A Christmas Carol (2001)

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Country: Germany, UK
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Release: 2001-12-07
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Writers: Piet Kroon , Robert Llewellyn (I) , Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
Language: English
Stars: Simon Callow , Simon Callow , Kate Winslet , Nicolas Cage , Jane Horrocks , Michael Gambon , Rhys Ifans , Juliet Stevenson , Juliet Stevenson , Robert Llewellyn (I) , Iain Jones , Colin McFarlane
Runtime: 77 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Um Conto de Natal (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Kaledu giesme (Lithuania) , Christmas Carol: The Movie (United States of America) , Karácsonyi ének (Hungary) , A Christmas Carol , Hristougenniatika kalanta (Greece) , Christmas Carol: The Movie (Canada) , A Christmas Carol (United Kingdom) , A Christmas Carol (India) , Рождественская история (Russian Federation) , Opowieść wigilijna (Poland) , Un conte de Noël (Canada) , Christmas Carol: The Movie (Australia) , Cuento de Navidad, de Charles Dickens (Spain) , En julsaga (Sweden) , Christmas Carol: The Movie (United Kingdom) , Saiturin joulu (Finland) , O poveste de Crăciun (Romania) , Et juleeventyr (Denmark) , Christmas Carol: The Movie , Un chant de Noël (France, French Republic) , Ein Weihnachtsmärchen (Germany) , Різдвяна казка (Ukraine) , Canto di Natale - Il film (Italy) , Um Conto de Natal (Brazil) , クリスマス・キャロル (Japan)
Plot: This movie begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens (Simon Callow). As he begins his "story of ghosts", a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse, and Dickens points out that this is appropriate since his story begins with a mouse. At this point, the story turns into the animated version, and Dickens explains that the mouse, named Gabriel, carries a glimmer of hope amidst the glaring co-existence of rich and poor in the streets of London. Throughout the subsequent unfolding of the well-known story Gabriel acts as a miniature Greek chorus, providing younger members of the audience with a point of entry into the story and, in the case of the potentially frightening elements (the Ghosts of Past (Jane Horrocks), Present (Sir Michael Gambon), and Future), a place of refuge.
IMDB:tt0259929