An American Christmas Carol
An American Christmas Carol is a 1979 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Eric Till and loosely based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol". Plot. In Depression-era Concord, New Hampshire, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force  Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, and more amiable man. Academy Award-winning special make-up effects artist Rick Baker consulted on the aging makeup for star Henry Winkler. Home media releases. "An American Christmas Carol" was released on DVD on November 23, 1999. It was released on Blu-ray in December 2012.