Christmas Carol, A (2009)

Date: 2009
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital, ImageMovers

Stars: The voices of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Fionnula Flanagan,
Location(s): New York (Studio)

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An animated story about a miserly old moneylender who embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways when visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.

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Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson

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Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) pauses at a group of Carol Singers as he walks through snowy East End streets on leaving the Funeral Directors where his late business parter Jacob Marley lies in his coffin.

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Denying the Carol Singers any charity, Scrooge makes his way through the representation of Dickensian London.

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Muttering under his breath, Scrooge continues to walk as a rendition of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' swells to become the title track and the credits begin.

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A Blind Man's dog scurries from Scrooge's path . . .

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. . . before the shot lifts into the air and a flight across London begins.

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The year is 1836 and, as we move westward, the first discernable location is the Tower of London with the River Thames to the left.

Here's a drone view from John Harwood of the real thing. (SJ)

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Passing over the Tower of London, later to be in EC3, brings New London Bridge into frame.

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The shot turns towards a thoroughfare crossing the scene which depicts Tower Hill along with the corners of Lower Thames Street and Great Tower Street with the steeple of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey in the left distance and, in the far centre distance, the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Flying along the line of Lower Thames Street we reach an impossible view of Mansion House with St. Paul's Cathedral to the left.

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Moving on after peering into the Mansion House where an immense banquet is being prepared, the shot passes over Chimney Sweeps at work.

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With so many junctions, the street is meant to be either Friday Street or Bread Street, looking north towards Cheapside.

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The light is fading as Scrooge reaches his office. Having turned east, we remain within the City of London but a few streets away from where the counting house is popularly believed to have existed.

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Years pass and it's Christmas Eve in 1843 when we find Scrooge's clerk Bob Cratchit (Gary Oldman) leaving the office following a long day's work.

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Enjoying themselves in the cold evening air, Bob joins the laughing Children as they slide along the icy roadway.

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Scrooge makes his way home.

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Closing the squeaking gate behind him, the miser treads his way through snow towards the front door.

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The shot tilts up the building before the door knocker transforms into a likeness of the long dead Marley after Scrooge picks up his dropped keys.

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Looking out from his window after Marley's Ghost appears to warn him of the coming of three spirits, Scrooge sees a world full of ghosts condemned to Purgatory.

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Visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jim Carrey) at 1am, Scrooge is taken on a journey into his past.

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The two arrive at Scrooge's childhood boarding school where his young sister Fan arrives to tell him that this year he may come home for Christmas after a change in their Father's heart.

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Returning to London, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge through time as they speed along above the water of the Thames.

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Ahead stands the medieval Old London Bridge dating from 1209 which was demolished and replaced in 1831.

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Imagined streets pass beneath the pair as they come to land.

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The two set down outside the premises of Scrooge's first employer, Mr Fezziwig, who is hosting a Christmas party.

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Fezziwig's festivities fade away, as does the memory of the miser's neglected fiancée Belle, before the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge on his next journey. St. Paul's Cathedral seen from the vicinity of Scrooge's counting house.

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The Ghost of Christmas Present (Jim Carrey) shows Scrooge a bakery, about which he complains is closed every seventh day.

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Outside the Royal Exchange, three Businessmen (Cary Elwes, Julian Holloway and Paul Blackthorne) discuss the death of a frightful fellow and that they don't know of anyone who would attend the funeral. Another actual location, facing the front of the Royal Exchange in the City of London.

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After Scrooge falls from the sky and rolls down the steps of the Exchange, the Businessmen fade away. The steps of the Royal Exchange at the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill in EC3.

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Scrooge looks about before the shadowy figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears. Facing the Royal Exchange from the junction formed by Threadneedle Street, Cornhill, Lombard Street and Poultry with the statue of Wellington to the right, which was unveiled in 1844.

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The spectre points to a horse drawn hearse which begins to pursue Scrooge. Cornhill with the Royal Exchange on the right.

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Running for his life, the phantom carriage follows Scrooge as he begins to shrink.

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Reduced to the size of a mouse, Scrooge slides from an icy rooftop and skids towards the river. In position between 1831 and 1967, New London Bridge crosses the Thames to the left.

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After experiencing the dispersal of his property following his demise and seeing a future without the Cratchit's son Tiny Tim, Scrooge falls and lands in a graveyard.

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When the old man recovers, the Spirit indicates a gravestone behind him on which is inscribed . . . Ebenezer Scrooge.

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Overjoyed to wake on Christmas morning, Scrooge throws open his bedroom window and calls down to a Young Boy (Ryan Ochoa), asking "what's today?".

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Happy to discover that he hasn't missed Christmas Day, Scrooge hurries from the house after frightening Mrs. Dilber the cleaner into thinking that he's gone mad.

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Scrooge sends a huge turkey to the Cratchit's house in Camden Town by cab.

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After holding onto the dumb-iron of a carriage and sliding along the road behind it, Scrooge falls to the ground before wishing his spectators a Merry Christmas.

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As Scrooge wishes glad tidings to everyone he meets, a Portly Gentleman who had asked for a donation the previous day approaches.

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After shocking the Gentleman with his offer of a large contribution, Scrooge calls at the house of his nephew Fred.

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The shot draws back from the house where Scrooge sits down to dinner with Fred and his Family.

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The day after Christmas, Scrooge waits in his counting house for Bob Cratchit to arrive . . . late.

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Scrooge sends Bob out to get a scuttle of coal after giving him a pay rise and promising to help his family.

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The end of the story has Scrooge carrying Tiny Tim (Ryan Ochoa) and following Bob Cratchit along a seasonally decked street.