A CHRISTMAS CAROL

characters

scrooge

Ebenecer Scrooge(Jim Carry) Begins the christmas holiday with his unusual miserly contempt, but when the ghost of christmas past, the ghost of christmas present and the ghost of christmas 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.

Scrooge.

Scrooge.

Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey.

ghost of christmas past

the first of three spirits that come in the night, Ghost christmas past takes Scrooge on an eye-opening journey into the past , revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctand to face

Ghost of christmas past

Ghost of christmas past

Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey.

Ghost of christmas present

the second of three spirits that come in the night, Ghost christmas present takes Scrooge on an eye-opening journey , revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctand to face

Ghost of christmas present

Ghost of christmas present

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

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Ghost of christmas future

The last of three spirits, ghost of christmas yet to come takes a Scrooge on an eye-opening journey into the future , revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctand to face

Ghost of christmas future

Ghost of christmas future

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Jacob Marley

Jacob Marley (Gary Oldman) scrooge's dead business partner, who is playing the price in the afterlife for his own callousness , hopes to help Scrooge avoid a similar fate and tells him that hi will be visited by three spirits

Jacob Marley

Jacob Marley

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Bob Cratchit

Bob Cratchit(Gary Oldman) Srooge's faithfull and long suffering bookkepper

Bob Cratchit

Bob Cratchit

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim(Gary Oldman) Bob Cratchit's frail but spirited young son

Tiny tim

Tiny tim

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Belle

Belle(Robin Wright Penn) Scrooge's first and only love

Belle

Belle

Robin Wright Penn

Robin Wright Penn

Fred

Fred (Colin Firth) Scroog's cheeery nephew

Fred

Fred

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

a chiristmas carol

a chiristmas carol

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Since the passing of his business partner Jacob Marley, Scrooge has carried on in his miserly ways. He shows kindness and compassion to no one -- not even his faithful employee Bob Cratchit or his benevolent nephew Fred -- and he measures souls by the amount of gold they have amassed. Scrooge is especially bitter about the Christmas holiday and all of the senseless merrymaking that goes with it.

On one particular Christmas eve, Scrooge returns from a day at work and is terrified to see the chain-bound ghost of his old friend Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that he too will wear the chains he forged in life, if he doesn't change his ways, and he informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him.

Exactly as Marley predicted, Scrooge is visited by three spirits -- the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. These three spirits take him on an eye-opening journey to Christmases past, present and future, showing Scrooge the impact of the holiday and of his own actions. Scrooge sees and understands much that terrifies and saddens him as he travels with the spirits, but by his journey's end, nothing troubles him so much as the thought that he may not have a chance to change his ways and make things right.

characteristics

date of the last adaption 2009

Genre: Christmas/Family/Fantasy

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Fun Facts

Jim Carrey tackles seven roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

The movie, like so many before it, is based on the classic tale by Charles Dickens, first published on December 19, 1843.

A Christmas Carol Train Tour will be visiting 40 cities during summer 2009 to promote the movie. Fans visiting the festivities will get to see a sneak peek of the movie, authentic artifacts on loan from the Charles Dickens Museum of London, and much more. See the official A Christmas Carol Train Tour website to find out when the train will come to a city near you.