A Christmas Carol (2009)

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers:

Charles Dickens (novel)
Robert Zemeckis (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Plot Keywords:

Scrooge | Christmas | Miser | Apparition | Victorian Era

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Scrooge as a Young Boy / Scrooge as a Teenage Boy / Scrooge as a Young Man / Scrooge as a Middle-Aged Man / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Steve Valentine	...	Funerary Undertaker / Topper
Daryl Sabara	...	Undertaker's Apprentice / Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Peter Cratchit / Well-Dressed Caroler
Sage Ryan	...	Tattered Caroler
Amber Gainey Meade	...	Tattered Caroler / Well-Dressed Caroler
Ryan Ochoa	...	Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Young Cratchit Boy / Ignorance Boy / Young Boy with Sleigh / Tiny Tim
Bobbi Page	...	Tattered Caroler / Well-Dressed Caroler
Ron Bottitta	...	Tattered Caroler / Well-Dressed Caroler
Sammi Hanratty	...	Beggar Boy / Young Cratchit Girl / Want Girl
Julian Holloway	...	Fat Cook / Portly Gentleman #2 / Business Man #3
Gary Oldman	...	Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim
Colin Firth	...	Fred
Cary Elwes	...	Portly Gentleman #1 / Dick Wilkins / Mad Fiddler / Guest #2 / Business Man #1
Robin Wright Penn	...	Fan / Belle
Bob Hoskins	...	Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe
Jacquie Barnbrook	...	Mrs. Fezziwig / Fred's Sister-in-Law / Well-Dressed Caroler
Lesley Manville	...	Mrs. Cratchit
Molly C. Quinn	...	Belinda Cratchit
Fay Masterson	...	Martha Cratchit / Guest #1 / Caroline
Leslie Zemeckis	...	Fred's Wife
Paul Blackthorne	...	Guest #3 / Business Man #2
Michael Hyland	...	Guest #4
Kerry Hoyt	...	Adult Ignorance
Julene Renee	...	Adult Want
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Mrs. Dilber
Raymond Ochoa	...	Caroline's Child
Callum Blue	...	Caroline's Husband
Matthew Henerson	...	Poulterer
Aaron Rapke	...	Well-Dressed Caroler
Sonje Fortag	...	Well-Dressed Caroler / Fred's Housemaid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Todd	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Dickens		novel
Robert Zemeckis		screenplay

Produced by
Katherine C. Concepcion	....	associate producer
Jack Rapke	....	producer
Mark L. Rosen	....	executive producer
Heather Smith	....	associate producer
Steve Starkey	....	producer
Peter M. Tobyansen	....	line producer
Robert Zemeckis	....	producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Robert Presley

Film Editing by
Jeremiah O'Driscoll

Casting by
Scot Boland
Victoria Burrows
Nina Gold

Production Design by
Doug Chiang

Art Direction by
Marc Gabbana
Norman Newberry
Mike Stassi

Set Decoration by
Karen O'Hara

Makeup Department
Bill Corso	....	makeup artist: Mr. Carrey
Ryan McDowell	....	life casting
Tegan Taylor	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Wendy Berry	....	production department manager
Ryan Ralph Bond	....	assistant production manager
Brian Brecht	....	production manager
Kristen D. Chidel	....	production manager
Krista Haley	....	assistant production manager
Robert Keyghobad	....	production manager
Nelson Lee	....	associate production manager
Renee Ward	....	associate production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Jeffrey Schwartz	....	second assistant director
David H. Venghaus Jr.	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Darren Bacon	....	concept artist
Julie Beattie Iiams	....	set dresser
Michael C. Biddle	....	digital set designer
Gregory Bossert	....	researcher/archivist
Lawson Brown	....	set dresser
Zack Bunker	....	art department assistant
Andrea Carter	....	art department coordinator
David Chow	....	digital set designer
Jack Cornelius	....	motion capture prop forman
Fon Davis	....	model maker: art department
Genevieve Elkin	....	art department assistant
Colin Fix	....	character designer
Kristen Gassner	....	set decorating buyer
Michael Gastaldo	....	property master
Will Grant	....	set dresser
Scott Herbertson	....	assistant art director
Ryan Heuett	....	concept modeler
Bensen Ho	....	props
Philip Keller	....	storyboard artist
Bobby Mara	....	construction general foreman
Brian Matyas	....	concept artist
Richard F. Mays	....	set designer
David Moreau	....	digital set designer
Fred O'Connor	....	on-set carpenter
Dermot Power	....	character/costume designer
Joel Prihoda	....	leadman
Andrew Reeder	....	set designer
Roel Robles	....	character designer
Emmanuel Shiu	....	concept artist
Blanche Sindelar	....	assistant property master
Holly Sudduth	....	mocap prop maker
Joseph Suen	....	concept modeler
Vladimir Todorov	....	character design
Joshua Viers	....	concept artist
John Villarino	....	construction coordinator
Tova Weinberg	....	digital set decorating coordinator

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	production ProTools operator
Jeremy Bowker	....	sound effects assistant
Brian Chumney	....	adr editor
Colette Dahanne	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Colette Dahanne	....	sound effects editor
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Josh Gold	....	sound effects assistant
Nia Hansen	....	sound recordist
Robert Jackson	....	boom operator
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
William B. Kaplan	....	production sound mixer
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant sound designer
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Zach Martin	....	mix technician
Daniel S. McCoy	....	boom operator
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Dennis S. Sands	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clint Smith	....	sound recordist
Mac Smith	....	sound effects editor
James M. Tanenbaum	....	production sound mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound designer
Angie Yesson	....	sound recordist
Philip Young	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Robert Calvert	....	special effects
Robert Cole	....	special effects foreman
Donald Elliott	....	floor effects supervisor
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects supervisor
Bob Mano	....	facial acquisition hardware technician: Humbug Entertainment

