USA, 21 December 1971
28m
35mm film, colour, 4:3
mono
An American animated fantasy television film directed by Richard Williams. Originally made for American television, it was later released theatrically and become the only adaptation of A Christmas Carol to win an Oscar. The Academy subsequently changed its rules to ensure that films previously shown on television couldn't become eligible for Oscar nomination.
Plot Summary
Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge's heart?
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Richard Williams
[copyright not given on screen]
A Richard Williams production
Executive Producer: Chuck Jones
Production Supervisor: Roy Naisbitt
Co-ordination: Mick Manning
By: Charles Dickens
Guest Artist: Abe Levitow
Associate Artist: Hal Ambro, George Nicholas
Master Animator: Ken Harris
Animators: Bill Hajee, Sergio Simonetti, Roy Naisbitt, Janet Chapman, Anwar Rassam
Camera: Roy W. Watford
Editors: Ben Rayner, Michael Crane
Processing: Studio Film Laboratories, London
Music and Special Sounds: Tristram Cary
Playing: Sinfonia of London
Singing: The children of Elliott School
Dubbing Mixer: Malcolm Bristow
Design Supervision: Richard Purdum
Graphic Advisor: Bill Rhoads
Craftsmen: Tony White, Tony Hall, Jeffrey Short, John Miller, Ronald Stefanich, Richard Burdett, Malcolm Draper, Barbara Davies, Janine Arthy, Sue Andrews, Joan Freestone, Deirdre Newman, Marianne MacKay, Russell Hall, Penny Booth, Chris Knott, Alan Ball
Production Consultant: Omar Ali-Shah
Cast
Told by Michael Redgrave
Alastair Sim as “Scrooge”
Michael Hordern (Marley's ghost)
Diana Quick (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Joan Sims (Mrs Cratchit)
Paul Whitsun-Jones (ragpicker/Fezziwig)
David Tate (Scrooge's nephew/charity man)
Felix Felton (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Annie West (Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
Melvyn Hayes (Bob Cratchit)
Mary Ellen Ray (Mrs Dilber)
Alexander Williams [Tiny Tim] *
References
Periodicals
Films in Review vol.35 no.10 (December 1984) p.630 – note
Books
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida p.197 – credits
