A Christmas Carol (2006 film)
A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale) is a 2006 computer-animated film adaptation of the 1843 Charles Dickens tale, produced by BKN Home Entertainment.[1] It was released theatrically in select cities by Kidtoon Films on November 6, 2006, and was released on DVD on November 21, 2006 by Genius Products and was part of BKN's anthology and trilogy series BKN Classic Series.
| A Christmas Carol | |
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| Directed by | Ric Machin |
| Produced by | Rick Ungar Allen Bohbot |
| Written by | Sean Catherine Derek |
| Based on | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| Starring | Tim Bentick Keith Wickham Alan Marriott (uncredited) Brian Bowles Jo Wyatt Teresa Gallagher Adam Rhys Dee |
| Narrated by | Tim Bentick |
| Music by | Allen Bohbot |
| Edited by | Sanjiv Gill Prashant Khapre |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Genius Entertainment Kidtoon Films (2006) Image Entertainment (2009) |
Release date | November 6, 2006 |
Running time | 48 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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 is a stork, the Ghost of Christmas Present is a kangaroo, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a walrus. This version differs from the original novella in many ways; for example, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actually speaks, while most other versions have him mute. Tiny Tim doesn't die in the possible future revealed to Scrooge, but instead becomes as miserly as he is. And Jacob Marley is said to be dead two years, unlike the original in which he was dead for seven years. 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.