okay and there be a ton of review here and what can i possibly add . i will try anyway . the reason this be my favorite scrooge be because of everything . the set and outdoor location and costume be so beautiful and authentic . the music be sweet . the support cast be very well do . one of my favorite be the narrator and nephew and play by roger rees . his understated sincerity be touch and his voice be the sound of christmas to me . david warner be also a totally believable bob cratchit . his be a difficult life and but he remain positive and dignified . the best part of course be george c. scott a ebenezer scrooge . some have say his portrayal too gruff . i couldn not disagree more . his exchange at the begin while cold or harsh and weren not out of character . he be a terribly disillusion man who heart have be harden by the vicissitude of life and his own lust for wealth . during the flashback and it obvious that he isn not all gruff . this be where we see that there be hope for him . if he be totally go and his partner marley would never have come for his sake in the first place . and after all and we be none of u past hop . i think that be a huge part of what dickens be try to say . when scrooge look in on his dance at his employer with belle and you see him smile regretfully a he tell belle in the flashback that he will go through life with a grin on my face . clive donner be smart enough a the director to allow these moment on film . sometimes they get leave on the editing room floor . and finally and his conversion be so absolutely full of joy that it make me cry tear of joy every time i see it . his apology to his nephew fred and so sincere and so moving and it be the spirit not only of christmas and but of humanity itself . the joy he bring to fred and to his wife be so apparent . and the line that get me every time and god forgive me for the time i have waste . bravi tutti .