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Christmas Carol: The Movie

  • 2001
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 17m
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5.4/10
2.3K
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Simon Callow and Aaron Basacombe in Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
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Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.

  • Director
    • Jimmy T. Murakami
  • Writers
    • Piet Kroon
    • Robert Llewellyn
    • Charles Dickens
  • Stars
    • Simon Callow
    • Kate Winslet
    • Nicolas Cage
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    2.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jimmy T. Murakami
    • Writers
      • Piet Kroon
      • Robert Llewellyn
      • Charles Dickens
    • Stars
      • Simon Callow
      • Kate Winslet
      • Nicolas Cage
    • 24User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    • Scrooge
    • (voice)
    • …
    Kate Winslet
    Kate Winslet
    • Belle
    • (voice)
    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Marley
    • (voice)
    Jane Horrocks
    Jane Horrocks
    • Ghost of Christmas Past
    • (voice)
    Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon
    • Ghost of Christmas Present
    • (voice)
    Rhys Ifans
    Rhys Ifans
    • Bob Cratchit
    • (voice)
    Juliet Stevenson
    Juliet Stevenson
    • Mrs. Cratchit
    • (voice)
    • …
    Robert Llewellyn
    Robert Llewellyn
    • Old Joe
    • (voice)
    Iain Jones
    • Fred
    • (voice)
    Colin McFarlane
    Colin McFarlane
    • Fezziwig
    • (voice)
    Beth Winslet
    Beth Winslet
    • Fan
    • (voice)
    Arthur Cox
    Arthur Cox
    • Dr. Lambert
    • (voice)
    Keith Wickham
    Keith Wickham
    • Mr. Leach
    • (voice)
    • …
    Joss Sanglier
    • Choir Master
    • (voice)
    Sarah Kayte Foster
    • Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (as Sarah Annison)
    Rosalie MacCraig
    • Mouse
    • (voice)
    Aaron Basacombe
    • Child
    • (voice)
    Bradley Kelly
    • Child
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Jimmy T. Murakami
    • Writers
      • Piet Kroon
      • Robert Llewellyn
      • Charles Dickens
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    3HotToastyRag

    Why wasn't it real-people?

    In this version of A Christmas Carol, Simon Callow plays Charles Dickens. He attends a reading of his classic story, and as he reads aloud to his audience, the film turns to cartoon. Simon lends his voice to Ebenezer Scrooge, and he's joined by Nicolas Cage as Marley, Rhys Ifans as Bob Cratchit, Michael Gambon as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Jane Horrocks as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Juliet Stevenson as Mrs. Cratchit, and Kate Winslet as Belle.

    If you're going to go with an animated version, go with Mr. Magoo's comedic version. If you want something a little more sophisticated, go with Jim Carrey's 3-D version. This version isn't atrocious, but it's also not very good. It'll draw in quite a few viewings because of the cast, but how much more fun would it have been if it was a real-people movie with the same cast? Maybe everyone signed on thinking that was the case, and maybe the beginning real-people section was only added to appease audience members who were under the same impression when they rented it.
    6Theo Robertson

    A Christmas Parable And Prophetic Too

    This starts off with a live action sequence where Charles Dickens played by Simon Callow attends a venue in Boston where he relates the story of A Christmas CAROL . I wonder if Callow could have believed that a few years later he'd be reprising his role as Dickens where he attends a similar type of speaking tour in Cardiff in 1869 where one of the audience is a corpse taken over by a gaseous alien race called The Gelth ? Check out The DOCTOR WHO story The Unquiet Dead to see what I'm blabbering on about . It's certainly very interesting to see how the scenes from the two are very similar in atmosphere

    As you might expect this a straight forward retelling of A Christmas CAROL in animated form so if you're expecting lines like " Pity The Gelth - We want your flesh " you're going to be bitterly disappointed . Some people may complain that the story concentrates far too much on a social political subtext but Dickens didn't write A Christmas CAROL as a ghost story , he wrote it as a story of redemption and this shines through , though perhaps a little too obviously to be truly successful . My only real complaint is that the mice are a serious distraction to the story telling
    6sandlot1992

    a Really Decent Adaptation of this Dickens Tale

    Out of all the adaptations of this classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens, this is probably a really good one in my opinion! the story is really good though compared to the original novel; but of course in the novel Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Jacob Marley's ghost in his bedroom, but in this version it's in his office. plus the animation looks really decent and okay in my book though especially the backgrounds that look like something you see in a Christmas card or from Dicken's original illustrations to the novel that's based on the original novel, plus Simon Callow does a really good job voicing Scrooge and playing Charles Dickens in the live action segments as well as Nicolas Cage as Jacob Marley and kudos to Kate Winslet from Titanic (1997) voicing Scrooge's fiancé Belle. yet this movie has some dark moments along with some sad moments and I wouldn't call this a boring adaption, if your a fan to any adaptation to a Christmas Carol along with the Muppets version, check this one out if you have kids in your family!
    6Hitchcoc

