- DIRECTOR
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- Jimmy T. Murakami
- WRITERS
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- Piet Kroon
- Robert Llewellyn
- Charles Dickens
- STUDIOS
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- Production Companies
- Illuminated Film Company
- Film Council
- FilmFour
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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. —John Nickolausscroogelondon englandadaptation of a christmas carolghostpunctuation in title8 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisGenresAnimationFamilyFantasyMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)Rated PG for momentary languageParents guide
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