Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Simon Callow | as | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | | Kate Winslet | as | Belle (voice) | | Nicolas Cage | as | Jacob Marley (voice) | | Jane Horrocks | as | Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) | | Michael Gambon | as | Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) | | Rhys Ifans | as | Bob Cratchit (voice) | | Juliet Stevenson | as | Mrs. Cratchit (voice) | | Robert Llewellyn | as | Old Joe (voice) | | Iain Jones | as | Fred (voice) | | Colin McFarlane | as | Fezziwig (voice) | | Beth Winslet | as | Fan (voice) | | Arthur Cox | as | Dr. Lambert (voice) | | Keith Wickham | as | Mr. Leach/undertaker (voice) | | Joss Sanglier | as | Choir master (voice) | | Sarah Annison | as | Mouse (voice) |
| | Crew list: | | Jimmy T. Murakami (Director) | | Charles Dickens (Writer) | | Piet Kroon (Writer) |
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Review
The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens (Simon Callow). 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. |
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