Disney's A Christmas Carol
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
- Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Fionnula Flanagan
- Genre: Childrens
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Rating:
- Rating Reason: for scary sequences and images
- Theater Release: 11/06/2009
Synopsis
Director Robert Zemeckis (THE POLAR EXPRESS) continues to work his holiday magic with A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This 3-D adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic will use the motion capture technology previously seen in the filmmaker's BEOWULF.
Director Robert Zemeckis (THE POLAR EXPRESS) continues to work his holiday magic with A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This 3-D adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic will use the motion capture technology previously seen in the filmmaker's BEOWULF.
Distributor Notes
DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event.
Ebenezer Scrooge (JIM CARREY) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (GARY OLDMAN) and his cheery nephew (COLIN FIRTH). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event.
Ebenezer Scrooge (JIM CARREY) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (GARY OLDMAN) and his cheery nephew (COLIN FIRTH). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "Serving up a great treat for the holidays, the director has brought this Charles Dickens classic to such vivid life that in some ways you feel like you are experiencing it for the first time." (Box Office)
4 stars out of 4 -- "DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Robert Zemeckis is an exhilarating visual experience and proves for the third time he's one of the few directors who knows what he's doing with 3-D." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"[S]hiny seasonal entertainment....It sticks close to some of the sturdy virtues of the source material." (New York Times)
"As a surface display of cutting-edge technical wizardry, the endeavor succeeds." (Movieline)
4 stars out of 5 -- "Serving up a great treat for the holidays, the director has brought this Charles Dickens classic to such vivid life that in some ways you feel like you are experiencing it for the first time." (Box Office)
4 stars out of 4 -- "DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Robert Zemeckis is an exhilarating visual experience and proves for the third time he's one of the few directors who knows what he's doing with 3-D." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"[S]hiny seasonal entertainment....It sticks close to some of the sturdy virtues of the source material." (New York Times)
"As a surface display of cutting-edge technical wizardry, the endeavor succeeds." (Movieline)
