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David Jones (7) (1934–2008)

Autor de A Christmas Carol [1999 TV movie]

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Créditos de la imagen: David Jones / film director (7)

Obras de David Jones

A Christmas Carol [1999 TV movie] (1999) — Director — 167 copias
84 Charing Cross Road (1987) — Director — 108 copias
The Shakespeare Collection [videorecording] (2005) — Director — 56 copias
7th Heaven: The Complete Eighth Season (2009) — Director — 10 copias
The Christmas Wife [1988 film] (2005) — Director — 10 copias
The Devil's Disciple [1987 TV play] — Director — 6 copias
Jacknife [1989 film] (2011) 6 copias
The Confession [1999 film] (1999) — Director — 6 copias
Look Back in Anger [2005 film] (2005) — Director — 6 copias
Fire in the Dark [1991 TV movie] (1991) — Director — 4 copias
Living Your Dream Forever (2011) 2 copias

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Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Jones, David Hugh
Fecha de nacimiento
1934-02-19
Fecha de fallecimiento
2008-09-18
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Ocupaciones
film director

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While not a fan of Dickens in general, I have always liked 'A Christmas Carol', so was pleased to be given this movie version of the story some time ago.

It stars Patrick Stewart, who is probably best-known for his role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's a tribute to his acting that he made an extremely good Scrooge, but I did rather wish he had been given a wig. I could easily believe in him as the ultimate miser in the scenes in his hat, or even his night-cap, but when his head was bare he somehow looked more like the captain of the Enterprise (and I'm no Trekkie) than Dickens' character.

Still, it's a minor gripe. My other is that some of the special effects looked extremely dated, but then the film is ten years old and computer graphic effects have improved enormously since 1999.

I haven't read the book for some years, but from what I recall this film version was pretty true to the book. It worked well, and on the whole I enjoyed it. A nice start to Christmas!
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SueinCyprus | otra reseña | Mar 22, 2022 |
A 20-year-old nostalgic film, based on the correspondence between a young writer in New York and a middle-aged bookseller in the UK, beginning in the late 1940s.

Lovely contrasts of American excitement and British austerity, with the shared love of good books. No fast action, no high drama, just a lovely gentle film suitable for all the family, with a touch of sadness.
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SueinCyprus | 5 reseñas más. | Mar 22, 2022 |
Tratto dal romanzo Fertig di Sol Yuric. Siamo a New York. Fertig (Kingley) è un ebreo praticante al quale muore il figlioletto perché al pronto soccorso, per le solite situazioni burocratiche, non si sono occupati in tempo di lui. Così uccide un medico, un'infermiera e un impiegato. Poi si costituisce. Il suo principale, gran boss delle costruzioni, gli paga un avvocato senza scrupoli per farlo dichiarare momentaneamente pazzo e salvarlo da una lunga pena. Blackie, l'avvocato (Baldwyn) indaga e scopre che, al di là della buona fede dell'imputato, che vuole essere condannato perché è giusto e sarebbe un modo per onorare suo figlio, c'è dietro un'abnorme truffa di miliardi di dollari connessa alla situazione idrica di New York. Con l'infermità mentale Fertig, che sa molte cose, non potrebbe più testimoniare. Blackie rifiuta molti soldi e al processo fa giustizia. Con la canonica grande battuta finale dei grandi processuali "non potevo passarci sopra". Sceneggiatura perfetta, un po' alla Grisham, con tutti gli ingredienti - tensioni, anche amori - al loro posto. Quando un film è così funzionale e alla fine così liberatorio, noi diciamo "vecchia maniera", purtroppo. Baldwyn, attore di ottimo appeal - anche lui vecchia maniera dunque - è stato maltrattato dai critici, in realtà è intenso e concentrato, bravissimo. Come Kingley e la Irving. Ben vengano questi film di impianto forte e tradizionale.(fonte: Mymovies)… (más)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Mar 28, 2020 |
Good, but the book is great.
 
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AnnArborCityClub | 5 reseñas más. | Aug 31, 2017 |

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18
Miembros
408
Popularidad
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Valoración
4.2
Reseñas
9
ISBNs
292
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