Only through their guidance can his soul be saved. The Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future show Scrooge how each life touches so many others, and how inhumanity breeds more inhumanity. As a purist and fan of black and white cinematography in general, I cannot abide the colorization process. Therefore, I leave it to the discretion of the individual viewer to sample the adulterated version of this classic film. The sharp black and white picture has a good level of detail.
Blacks are deep black and the image offers dependable contrast.
The film element does have some blemishes and bits of negative dust, but none of them are too distracting. Digital compression artifacts remained in check throughout the presentation. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack showed more signs of age than did the picture. There is some hiss, a few pops and clicks and a brief passage where the audio sounded as if it were being played back at the bottom of a well. Overall, dialogue remained intelligible and the track would take a fair amount of amplification without becoming distorted.