Christmas

I was lucky enough to catch "Christmas" the one time it ran on TV, and I wish it would be released on DVD. Of course, it is an adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol " with Robert Guillaume as John Grin, the Scrooge character. His son Kevin has a role as the Bob Cratchit character, with Geoffrey Holder and Ted Lange as two of the Ghosts. There are so many second-rate versions of "Christmas Carol" that seem to be around, and one of the few really good versions gets lost in a film vault somewhere. That's too bad, because this is truly a little gem of a TV movie. It was made on the heels of Guillaume's run as Benson and capitalized on that series' popularity. There is a bit of Benson's dry wit, but John Grin is not Benson. The writing is low-key and the characters well-done and interesting. Too bad we most likely won't see this one again. It's well worth the time.

We are looking for a copy of the movie!!!! Recorded it on VHS when it aired originally. My daughter left it in the VHS recorder at Oakland's children Hospital and we've never been able to recover it! Been looking for it VHS or DVD ever since!!! I discovered that Robert Guillaume holds the rights to the movie... and has not released it to be reproduced as a DVD. I want to repeat this.... We are looking for a copy of the movie!!!! Recorded it on VHS when it aired originally. My daughter left it in the VHS recorder at Oakland's children Hospital and we've never been able to recover it! Been looking for it VHS or DVD ever since!!! I discovered that Robert Guillaume holds the rights to the movie... and has not released it to be reproduced as a DVD.