Visual Effects by
Brendan Abel	....	motion capture technical director
Robert Adams	....	shot finishing/stereo: ImageMovers Digital
Pedro Aleman	....	character technical director
Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani	....	cloth and hair senior technical director: IMD: ImageMovers Digital
Francois Antoine	....	visual effects
Tom Armbruster	....	motion capture
Jose Astacio	....	layout technical director
Sarah Back	....	motion capture technical director
Kevin Baillie	....	digital effects supervisor
Chad Belteau	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director
Ronaldo A. Benaraw	....	motion capture technician
Jonathan A. Berry	....	motion capture technician
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	lighting technical director
Siksit Boonyodom	....	shot finishing artist/compositor
Olivia Bouwkamp	....	motion capture technician
Laura C. Bowers	....	production coordinator
Michael Brainerd	....	senior effects technical director
Margarita Bratkova	....	research & development engineer
Jason Brown	....	visual effects
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor: IMAX Version
Ross Burgess	....	animator: ImageMovers Digital
Dan Camp	....	hair and cloth technical director: IMD
Kathryn Capri	....	modeler
Daniel Carbo	....	visual effects production manager
Michael Catalano	....	assistant technical director
Ryan D. Chan	....	motion capture technician
Kirk Chantraine	....	motion capture technical director
Pablo Chavez	....	directors layout artist
Alexander Chen	....	motion capture production coordinator
Albert Cheng	....	directors layout artist: The Third Floor
Benjamin Chess	....	research & development engineer
Derek Cheung	....	assistant technical director
Vanessa Chiara	....	dmr production coordinator (IMAX Version)
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	lighting technical director
Carmen Chow	....	matte painter
Jeff Chung	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director
Po-Ming Chu	....	modeler
Matthew Cioffi	....	lead modeler
Joseph Clark	....	character effects technical director
Michael Clemens	....	visual effects artist
Mark C. Colbert	....	research & development engineer
David Conlon	....	lighting technical director
Michael Corcoran	....	character effects supervisor
Glenn Cotter	....	matte painting
Joe C. D'Amato	....	digital resource supervisor
David Dame	....	character effects technical director
Purnell Davis	....	assistant technical director
Anton Dawson	....	lead character technical director
Peter Demarest	....	digital compositor
Greg Denton	....	assistant technical director
Teunis deRaat	....	senior hair & cloth technical director
Cruz DeWilde	....	stereoscopic technical director
Andrew Dickinson	....	senior fx animator
Chris Doerhoff	....	shot finishing artist/atd
Stéphanie Dubé	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Richard Ducker	....	lead technical director
Nino Ellington	....	resource technical assistant
Arin Finger	....	lighting department manager
Alex A. Fleming	....	assistant technical director
Brad Fox	....	lead technical director: ImageMoversDigital
Alexandre Frazao	....	motion capture technical director
Martin Furness	....	character effects technical director: ImageMovers Digital
Jay Gambell	....	character effects: ImageMovers Digital
Howard Gersh	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Noah Gift	....	senior technical director
Matthew Gilson	....	digital matte painter: Imagemovers Digital
David 'Rudy' Grossman	....	cg supervisor
Glen Gustafson	....	lighting and compositing artist
Ben Guthrie	....	motion capture stage lead
Ben Hadden	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Hall	....	visual effects
Craig Halperin	....	crowd animation supervisor
Justin Hammond	....	lighting and compositing technical director: IMD
Pascal Hang	....	character technical director
Marianne Heath	....	production support
Edward Helmers	....	lighting td
Sunghwan Hong	....	visual effects artist
Vita Pei-Ying Hsieh	....	texture painter
John Huikku	....	lighting and compositing artist
Annemieke Loomis Hutchins	....	digital matte painter
Brad Isdrab	....	resource technical assistant
Anthony Jacob	....	layout technical director
Ian Jenkins	....	lead technical director
Jeff Jingle	....	facial acquisition hardware technician: Humbug Entertainment
Jeff A. Johnson	....	lighting and compositing
Wesley A. Johnson	....	motion capture production assistant
Barry Kane	....	technical director
Matt Kapfhammer	....	motion capture technician
Oded Kassirer	....	motion capture technician
Alison Kellom	....	motion capture technical director
Kevin Kelm	....	lead cloth technical director
Rehana Khan	....	motion capture technician
Erin King	....	visual effects coordinator
Steven Kirchner	....	camera & layout artist
Mark Kobrin	....	character modeler
Ashley Koons	....	production coordinator: ImageMovers Digital
Ofer Koren	....	rigging technical director
Jarrod Kozeal	....	motion capture technician
Jim Kundig	....	headrig floor supervisor
Dax LaFleur	....	cloth/hair technical director
Derrick Lau	....	motion capture technician
