The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017 "How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition."
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

7 | 1h45m | PG | en | Drama

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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7 | 1h45m | PG | en | Drama , Comedy , History | More Info
Released: November. 22,2017 | Released Producted By: Rhombus Media , The Mob Film Company Country: Ireland Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/themanwhoinventedchristmas
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In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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Cast

Dan Stevens , Christopher Plummer , Jonathan Pryce

Director

John Browne

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Rhombus Media , The Mob Film Company

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kesakb I have read most of Dickens' work and a couple of biographies. This film is well done, imaginative and very entertaining. It doesn't need to be factual to be enjoyed.
Christmas-Reviewer Based on the book "The Man WHo Invented Christmas" this film explores the time Charles Dickens was having. HAving just come off three bombs he is not only in desperate need of hit he also running out money. This fear he has of losing everything drives him into creating the "Most Beloved Christmas Story" of all time "A Christmas Carol".Now this film shows us where he might of got his ideas from and it does so entainingly. Since most of us now how the story will end its still a surprise to see all the craziness Charles Dickens had in his life but was able to create a masterpiece that is still popular today 175 years after it was first published!
kz917-1 I really wanted to like this movie but alas that was not in the cards.Dan Stevens, seen previously as the Beast in the live action remake of Beauty and the Beast merely whimpered as Charles Dickens.It was almost a manic portrayal of Dickens whose life seems to be falling apart.Sad to say skip this one. One present to leave under the tree.
rrandall-120-483318 With 2017 behind us, THIS should have been movie of the year... or at least nominated for an Oscar.I've never liked "A Christmas Carol" because it indoctrinates the audience (whether in text or video) to a psychological dysfunction called "Karpman's Drama Triangle". People who are "stuck" in Karpman's Drama Triangle view the world as everyone falling into one of three categories... victim, persecutor or rescuer. And through this story, one can easily see that Dickens was firmly entrenched in Karpman's Drama Triangle! If you're reading this thinking; Yes. Of course everyone falls into one of those 3 categories... then congratulations. You've just diagnosed your own psychological dysfunction (and I recommend you work on breaking free of it).What drew me to this movie was curiosity over whether it would depict Dickens himself having this dysfunctional map of reality. Not only did it do so... it did so brilliantly! People "stuck" in Kaprman's Drama Triangle tend to move easily between the roles of victim, persecutor, and rescuer... but are most comfortable in one of those roles. This movie accurately depicted how Dickens was able to move between these roles in the creation of each character within the story. And it showed how his personal experiences influenced his values and perceptions to align with Karpman's Drama Triangle (which is a "learned" psychological dysfunction). This movie also accurately depicted how many fictional writers actually craft their stories... creating characters that "come alive" in the writers mind. And how many fictional characters are loosely based upon real people (including aspects of the author).First, read about Karpman's Drama Triangle... then watch this movie. That will leave you with a completely different perspective toward "A Christmas Carol".