Disney's A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is a 2009 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name. The film is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge.

The 3-D film will be produced through the process of performance capture, a technique Zemeckis has previously used in his films The Polar Express (2004) and Beowulf (2007). A Christmas Carol began filming in February 2008, and will be released on November 6, 2009. The film will be released in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3-D. A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night. Mr. Scrooge is a financier/money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. He holds anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love and the Christmas season. But an encounter with the ghostly figure of Jacob Marley sets the stage for a mysterious and magical encounter with three phantasmic beings to help him realize the true magic of Christmas itself.

Cast

• Jim Carrey as:
  • Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character of the film. He is a cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish man, who despises Christmas and all things which engender happiness.
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past, the first of the three spirits that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. It shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways.
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present, the second of the three spirits that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge the happiness of his nephew's middle-class social circle and the impoverished Cratchit family.
  • The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, the third of the three spirits that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge the final consequences of his lifestyle if he doesn't change his ways.
• Gary Oldman as:
  • Jacob Marley, a former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge. Having been dead for seven years prior to the events of the film, he visits Scrooge as a ghost and warns hims of the three spirits that will confront him about his demeanor.
  • Bob Cratchit, the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge.
  • Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit's youngest son.
• Cary Elwes as Dick Wilkins, Scrooge’s old roommate
• Colin Firth as Fred, Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew and only living relative.
• Bob Hoskins as:
  • Mr. Fezziwig, the proprietor of a warehouse business for whom Ebenezer Scrooge worked as an apprentice.
  • Old Joe
• Robin Wright Penn as:
  • Belle, Scrooge's neglected fiancée.
  • Fan, Scrooge’s now deceased sister.
• Daryl Sabara as Peter Cratchit, Bob Cratchit's oldest son and heir to his job.
• Fionnula Flanagan in an as-of-yet unnamed role.

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