Aaron M. Lawn	....	look development
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	character effects
Jeffrey Lee	....	motion capture technician
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates
Woei Lee	....	lead compositor
Tu Le	....	lighting and compositing artist
Michael Levine	....	hair and cloth technical director
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	motion capture technician
Lucy Liu	....	stereoscopic technical director
Jason Locke	....	assistant technical director
Christopher J. Logan	....	assistant technical director
Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo	....	senior lighting/compositing
Daniel Lowenberg	....	assistant technical director
Euan K. MacDonald	....	supervising technical director
Jennifer MacKenzie	....	lead stereoscopic technical director
Douglas R. MacMillan	....	look development lead: IMD
Greg Maloney	....	lead stereographer
Geordie Martinez	....	lead character finaler-rigger
Novaira Masood	....	production engineer
Lucy Maxian	....	character fx technical director
David McGraw	....	assistant technical director
David B. Menkes	....	look development
Michael A. Miller	....	senior cg supervisor
Noah Mizrahi	....	senior character rigger / character animator
Hiroshi Mori	....	directors layout artist: The Third Floor
Kyle Mulqueen	....	digital artist: scan data cleanup
George Murphy	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick Neary	....	senior technical director: Lighting and Compositing
David Northcutt	....	character technical director
Jorge Obregon	....	lighting and compositing
Christos Obretenov	....	look development
Chris Patrick O'Connell	....	modeler
Colleen O'Hagan	....	assistant technical director
Michael Oregon	....	resource technical assistant
Josh Paller	....	technical director
Jonathan D. Penney	....	assistant technical director
Joel Pennington	....	motion capture technical director
Navin Pinto	....	cloth and hair senior technical director: IMD
Ralph Procida	....	lighting and compositing lead
David Rand	....	senior vfx technical director
Steve Rheinfrank	....	lead modeler
Guy Riessen	....	matte painter
Gary Roberts	....	motion capture supervisor
Suzanne C. Robertson	....	motion capture production assistant
Elliot Rosenstein	....	hair and cloth technical director
Jason Rush	....	motion capture technical animator
Derek Salemme	....	motion capture technician
James Sathre	....	resource technical assistant
Manuela Scalini	....	lighting and compositing
Jeremy Schichtel	....	motion capture technician
Frederic Schmidt	....	digital artist
Janelle Schneider	....	surface/texture artist
Brett Schroeder	....	senior character animator
Anthony Shafer	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Priyes Shah	....	senior technical director
Jeff Shank	....	digital effects
Ann Sidenblad	....	lead modeler
Brett Skaggs	....	motion capture tracking assistant
Lisa Skinner	....	motion capture production assistant
Andrew B. Smith	....	motion capture technical director
Brian W. Smith	....	research & development engineer
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor
Siyu Song	....	resource technical assistant
Brock J. Stearn	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Jason Stellwag	....	digital artist
Sam Stewart	....	shot finishing artist: ImageMovers Digital
Justin Stockton	....	layout technical director
Katelyn Takens	....	motion capture technician
Chu Tang	....	look development artist
Mike Terpstra	....	compositing lead
Gerald Tiu	....	production software technical director
Pragya Tomar	....	lighting assistant technical director
Scott G. Trosclair	....	lighting and compositing artist
Bryan Trowbridge	....	resource technical assistant
Ryan Tudhope	....	digital effects supervisor
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor: IMAX version
Mauricio Valderrama	....	shot finishing artist/atd
Paul Van Camp	....	senior effects technical director: ImageMovers
Chad Vernon	....	character technical director
Keven Viragh-Begert	....	motion capture technician
Nick von Tagen	....	assistant technical director
Nancey S. Wallis	....	senior technical director
Matthew A. Ward	....	director's layout supervisor
April Warren	....	layout technical director
Daniel James Weber	....	facial acquisition hardware technician: Humbug Entertainment
Dan Weeks	....	senior production engineer
Shraga Weiss	....	character modeler
Sean White	....	hair and cloth technical director
Todd Widup	....	senior creature technical director: Imagemovers Digital
Chris Winters	....	lighting lead
Brent Wong	....	character modeler
Jason Yanofsky	....	senior lighting artist: ImageMoversDigital
Kwan Wayne Yu Yee	....	assistant technical director
Emre Yilmaz	....	senior character technical director
Zoe Aimee Zaitzeff	....	visual effects coordinator
Riccardo Zanettini	....	senior lighting/compositing
Yi Zhao	....	lighting and compositing
Brandon Foster	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Winston Quitasol	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director: Imagemovers Digital (uncredited)

