A Christmas Carol (2009)
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| Directed by: | Robert Zemeckis |
| Written by: | Robert Zemeckis Charles Dickens |
| Release date: | November 6, 2009 |
| Running time: | 1 hour, 38 minutes |
| Characters: | Ebenezer Scrooge |
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A Christmas Carol is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens story. The movie was released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 6, 2009.
In July 2007, it was announced that director Robert Zemeckis had written a screen adaptation of Dickens' 1843 story. The film will be a 3D animated feature that 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 to Tom Hanks in "The Polar Express", Carry will play a multitude of roles in the film, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, along with the all three of the Christmas spirits that haunt him.
Also in the cast will be Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Darryl Sabara (from the "Spy Kids" films) and Robin Wright Penn. Zemeckis, director of the "Back to the Future" trilogy, has previously stated that "A Christmas Carol" is one of his favorite stories dealing with time travel.
This is the sixth adaptation of A Christmas Carol released by Disney. Previous versions include the 1974 album A Disney Christmas Carol, its 1983 animated adaptation Mickey's Christmas Carol, the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol (released under the Disney banner, almost a decade before Disney bought the Muppets), the 101 Dalmatians TV series episode "A Christmas Cruella", and the "Ebenezer Daring" sketch in The Replacements special episode "Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular V".
