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Ebenezer (1997)

Country of Origin: Canada
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1997
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A-Channel Drama Fund / Nomadic Pictures
Executive Producers: Barbara Ligeti, Chad Oakes, Cindy Lamb
Producers: Douglas Berquist, Michael Frislev
Co-Producer: Chad Oakes
Production Manager: Tom Benz
Production Coordinator: Cathy Yost
Co-Production Coordinator: Anne Fraleigh

SCRIPT
Script: Donald Martin
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Story Editor: Michael Frislev

DIRECTION
Director: Ken Jubenvill
2nd Unit Director: Douglas Berquist
1st Assistant Director: Jack Hardy
2nd Assistant Director: Brad Moerke
3rd Assistant Director: Martin Pedersen
Trainee Assistant Director: Pamela Wintringham

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Henry Lebo
Camera Operator: Richard McNeal
Assistant Camera: Grizz Salzl
Gaffer: Robin Loewen
Best Boy Electric: Rick Youck
Key Grips: Ivan Hawkes, John Zulinski
Telecine Colourist: Lorne Miess

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Paul Mortimer

MUSIC
Music: Bruce Leitl
Music Supervisor: Aaron L. Gilbert

SOUND
Sound Mixer: George Tarrant
Additional Sound Mixer: Iain Pattison
Boom Operator: Kelly Zombor
Sound Editor: Beau Shiminsky
Foley Artist: Geoff Wusyk

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Bryon Callaghan
Hair: Don Olson
Assistant Hair: Caroline Dehner
Costume Designer: Joanne Hansen

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Barry Morrissette, Julian Backus
Senior Visual Effects Animator: Mike Tomilik
Visual Effects Editor: Marino Dinapoli

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Rick Roberts
Art Director: Tracey Baryski
Set Decorator: Penny A. Chalmers
Assistant Set Decorator: Paul Healy
Property Master: Ken Wills
Art Department Consultant: Melodi Petrigo

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Ken Friss
Production Accountant: John Lacroix
Image Project Executive: Cheri Turner
Production Assistant: Chris Lamb
Unit Publicist: Phil Parks

LOCATIONS
Locations: CL Ranch, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Location Manager: Darryl Solly
Location Assistant: Matthew Kershaw

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Tom Erickson
Stunt Double For Ebenezer: Tom Glass

CASTING
Casting: Louise Mackiewicz

CAST
Jack Palance (Ebenezer / Future Scrooge)
Rick Schroder (Sam Benson)
Amy Locane (Erica)
Albert Schultz (Cratchitt)
Daryl Shuttleworth (Fred)
Richard Comar (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Michelle Thrush (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Richard Halliday (Jacob Marlowe)
Susan Coyne (Clara Cratchitt)
Joshua Silberg (Tiny Tim)
Zoe Rose Hesse (Cratchitt Daughter)
Darcy Dunlop (Martha)
Jocelyne Loewen (Rebecca Gorson)
J.C. Roberts (Benjamin Gordon)
Kyle Collings (Ebenezer age 8, 12)
Aaron Pearl (Ebenezer age 17, 18, 25)
James Dugan (Fezziwig)
Linden Banks (Simon Scrooge)
Heather MacCallum (Mary Scrooge)
Morris Chapdelaine (cloaked phantom)
Billy Morton (cowboy)
Brenda Shuttleworth (Bess)
Hal Kerbes (Minister)
Daniel Libman (Mr Hoffman)
Thomas F. Legg (shopkeeper)
John R. Nelson (Easterner)
Des Jardine (beggar)
Karina Frislev (Eliza Scrooge)
Jim Shield (poker player 1)
Marcel Henry (poker player 2)
James Baker (poker player 3)
Danny Glasswick (boy 1)
Anthony Dalla Lana (boy 2)
Alex Kutchycki (conductor)
Lara Huget (caroler 1)
Christine Huget (caroler 2)
Jari Juget (caroler 3)
Marlowe Huget (caroler 4)
Céleste Huget (caroler 5)

PLOT SUMMARY

A Western version of the story, with land baron, gunfighter and card cheat Ebenezer Scrooge being visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve who try to show him the error of his ways.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Television Distributors: Nomadic Pictures

USA
Television Distributors: Image Organization

TIMELINE

1998
November

25: USA - television broadcast

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Una navidad para Ebenezer - Spanish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1994)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Christmas Carol (1984b)
A Christmas Carol (1908)
A Christmas Carol (1910)
A Christmas Carol (1914)
A Christmas Carol (1915)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Carol (1940)
A Christmas Carol (1943)
A Christmas Carol (1947)
A Christmas Carol (1953)
A Christmas Carol (1971)
A Christmas Carol (1977)
A Christmas Carol (1984a)
A Christmas Carol (1997)
A Christmas Carol (1999)
The Christmas Carol (1949)
Christmas Glory 2000 (2000)
Christmas Present (1985)
Diva's A Christmas Carol (2000)
Ebbie (1995)
Flintstones A Christmas Carol (1994)
The Jetsons Christmas Carol (1985)
Leyenda de Navidad (1947)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Mr Scrooge (1964)
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
The Right to Be Happy (1916)
Scrooge (1901)
Scrooge (1913)
Scrooge (1922)
Scrooge (1923)
Scrooge (1935)
Scrooge (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooge (1978)
Scrooge and Marley (2001)
Scrooged (1988)
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
O Velho Scrooge (1963)
The Virtue of Rags (1912)

KEYWORDS

christmas, ghosts

 


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