Stunts
Bradley James Allan	....	stunts
Ilram Choi	....	stunts
Shawn Crowder	....	utility stunts
Mark Ginther	....	stunts
Adam Hart	....	stunt double
Shawn Kautz	....	stunts
Theo Kypri	....	stunt double: Gary Oldman
Brian Machleit	....	stunts
David Schultz	....	stunt rigger
Brian Simpson	....	utility stunts
Garrett Warren	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bramley	....	still photographer
Trey Clinesmith	....	camera operator
Brian Garbellini	....	camera operator
Samuel R. Harrison III	....	key video assist operator
Roger C. Johnson	....	video engineer
Joseph Lederer	....	still photographer
Jaren Lopez	....	camera production assistant
Maurice K. McGuire	....	camera operator
Matthew Moriarty	....	camera operator
Tony Olivieri	....	camera operator
Nick Paige	....	camera operator
Christopher A. Schenck	....	camera operator
John Scott	....	camera operator
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	additional video assist operator
Deron Tse	....	grip
Deron Tse	....	rigger
Jason Young	....	rigging electrician

Animation Department
Jimmy Almeida	....	senior animator
Evelyn Botter	....	animator
Bryon Caldwell	....	animator
Webster Colcord	....	animator
Michael Corcoran	....	character fx supervisor
Mike Dacko	....	animator
Cameron Folds	....	animator
Rena M. Fowler	....	animator
Julie Jaros	....	animator
Christian Kubsch	....	general manager: IMD
Jax Lee	....	animator
Jean Lin	....	animator
Guido Muzzarelli	....	animator
Yuhon Ng	....	animator
Tal Peleg	....	animator
Kevin Quaid	....	animator
Brett Schroeder	....	character animator
David Shirk	....	associate animation supervisor
Mitchell Allen Snary	....	hair & character technical development
Michael Todd	....	character fx
Roland Vallet	....	animator
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator

Casting Department
Tineka Becker	....	casting associate
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Elaine Lee	....	casting intern
Mona Slomsky	....	casting assistant
Robert Sterne	....	casting assistant
Rose Wicksteed	....	casting assistant: uk

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Almaraz	....	costume supervisor
Karen Czukerberg	....	costume assistant
Alejandro M. Hernandez	....	set costumer
Michelle Liu	....	set costumer
Erich A. Muller	....	set costumer
Reiko Porter	....	set costumer
Valefor De Ambershay	....	motion capture costume draper (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Matt Brewbaker	....	post-production assistant
Jason Brown	....	digital asset manager
Ryan Chan	....	first assistant editor
Jason Fabbro	....	colorist
Trent Johnson	....	digital film colorist
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
Sam Restivo	....	assistant editor
Jessica Rubin	....	assistant editor
Nathan Schauf	....	assistant editor
Will Sherrod	....	post-production coordinator
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Dawn Martin	....	assistant editor: IMD (uncredited)
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Kenneth Karman	....	supervising music editor
Jeannie Lee Marks	....	assistant music editor
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Jason Poss	....	music transcription
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Robert Gaskill	....	driver

Other crew
Gary Alinea	....	senior systems engineer
Shyam Balsé	....	assistant: co-producer
Eric Bermender	....	senior systems engineer
Kevin Conde	....	systems administrator
Barry Curtis	....	production assistant
Paulette Dauber	....	unit publicist
Jennifer Davis	....	production assistant
Johnny Duguid	....	production coordinator
Greg Dunn	....	senior systems engineer
Antonio Eggermont	....	systems administrator
Kirby C. Fortenberry	....	second assistant accountant
Matt Gallagher	....	senior systems administrator
Laura Gary	....	studio teacher
Sarah Goller	....	office production assistant
Daniel Gonzalez	....	second assistant accountant
Jacqueline Hagerty	....	production assistant
Philip Hoang	....	production assistant
Robert Jordan	....	principal network architect
Ian Kelly	....	production video supervisor
Christian Kubsch	....	senior staff: IMD
Tom Lafferty	....	director of information technology
Susanne Lariviere	....	production accountant
Samantha Liss	....	production coordinator
Steven J. Madonna	....	information technology
Robert Marinic	....	surfacing supervisor
Timothy McCormick	....	systems administrator
Billy McLellan	....	production assistant
Nick Mestrundrea	....	key craft service
Rich Murillo	....	systems administrator
Laura O'Keefe	....	set production assistant
Jeffrey Parker	....	production assistant
Mitul Patel	....	production assistant
Christopher S. Patterson	....	systems administrator
Brittany Petros	....	production assistant
Angela Randazzo	....	payroll accountant
Brieann Rich	....	craft service
Daniel Riha	....	researcher
Gabriela Rios	....	production coordinator
Denise Rosen	....	first assistant accountant
Jean-Marc Rulier	....	cyber scanning
Cheryl Ann Sansonetti	....	production coordinator
Katherine Sauceda	....	senior systems engineer
Rosanna Server	....	recruiter
Lisa Shriver	....	choreographer
Paula Stier	....	assistant production coordinator
Doug Swam	....	systems administrator
San Thach	....	production assistant
James Trousdale	....	systems administrator
Amy Venghaus	....	production assistant
Chris Wagganer	....	video floor supervisor
Michael Elko Weaver	....	production assistant
Michelle Weber	....	assistant choreographer
Davy Wentworth	....	software development lead
Sean Whitacre	....	senior systems engineer

