Carol for Another Christmas

Infobox Film
name = Carol for Another Christmas


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director = Joseph L. Mankiewicz
producer = Joseph L. Mankiewicz
writer = Rod Serling
Charles Dickens (Book: "A Christmas Carol")
starring = Peter Sellers
Sterling Hayden
Britt Ekland
Ben Gazzara
Percy Rodriguez
Eva Marie Saint
Barbara Ann Teer
Steve Lawrence
James Shigeta
Pat Hingle
Robert Shaw
music = Henry Mancini
cinematography = Arthur Ornitz
editing = Nathan Greene
Robert Lawrence
distributor = ABC
released = December 28, 1964
runtime = 84 min.
country = United States
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language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:137635
imdb_id = 0057916

"Carol for Another Christmas", scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and a plea for global cooperation between nations, was telecast only once -- December 28, 1964. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/fashion/20CAROL.html Vinciguerra, Thomas. "Marley Is Dead, Killed in a Nuclear War", December 20, 2007.] ] The only TV movie ever directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, this was the film in which Peter Sellers gave his first performance after suffering a near fatal heart attack. Sellers portrayed a demigod in an apocalyptic Christmas. Sterling Hayden was also featured.

Bhob Stewart provided some background on the production::Presented without commercial interruptions, this "United Nations Special" was sponsored by the Xerox Corporation, the first of a series of Xerox specials promoting the UN. Director Joseph Mankiewicz's first work for television, the 90-minute ABC drama was publicized as having an all-star cast (which meant that names of some supporting cast members were not officially released). In Rod Serling's update of Charles Dickens, industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge (Sterling Hayden) has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley (Peter Fonda), killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for any American involvement in international affairs. But then the Ghost of Christmas Past (Steve Lawrence) takes him back through time to a World War I troopship. Grudge also is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present (Pat Hingle), and the Ghost of Christmas Future (Robert Shaw) gives him a tour across a desolate landscape where he sees the ruins of a once-great civilization. In the final weeks of post-production, Peter Fonda's scenes were deleted, but his image remained in the film, recognizable in a portrait on the wall. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057916/ IMDb: Stewart, Bhob. "Carol for Another Christmas"] ]

Others in the cast were Percy Rodriguez, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara, Barbara Ann Teer, James Shigeta and Britt Ekland.

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*imdb title | id=0057916 | title=Carol For Another Christmas