Simon
Callow stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this animated retelling of Charles
Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.
The
classic tale in which he is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old
partner Jacob Marley (Nicolas Cage), who scares him with tales of doom and
warns him he will have further visitations.
The
first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Jane Horrocks), the second
visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Michael Gambon) and the Ghost of
Christmas Yet To Come, who teach him the true meaning of Christmas by revealing
to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he
wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that
awaits him if he does not change his ways.
The
other main characters in the tale are provided by the vocal talents Kate
Winslet, Rhys Ifans, Juliet Stevenson, Robert Llewellyn and Colin McFarlane.
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