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
• ImageMovers (as ImageMovers Digital) (presents)

Distributors

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2009) (Finland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Gentle Giant Studios
• ImageMovers Digital
• Plowman Craven & Associates (3D Cyber scanning and digital modelling)
• Third Floor, The (pre-visualization)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• On Tour Productions  transportation services
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Reel Chefs Catering  catering
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  school room trailer
• Star Waggons  star trailers
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Disney's A Christmas Carol (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for scary sequences and images.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #45640) | UK:PG | Finland:K-11 | Norway:11 | South Korea:All | Ireland:PG | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Japan:G | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | Netherlands:9 | Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | Chile:TE | Spain:7 | Iceland:7 | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/12 (re-rating after appeal)

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

This is the Disney Company's third involvement with an adaption of A Christmas Carol, the first being Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and the other, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the first spirit visits Scrooge, servants' bells are shown mysteriously jingling in his bedroom. Bells tell the servants which room of the mansion is calling for them, and weren't normally placed in the master's bedroom. They were usually installed in the kitchen, the pantry, or the servants' chambers. However, Dickens explained that Scrooge's large house had been subdivided and let out as office space except for a "suite of rooms" that Scrooge kept to himself as living quarters. Dickens states that there was but one single disused bell in Scrooge's chambers - which "communicated for a forgotten purpose" with another chamber higher in the building. Dickens notes other bells in the house also began to ring. Disney chose to put all the bells in the room with Scrooge, which is inaccurate according to the Dickens work and contrary to the way servants' bells were normally placed.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Ebenezer Scrooge: What do you want with me?
Jacob Marley: You will be haunted by three spirits.
Ebenezer Scrooge: I'd rather not.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Live from Studio Five: (#1.37)" (2009)

Do some basic research parents

I read that this film has been labeled by parents as a "Disney Bomb" because it's too scary for their young children. Parents who take kids to see any movie need to be aware of something: if it's rated PG there are likely going to be scenes that your six year old will not enjoy -- even if the name Disney is attached to it. The cutesy versions of A Christmas Carol (The Muppet Christmas Carol and Disney's own Mickey's Christmas Carol for example) have little in common with the classic, and sometimes very scary Charles Dickens story. The plot should be familiar to just about anyone who has been alive sometime during the past 150 years, and the fact that there are spirits (ghosts) in the story should also be a red flag to parents. Especially since two of them are downright frightening in just about any version of the story.

The truth is that this is one of the most beautiful and faithful remakes of the Dickens classic. The dialogue is taken nearly word-for-word from the book, and the look and feel of the film brilliantly capture what you would imagine wintertime in London in the 19th century to be like. A few of the special effects are a bit over-the-top, but most work well and add enough pizazz for cynical modern-day audiences. The scenes featuring the Ghost of Christmas Present are worth the price of admission alone.

Once every few months I'm dragged kicking and screaming to see a new film. I can't stand wasting my hard-earned dollar on the crap Hollywood throws at us these days, but every once in a while I'm pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoy a movie. This was definitely one of those rare times.