A Christmas Carol (2006 film)
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| A Christmas Carol | |
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| Directed by | Ric Machin |
| Written by | Sean Catherine Derek |
| Based on | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | Rick Ungar Allen Bohbot |
| Starring | Tim Bentick Keith Wickham Alan Marriott (uncredited) Brian Bowles Jo Wyatt Teresa Gallagher Adam Rhys Dee |
| Narrated by | Tim Bentick |
| Edited by | Sanjiv Gill Prashant Khapre |
| Music by | Allen Bohbot |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | BKN Home Entertainment |
Release dates | November 6, 2006 (United States, theatrical) November 20, 2006 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 48 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom Germany |
| Language | English |
A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale) is a 2006 British-German computer-animated Christmas film. It is an adaptation of the 1843 Charles Dickens tale, and was produced by BKN International and BKN New Media,[1] and was the first release in BKN's "BKN Classic Series" anthology of computer-animated direct-to-video films.
The movie was first released in the United States theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films on November 6, 2006. The movie was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2006 by BKN Home Entertainment, and a day later in the United States on November 21, 2006, by Genius Products.
This version casts the famous Dickens characters as anthropomorphic animals; Ebenezer Scrooge and his relatives are skunks, Bob Cratchit and his family are rabbits, the ghost of Jacob Marley is a cricket, the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future are a stork, kangaroo, and walrus. This version differs from the original novella in many ways; for example, the Ghost of Christmas Future actually speaks, while in most other versions he remains silent. Tiny Tim does not die in the possible future revealed to Scrooge, but instead becomes as miserly as he is. And Jacob Marley is said to be dead for two years, unlike the original in which he was dead for seven years, Scrooge's death is also different as he drowned himself from his own greed by stacking his gold and joins Jacob in the afterlife rather from dying from his sleep. Scrooge's childhood home is also shown.
Cast
- Timothy Bentinck as Narrator and Ebenezer Scrooge
- Jo Wyatt as Mrs. Cratchit
- Brian Bowles as Bob Cratchit
- Keith Wickham as Collector for the Orphanage #1, Scrooge's Father, The Ghosts of Christmas Present and Future and Jacob Marley
- Teresa Gallagher as Ghost of Christmas Past, Tiny Tim and Fan
- Adam Rhys Dee as Fred
- Alan Marriott as Collector for the Orphanage #2 (uncredited)
See also
- List of ghost films
- List of American films of 2006
- Adaptations of A Christmas Carol
- List of animated feature-length films
References
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 51. ISBN 9781476672939.
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