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Ebenezer Scrooge/Ghost of Christmas Past/Ghost of Christmas Present/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
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A Christmas Carol: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan. Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Robert Zemeckis
- 2009-11-06
Disney's A Christmas Carol (or simply A Christmas Carol) is a 2009 American animated Christmas film produced, written for the screen and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital, and released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is based on Charles Dickens 's 1843 novel A Christmas Carol.
During the Victorian era, stingy and cranky Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas, loses his partner Marley on Christmas Eve. For seven years, he runs his business exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit, and spends a bitter treatment to his family and acquaintances.
Nov 6, 2009 · Release Date: November 6, 2009. Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Holiday. From Walt Disney Pictures comes the magical retelling of Charles Dickens’ beloved tale — Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the high-flying, heartwarming adventure for the whole family, starring Jim Carrey.
- Robert Zemeckis
- Colin Firth
- Plot
- Production
- Trivia
- Differences from The Original Story
- Reception
The movie begins with the book A Christmas Carolopening and the words, “Marley is dead.” appearing. The scene then shows the deceased Jacob Marley in his coffin with two pence coins covering his eyes at the funeral parlor. He apparently has died the night before on Christmas Eve. The undertaker (funeral director) hands a pen to an elderly, outstret...
In July 2007, it was announced that director Robert Zemeckis had written a screen adaptation of Dickens' 1843 story. The film utilizes the same kinds of motion capture techniques used previously by Zemeckis in his films The Polar Express and Beowulf. Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with Jim Carrey in mind, and Carrey signed on to the project. Similar...
This is Disney's third adaptation of the story, following Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Muppet Christmas Carol.This is the second version of the story, in which a Scrooge character hangs over a fiery abyss, following Scrooge McDuck.This was the first mainstream Disney-made film since Sleeping Beauty to include both a storybook opening and a storybook closing.This was one of the last films Bob Hoskinsstar in before his retirement in 2012.This is one of the most faithful adaptions of A Christmas Carolbrought to the screen but it includes several differences. 1. In the story, the "Ghost of Christmas Present" dies but he just disappears. In the movie, they show him dying at length. 2. Unlike in the story, Scrooge falls into his own grave (similar to Mickey's Christmas Carol). 3. The w...
The film received mixed to positive reviews from US film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 53% of 184 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.9 out of 10. The site's general consensus is that "Robert Zemeckis' 3-D animated take on the Dickens classic tries hard, but its dazzling special effect...
Disney's A Christmas Carol. Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful...
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- Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Drama, Animation
- PG
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Nov 4, 2009 · “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” by Robert Zemeckis (and Charles Dickens, of course) is an exhilarating visual experience and proves for the third time he’s one of the few directors who knows what he’s doing with 3-D. The story that Dickens wrote in 1838 remains timeless, and if it’s supercharged here with Scrooge swooping the London ...
