A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (1971) @ EOFFTV


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	A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (1971) Country of Origin: USA Date(s) of Broadcast: 21 December 1971 Number of Seasons: n/a Total Number of Episodes: 1 Average Episode Running Times: 28 mins Format: 35mm Colour Format: colour Sound: CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: Richard Williams Productions Executive Producer: Chuck Jones Producer: Richard Williams Production Supervisor: Roy Naisbitt Coordinator: Mick Manning SCRIPT By: Charles Dickens DIRECTION Director: Richard Williams ANIMATION Master Animator: Ken Harris Animators: Bill Hajee, Sergio Simonetti, Roy Naisbitt, Janet Chapman, Anwar Rassam Associate Artist: Hal Ambro, George Nicholas Guest Artist: Abe Levitow PHOTOGRAPHY Camera: Roy W. Watford EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION Editors: Ben Rayner, Michael Crane MUSIC Music and Special Sounds: Tristram Cary Played by: Sinfonia of London Choir: The children of Elliott School SOUND Dubbing Mixer: Malcolm Bristow Sound Effects: Tristram Cary DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Design Supervision: Richard Purdum Graphic Advisor: Bill Rhoads OTHER CREW Production Consultant: Omar Ali-Shah VOICES Told by Michael Redgrave With the voice of 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 (uncredited)) 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? AVAILABILITY USA Television Distributors: ABC TIMELINE 1971 December 21: USA - television broadcast ALTERNATIVE TITLES Cuento de Navidad - Venezuelan title AWARDS 1973 Academy Awards, USA Best Short Subject, Animated Films (Richard Williams) - winner LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) REFERENCES BOOKS A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.197 credits OTHER SOURCES screen credits KEYWORDS book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 1 January, 2009