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Directed by | Bharat Nalluri |
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Written by | Susan Coyne |
Based on | The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford |
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Music by | Mychael Danna |
Cinematography | Ben Smithard |
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Running time | 104 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Box office | $8.1 million[3] |
The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 Christmas biographical comedy drama film directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne. Based on the 2008 book of the same name about Charles Dickens by Les Standiford, the joint Irish/Canadian production stars Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce, and follows Dickens (Stevens) as he conceives and writes his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.
The film was produced by Parallel Film and Rhombus Media.[4] It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on 22 November 2017,[5] and by Thunderbird Releasing[6] in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics.[7]
with support from the Irish Film Board
Thunderbird Releasing has launched the official UK trailer for THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, out in cinemas nationwide on Friday 1st December, 2017