Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Brief Description:
On Christmas Eve, tight-fisted businessman Scrooge McDuck is visited by the Spirit of Christmas Past, the Spirit of Christmas Present, and the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come. Is there any chance his frozen old heart will change, and that he can escape the frightful destiny that awaits him?
(written by me)
Date: 1983
Genre: American fantasy drama Christmas animation family TV special
Running time: 25 minutes
Cast:
Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck—Scrooge)
Hal Smith and Hannes Schroll (Goofy—Marley)
Wayne Allwine (Mickey Mouse—Cratchit)
Eddie Carroll (Jiminy Cricket—Ghost of Christmas Past)
Will Ryan (Willie the Giant—Ghost of Christmas Present)
Pete (Ghost of Christmas Future)
Clarence Nash (Donald Duck—Fred)
Patricia Parris (Daisy Duck—Isabelle)
Dick Billingsley (Tiny Tim)
Hal Smith (Ratty)
Will Ryan (Moley)
Wayne Allwine (Otto—Beggar)
Wayne Allwine & Will Ryan (Weasels)
Director: Burny Mattinson
Production company: Buena Vista Distribution
Based on: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
(watched on DailyMotion)
Setting/Aesthetic/Feel: 3/5
It was very Disneyfied—much more so than I expected. Not a bad thing, but still not the Christmas Carol feel.
Characters: 4/5
Scrooge was good, although his Scottish burr was an unexpected twist. Mickey acted like Mickey playing to be Crachit, which is accurate, haha! And Goofy/Marley drove me crazy, but Jiminy and Willie were cute little (or huge) spirits. Pete was horrid though.
Plot: 3/5
This film was quite different from the book, from Crachit doing Scrooge’s laundry to Scrooge dreaming of falling into hell (a disturbing moment). I wasn’t a fan of that, although Goofy’s mess-ups did add a bit of humour to a tense scene.
Theme/Message/Topics: 2/5
I really didn’t find any good theme to this—just an implied “be nice to folks.”
Overall: 2/5
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