A Christmas Carol

TV Short
1971
28m

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Hand-Drawn Animation Holiday Animation Holiday Family Animation Drama Family Fantasy Holiday Short

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total

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Alastair Sim

Ebenezer Scrooge
(voice)

Michael Redgrave

Narrator
(voice)

Melvyn Hayes

Bob Cratchit
(voice)

Michael Hordern

Jacob Marley
(voice)

Diana Quick

Ghost of Christmas Past
(voice)

Felix Felton

David Tate

Fred
(voice)
…

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Charity Man
(voice)
…

Annie West

Belle
(voice)

Joan Sims

Mrs. Cratchit
(voice)

Mary Ellen Ray

Mrs. Dilber
(voice)

Alexander Williams

Tiny Tim
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Richard Williams
Writer
- Charles Dickens
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Trivia
The only movie version of "A Christmas Carol" to win an Oscar.

Goofs
Marley's Ghost says the third spirit will come "when the last stroke of twelve has ceased to vibrate." However, he actually appears on the FIRST stroke of twelve.

Quotes
Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust.

Connections
Featured in Anywhere But Here (1999)

Soundtracks
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
(uncredited)
Traditional

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9/10

Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol is a compelling if brief version

I just saw Richard Williams' Oscar-winning but made-for-TV version of A Christmas Carol on Google Video. Having seen and heard so many versions over the years, I find this the most beautifully animated version with its illustration-style renderings of London and its people in the 19th century. As compelling as the drawings are though, I find the story at 24 minutes a little too short for my tastes so the transformation of Scrooge at the end is not as complete as I would like it to be. That said, it was nice to hear Alastair Sim once again portray the lead character as he had done in the 1951 version. As the Cratchit family and Tiny Tim have said over and over again, "God bless us everyone."