The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)
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| Directed by | Bharat Nalluri |
| Screenplay by | Susan Coyne |
| Based on | The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford |
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| Cinematography | Ben Smithard |
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| Music by | Mychael Danna |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $8.1 million |
The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 Christmas biographical comedy-drama film about Charles Dickens directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne. Based on Les Standiford's 2008 non-fiction book of the same name, the joint Canadian and Irish 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. It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on 22 November 2017, and by Thunderbird Releasing in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics.