A Christmas Carol (2009)
Coming Out at 4 November 2009 in theaters.
Animation, Drama, Family
A Christmas Carol is 3D computer-animated fantasy film written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is a film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1843 story of the same name and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge.
The film also features a supporting cast consisting of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright and Cary Elwes. Produced through the process of motion capture, a technique Zemeckis used in his previous films The Polar Express (2004) and Beowulf (2007), it is Disney’s third feature film retelling of A Christmas Carol, following 1983’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol and 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol. It is also the first of only two films produced by ImageMovers Digital, followed by Mars Needs Moms (2011).
In 1843, on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old businessman, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his cheerful nephew Fred’s invitation to a Christmas dinner party, and rejects two gentlemen’s offer to collect money for charity. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge to allow him to have a day off on Christmas Day to spend time with his family, to which Scrooge reluctantly agrees before leaving. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greediness. Jacob informs Scrooge that he will be haunted by three spirits, who will guide him out of his misery.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Charles Dickens, Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes
►Cast:
| Jim Carrey | … | Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Scrooge as a Young Boy / Scrooge as a Teenage Boy / Scrooge as a Young Man / Scrooge as a Middle Aged Man / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come |
| Steve Valentine | … | Funerary Undertaker / Topper |
| Daryl Sabara | … | Undertaker’s Apprentice / Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Peter Cratchit / Well Dressed Caroler |
| Sage Ryan | … | Tattered Caroler |
| Amber Gainey Meade | … | Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler |
| Ryan Ochoa | … | Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Young Cratchit Boy / Ignorance Boy / Young Boy with Sleigh |
| Bobbi Page | … | Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler |
| Ron Bottitta | … | Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler |
| Sammi Hanratty | … | Beggar Boy / Young Cratchit Girl / Want Girl |
| Julian Holloway | … | Fat Cook / Portly Gentleman #2 / Business Man #3 |
| Gary Oldman | … | Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim |
| Colin Firth | … | Fred |
| Cary Elwes | … | Portly Gentleman #1 / Dick Wilkins / Mad Fiddler / Guest #2 / Business Man #1 |
| Robin Wright | … | Fan / Belle |
| Bob Hoskins | … | Fezziwig / Old Joe |
| Jacquie Barnbrook | … | Mrs. Fezziwig / Fred’s Sister-In-Law / Well Dressed Caroler |
| Lesley Manville | … | Mrs. Cratchit |
| Molly C. Quinn | … | Belinda Cratchit |
| Fay Masterson | … | Martha Cratchit / Guest #1 / Caroline |
| Leslie Zemeckis | … | Fred’s Wife |
| Paul Blackthorne | … | Guest #3 / Business Man #2 |
| Michael Hyland | … | Guest #4 |
| Kerry Hoyt | … | Adult Ignorance |
| Julene Renee | … | Adult Want |
| Fionnula Flanagan | … | Mrs. Dilber |
| Raymond Ochoa | … | Caroline’s Child |
| Callum Blue | … | Caroline’s Husband |
| Matthew Henerson | … | Poulterer |
| Aaron Rapke | … | Well Dressed Caroler |
| Sonje Fortag | … | Well Dressed Caroler / Fred’s Housemaid |
| Aliane Baquerot | … | Dancer |
| Seth Belliston | … | Dancer |
| Troy Edward Bowles | … | Dancer |
| Sam J. Cahn | … | Dancer |
| Kelly Connolly | … | Dancer |
| John R. Corella | … | Dancer |
| Kelly Crandall | … | Dancer |
| Sheri Griffith | … | Dancer |
| Beckie King | … | Dancer |
| Keith Kuhl | … | Dancer |
| Allison Leo | … | Dancer |
| Tarah Paige | … | Dancer |
| John Todd | … | Dancer |
| Patrick Wetzel | … | Dancer |
| Eva La Dare | … | Dancer |
| Andreas Beckett | … | Capture |
| Jacquelyn Dowsett | … | Dancer |
| Suzanne C. Robertson | … | Belle / Fan / Tiny Tim / Cratchit Children Skin Texture Reference |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia