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  1. 21-12-11 05:51 PM #1
    DirtyHarry
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    My wife (who if from Baltimore, I'm a Brit) asked me "Harry, why do the British not make Christmas movies - but instead just watch old war films and stuff, at Christmas time?".

    I don't have an answer, does anyone know if we ever made any Xmasy films like the US did with "White Christmas" or "Wonderful Life" or "Miracle on 34th Street" etc etc etc.

    We may have made a load but they just dont get aired...


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  2. 21-12-11 05:58 PM #2
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    The most popular Christmas story in the world and the most filmed is British, Charles Dickens' " A Christmas Carol"
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  3. 21-12-11 06:01 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugo View Post
    The most popular Christmas story in the world and the most filmed is British, Charles Dickens' " A Christmas Carol"
    Yes I know that but is that it?

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  4. 21-12-11 06:07 PM #4
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    The Holly and the Ivy. But as Hugo said, we gave the world Dickens - isn't that enough?
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  5. 21-12-11 06:45 PM #5
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    We did Scrooge, Goldfinger and Where Eagles Dare. What more do you need at Christmas
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  6. 21-12-11 06:47 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by markrgv View Post
    We did Scrooge, Goldfinger and Where Eagles Dare. What more do you need at Christmas
    Apart from Doctor Who obviously. Luckily we invented that as well
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  7. 21-12-11 06:53 PM #7
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    Don't Open Till Christmas

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  8. 21-12-11 07:41 PM #8
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    ....Scrooge (1951)...The best christmas film ever made.

    Love actually is also a christmas film

    The British prefer to make Christmas specials of exsisting TV prgrammes instead of film
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  9. 21-12-11 08:36 PM #9
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    Considering the general level of 'Christmas' films, perhaps we should be grateful that relatively few are made in the UK. I suspect that its all to do with money. Apart from Dickens, how many people in the UK, never mind worldwide, are going to want to sit through a heartwarming UK based seasonal film? An inspiring story of someone getting a special tree from Chipping Sodbury to Buck House in time, not knowing if there will be a tailback on the motorway, plus the nightmare of the driver eating a dodgy kebab? I know I'm not. 'The National Tree' is kind of a US thing (and my wife enjoyed it), but its not really us.

    Since most US made 'Christmas' movies are made for TV (Channel 5 seems to have bought a job-lot), the UK equivalant is (as Lefthook suggested), the 'Christmas Special'. Of course most of them are a bit rubbish, and its only the good ones that survive long enough to be repeated as a 'Christmas classic'.

    As for which version of Scrooge is the best...the 1951 version versus the Muppets sounds about right.
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  10. 21-12-11 08:45 PM #10
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    I consider 'Goodbye Mr Chips' to be a Christmas film and there are a lot of British films/TV that cover the theme of the traditional Christmas ghost story which I would much rather watch than 'Miracle on 34th Street' or any of the recent blockbuster Hollywood crap that has nothing to do with Christmas yet wastes time slots on Christmas Day/Boxing Day.
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  11. 21-12-11 08:47 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by markrgv View Post
    We did Scrooge, Goldfinger and Where Eagles Dare. What more do you need at Christmas
    The Great Escape.
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    Yes, I see ITV's Christmas Night hilight is "Downton Adverts"
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    The British prefer to make Christmas specials of exsisting TV prgrammes instead of film
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  13. 21-12-11 09:17 PM #13
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    Can't beat Joan Collins v Santa in Tales From The Crypt

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    Quote Originally Posted by cassidy View Post
    Yes, I see ITV's Christmas Night hilight is "Downton Adverts"
    Downtown Abbey...well Christmas day wont be an anti-climax this year then
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftHook View Post
    Downtown Abbey...well Christmas day wont be an anti-climax this year then
    It beats 'Spiderman II' by a country mile in my opinion-at least it's British and Christmas themed- also,the adverts will pay for the Aviva Xmas Party for the next 25 years!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycad View Post
    It beats 'Spiderman II' by a country mile in my opinion-at least it's British and Christmas themed- also,the adverts will pay for the Aviva Xmas Party for the next 25 years!
    Spiderman 2 is on??...All my Christmases have come at once
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftHook View Post
    Spiderman 2 is on??...All my Christmases have come at once
    Yes-it's on three times in a row followed by 'Eastenders'! Enjoy!
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  18. 22-12-11 03:07 AM #18
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    "Saloon Bar" takes place on Christmas maybe we'll watch that.
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    On Sky there are currently two Christmas movie channels. Sky Christmas is for blockbusters and box sets. Christmas 24 is for really dreadful festive fare.
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  20. 22-12-11 07:29 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycad View Post
    It beats 'Spiderman II' by a country mile in my opinion-at least it's British and Christmas themed- also,the adverts will pay for the Aviva Xmas Party for the next 25 years!
    Yes, we must watch British Christmas themed programming at this time of year!
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