Overview
Genre: Animation
Language: English
Country of Origin: UK
Production Status: Completed
Running Time: 81 minutes
Year of Production: 2001
Synopsis
The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his ‘story of ghosts’ a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that this is appropriate since his story begins with a mouse. At this point the story turns into the animated version and Dickens explains that the mouse, named Gabriel, carries a glimmer of hope amidst the glaring co-existence of rich and poor in the streets of London. Throughout the subsequent unfolding of the well-known story Gabriel acts as a miniature Greek chorus, providing younger members of the audience with a point of entry into the story and, in the case of the potentially frightening elements (the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future), a place of refuge. Christmas Carol – The Movie is the first full length animated movie to retain the authenticity of Charles Dickens’ magical ghost story. The Film features beautifully crafted animation and a wonderful, heart warming script voiced by some of the world’s leading actors.
Cast + Crew
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Producer: Julian Nott, Iain Harvey (The Snowman, Father Christmas)
Based on novel by Charles Dickens
Composer: Julian Nott (Wallace & Gromit)
Main Cast: Simon Callow (Amadeus, Four Weddings and a Funeral), Kate Winslet (Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Jane Horrocks(Little Voice), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Open Range, Gosford Park), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill).
Distributors
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Festivals
Film credits are not contractual
