A Diva's Christmas Carol (TV 2000)

A remake of the Dicken's classic, "A Christmas Carol" featuring a very nasty pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits.

Director:

Richard Schenkman

Writer:

Richard Schenkman

Stars:

Vanessa Williams, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, John Taylor

Cast

Credited cast:
Vanessa Williams	...	Ebony Scrooge
Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas	...	Marli Jacob (as Chilli)
John Taylor	...	Ghost of Christmas Present
Brian McNamara	...	Bob Cratchett
Kathy Griffin	...	Ghost of Christmas Past
Stephanie Biddle	...	Terry Freeman
Richard Jutras	...	Emie Hoskins
Linda Goodwin	...	Kelly Cratchett
Michelle Lipper	...	Tina
Amy Sloan	...	Patrice
Henri Pardo	...	Matt
Christian Paul	...	Lance
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joshua Archambault	...	Tim Cratchett
Terence Bowman	...	Ticket Clerk
Amanda Brugel	...	Olivia

Storyline

Ebony Scrooge is a one of the world's most successful pop singers. Yet her cold hearted soul and nasty attitude makes her lack a lot of holiday cheer and makes her band and manager, anything but happy. While in New York, Ebony is visited by her former singing partner, Marli Jacob, who claims that she will be visited by three spirits: Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Future who will hopefully turn Ebony's life around.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | ghost | singer | singing | show business | 

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Taglines:

Christmas can be such a bitch!

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Fantasy | Romance | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and thematic elements

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

A díva karácsonyi éneke

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

VH1 Television, Viacom Entertainment, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Ebony wakes up on Christmas morning, she calls down to the guy with the horse-drawn carriage and asks what time it is; he tells her its 615am. However, it is very brightly lit outside - on December 25 in New York City, it should still be dark at 615am.

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Quotes

Ebony Scrooge: Save it for the suckers, Grandpa!

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Connections

Version of Leyenda de Navidad (1947)

User Reviews

Looks like they threw it together about an hour before it aired

This is a lame, sloppily made rehash of the classic "Christmas Carol" story. Really charmless and fake; while the story itself is of course a fantasy, there isn't enough reality in the characters or acting to give it any solid ground from which to tug at our emotions, where it so obviously and painfully tries near the end.

It's good to laugh at for a while, but it's so annoying and substanceless, it probably won't hold your attention for very long.