    It's Just So Lifeless

    I've probably seen every version of "A Christmas Carol" ever done. It's probably my favorite story. It's about pain and suffering and redemption. It's a wonderful ghost story. It has great characters and a great deal of sentimentality. It take a really good actor to pull off the character of Scrooge. Alaister Sim and George C. Scott are my favorites. The character has to have a link to an unhappy past. Cruelty is one thing, but we need some humanity as well. If he is not complex, he is nothing. This had potential. It has very nice animation. The problem, for me, is that Scrooge is too young. He has the angular face of a forty year old. His lines are delivered without any underlying emotion. I don't think the people doing the voices did much homework. Also, what's wrong with the original plot. Do people change it so they can put their own signature on it. This one isn't too bad, but it's so wooden. Those mice are also really annoying. If one wanted to take this to its logical end, London at that time, was overrun with disease ridden vermin, which did decrease the surplus population. Now, I know that's really harsh to these two little guys, but I would imagine that Scrooge would have as soon flattened them with a boot as look at them. You either make a commitment to tell the story, or you throw the whole thing out an ignore the elements. The mice should go. There's also a group of social issues that are just dropped in. All in all, however, it seems so lacking in pizazz. There is supposed to be elation at the end; even giddiness. There is nothing giddy about this film.
    6Channeleven

    Not Great, But Not Terrible

    I've seen a repeating pattern when it comes to reviews of this movie, the animation's bad, mice are evil, it's different from the original.

    For being different from the original, A Christmas Carol stands as one of the most adapted works out there, least it feels like it with how many we got. It wouldn't hurt to try and change things up just to stand out, otherwise people would say it brings nothing new to the table. Guess this film was gonna lose no matter what.

    The mice, most I can say scenes centering on them were to pad out the runtime, At the very least they don't talk and thus don't become horribly unbearable.

    The animation... I guess after seeing so many works by Don Bluth and at Disney standards had grown. The animation here is otherwise acceptable, nowhere near as terrible as people make it out to be though still not great. But it does stand out to me, whether against some beautiful storyboards. It fits the narrative and tone, so to speak.

    Course you may be asking, what could be worse than this adaptation?

    Bah Humduck, which hits two of the three same sins as this film, only difference is that their liberties cripple the original tale way worse.

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    • Trivia
      Michael Gambon (Ghost of Christmas Present) also played Scrooge in the 2010 Doctor Who (2005) Christmas special A Christmas Carol (2010).
    • Goofs
      Scrooge collects a sheaf of papers regarding debts that he's taken over but when he meets up with Joe, his debt collector, instead of giving him the papers he gives him a book.
    • Quotes

      Ebenezer Scrooge: Cratchit, that slovenly, good for nothing... Even a tiny mouse is more tidy!

    • Alternate versions
      Some DVD versions omit the live action theatrical opening and ending featuring Simon Callow as Charles Dickens. The Region 1 DVD from MGM has both scenes as a supplement in the special features section.
    • Connections
      Featured in Making 'Christmas Carol: The Movie' (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      What If I
      Performed by Kate Winslet

      Produced by Steve Mac

      Engineered by Chris Laws and Matt Howe at Rokstone Studios, London

      Assistant Daniel Pursey

      Written by Steve Mac and Wayne Hector

      Published by Rokstone Music/Universal Music/Universal Music

      Except USA: Rokstone Music/Songs of Windswept/Universal Music

      Used by kind permission of Universal Music Publishing Ltd

      Rokstone Musice LTD/Universal Music Publishing Ltd 2001

      2001 Illuminated Films (Christmas Carol) Ltd

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    • Release date
      • December 7, 2001 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Christmas Carol
    • Production companies
      • Illuminated Film Company
      • FilmFour
      • MBP (Germany)
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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $266,475
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 17m(77 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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