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An American Christmas Carol
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })An American Christmas Carol is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to Depression-era America. Benedict Slade, played by Henry Winkler, is a ruthless, miserly businessman who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.Slade is visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, Jack Latham, who warns him he will be haunted by three more ghosts. The three Spirits of Christmas resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans, and they attempt to make him change his ways.Not to be confused with An American Carol, a wacky comedy released in 2008 which is a satiric, conservative take on the story. | |
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Angel Unaware: The "Ghost of Christmas Past" tells Slade, "I played a trumpet in a war, a long time ago. You should've seen those walls come down." The implication being that the Ghost was one of the priests at the Battle of Jericho. | |
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Berserk Button: Thatcher trying to give Slade a well-thought-out idea on opening the quarry to get more jobs results in Slade firing him for trying to teach him business. | |
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And You Were There: The three ghosts first appear as people Slade seizes goods from. | |
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Adaptation Name Change: All of the characters were given new names. Ebenezer Scrooge becomes Benedict Slade, and Jacob Marley becomes Jack Latham. Of course, taking the Recursive Fiction involved, it would have been odd with the book store owner owning a first edition of the original story and the characters keeping their original names. | |
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