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Director:
Richard Boden
Writers:
Richard Curtis (writer)
Charles Dickens (short story "A Christmas Carol")
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Genre:
Comedy | History more
Plot:
Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants. full summary | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
43 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG

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Trivia:
This film and Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) are the only two to actively reprise characters from previous Blackadder incarnations (namely new segments for "Blackadder II" (1986) and "Blackadder the Third" (1987)). more
Quotes:
Ebenezer Blackadder: [after the Spirit shows him a vision of his future] So, let's get this straight: If I was bad, my descendants would rule the entire universe!
Spirit of Christmas: Maybe... Maybe... But would you be happy? Being ruler of the universe is not all it's cracked up to be - there's the long hours... I mean, you wave at people the whole time. You're no longer your own boss.
Ebenezer Blackadder: But, so, what if I stayed good? What then does the future hold?
Spirit of Christmas: Ah, well, I really must put my foot down here. I've got four hauntings and a 'scare-the-bugger-to-death' to do before morning.
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Movie Connections:
References "Blackadder II" (1986) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
brilliant, 30 October 2002
Author: Mmyers2003 from England, UK

Very funny. British humour at its best once again. The reversal of the christmas carol is a brilliant idea with good imagination put into it. The other added bonus this one off episode offers is that it goes back to the past era's used in the series in small snip-its and shows us once again how the cunning Lord and the money obsessed butler spent there christmases (usually involving beating baldrick up) plus a view of the blackadder family in the distant future. definately check this out. 9 out of 10.

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