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A Christmas Carol

1971·Animation·25m
7.1
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Directed by Richard Williams
based on novel or book
holiday
ghost story
christmas

Cast

Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim
Scrooge (voice)
Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Narrator (voice)
Diana Quick
Diana Quick
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Joan Sims
Joan Sims
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Fezziwig (voice)
Melvyn Hayes
Melvyn Hayes
Bob Cratchit (voice)

Crew

Richard Williams
Richard Williams
Director
Richard Williams
Richard Williams
Producer
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Executive Producer
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Novel
Tristram Cary
Tristram Cary
Music
Abe Levitow
Abe Levitow
Story Artist

Popular Reviews

18 reviews
TobyHendo
TobyHendoPRO
A Christmas Carol
Still prefer Muppet version, and pacing felt janky, but was a great looking story with details I never realised where in the Christmas Carol.

Felt odd in places but added to the charm. Voice acting felt subpar. Covered the whole story in 25m. Impressive film.
Still prefer Muppet version, and pacing felt janky, but was a great looking story with details I never realised where in the Christmas Carol.

Felt odd in places but added to the charm. Voice acting felt subpar. Covered the whole story in 25m. Impressive film.
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Lola
Lola
A Christmas Carol
I really love how the ghost of Christmas future was portrayed as a cloaked figure with a skeletal hand and never spoke as to not directly interfere with the future laid out
I really love how the ghost of Christmas future was portrayed as a cloaked figure with a skeletal hand and never spoke as to not directly interfere with the future laid out
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Vt.Spidey
Vt.Spidey
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas carol that knows what it's doing. A great incapsulation of some of the more unnerving aspects of the story and it tells the story well, even including some of the scenes most adaptations cut in its short runtime. With the phenomenal production of this movie I only wish it had a longer runtime to devop it's emotional core and iron out some of the stranger pacing moments that come with being a 25 minute film produced for television.
A Christmas carol that knows what it's doing. A great incapsulation of some of the more unnerving aspects of the story and it tells the story well, even including some of the scenes most adaptations cut in its short runtime. With the phenomenal production of this movie I only wish it had a longer runtime to devop it's emotional core and iron out some of the stranger pacing moments that come with being a 25 minute film produced for television.
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Ryan K. Taylor
Ryan K. Taylor
A Christmas Carol
There was not one frame in this that wasn’t the most unsettling fucking thing I’ve ever seen
There was not one frame in this that wasn’t the most unsettling fucking thing I’ve ever seen
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Giobbe
Giobbe
A Christmas Carol
Animazione cupa, sporca, fuocosa
Animazione cupa, sporca, fuocosa
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