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A Christmas Carol

1997 · 72 min

A cozy, song-filled retelling that balances spooky ghostly visits with a warm, redemptive holiday glow.

Directed by: Stan Phillips
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York

Tagline: One of the best-loved holiday stories of all time.
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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Directed by: Stan Phillips
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
grief
class
family
death
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: musical
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, family, fantasy, drama
Directed by: Stan Phillips
Starring: Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, Ed Asner, Frank Welker, Kath Soucie, Jodi Benson, John Garry
Runtime: 72 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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