Season's greetings and happy holidays from Adapt or Perish! It’s the time of year for our fifth look at A Christmas Carol and 10 more screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic. And here’s a Christmas miracle for you: Ari’s back to help!

Our previous Christmas Carol episodes:

• Part 1 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Part 2 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Part 3 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Part 4 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Christmas Carol (1949), the TV special written and directed by Arthur Pierson, and starring Vincent Price and Taylor Holmes
• Carol for Another Christmas (1964), the TV movie directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, written by Rod Serling, and starring Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara, Percy Rodriguez, Steve Lawrence, Pat Hingle, Robert Shaw, and Peter Sellers
• Rich Little’s Christmas Carol (1978), the TV special directed by Trevor Evans, and written by and starring Rich Little
• A Christmas Carol (1997), the animated movie directed by Stan Phillips, written by Jymn Magon, and starring Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, and Ed Asner
• A Christmas Carol (2000), the TV movie directed by Catherine Morshead, written by Peter Bowker, and starring Ross Kemp, Michael Maloney, Angeline Ball, and Ray Fearon
• Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001), the animated movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by Robert Llewellyn, and starring Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Jane Horrocks, and Rhys Ifans
• A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006), the TV special directed by Victor DiNapoli, written by Rickey Boyd, and starring Caroll Spinney, Tim Curry, Kristin Chenoweth, and Kevin Clash
• The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011), the animated short directed by Troy Quane, written by Todd Berger, and starring George Lopez, Jack Angel, Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, and Anton Yelchin
• All American Christmas Carol (2013), the movie written and directed by Ron Carlson, and starring Taryn Manning, Beverly D’Angelo, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Eddie Jemison, Eric Roberts, and Meat Loaf
• A Christmas Carol (2018), the movie directed by David Izatt, written by Stuart Brennan, and starring Brennan and Bonnie Wright

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 115: Rear Window
• EastEnders (1985–present)
• The Snowman (1982)
• The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol : maxi-director Troy Quane on Sony’s mini-movie!

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