Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.

Directors:

Burny Mattinson, Richard Rich (uncredited)

Writers:

Charles Dickens (based on the book: "A Christmas Carol" by), Burny Mattinson (story adaptation)

Stars:

Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Alan Young	...	Scrooge - Scrooge McDuck / Begger Dog (voice)
Wayne Allwine	...	Bob Cratchit - Mickey Mouse / Weasel Gravedigger / Begger Dog (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Jacob Marley's Ghost - Goofy / Collector for the Poor #1 (voice)
Will Ryan	...	Collector for the Poor #2 / Ghost of Christmas Present (Willie the Giant) / Ghost of Christmas Future (Pete) / Santa Claus (Big Bad Wolf) / Weasel #2 (voice)
Eddie Carroll	...	Ghost of Christmas Past - Jiminy Cricket (voice) (as Eddy Carroll)
Patricia Parris	...	Belle - Daisy Duck (voice)
Dick Billingsley	...	Tiny Tim (voice)
Clarence Nash	...	Nephew Fred - Donald Duck (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tasos Kostis	...	Goofy

Storyline

It's the same old classic Charles Dickens story with an all star Disney cast. Uncle Scrooge McDuck is appropriately enough Scrooge and is visited by his dead partner and 3 spirits one night to remember the joys of Christmas.

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Plot Keywords:

1980s | ebenezer scrooge character | reference to ebenezer scrooge | half dressed cartoon animal | barefoot cartoon animal | 

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Taglines:

He's back! Mickey Mouse - in his first new motion picture in 30 years...

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 December 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

26 min

Sound Mix:

3 Channel Stereo (5.0 Surround Sound) (L-R)

Color:

Color Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first animated short with Mickey Mouse since The Simple Things (1953).

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Goofs

When Scrooge is going through his records, he pushes two equally big stacks of coins together into one. Despite this, the combined stack remains the same size ad the previous stacks.

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Quotes

Scrooge: What's this world coming to, Cratchit? You work all your life to get money... then people want you to give it away.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits and the end title are accompanied by a set of illustrations from the film.

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Alternate Versions

On ABC Family, the scene with Goofy as Marley ends after he exits Scrooge's room.

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Connections

Version of Ponds Theater: A Christmas Carol (1953)

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Soundtracks

Jingle Bells
(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont
[Part of the DVD release in the Pluto's Christmas Tree short]

User Reviews

Cute cartoon "Carol"....

You've probably seen every incarnation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to come down the pike - Lord knows, if humanity stopped making a new version every season, we'd still have enough to watch one a year for the remainder of man's time on Earth.

But when they star Mickey Mouse, you can forgive just one more.

"Mickey's Christmas Carol" tells the same tale yet again, only this time through the sensibilities of the mouse and his pals (Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, etc.). But how could you leave out the obvious casting of Scrooge McDuck. Want to guess which part HE plays?

As voiced by Disney stalwart Alan Young, Scrooge embodies greed, bitterness and eventual redemption all in one package, and even makes such expected lines as "Bah, HUMBUG" ring true.

If this cartoon has one flaw, it's that it doesn't have the same kind of irreverent spirit and sharp wit that so many of Disney's other movies and cartoon shorts have. Maybe it was a rush job?

Well, it still has the admitted high point of the Ghost of Christmas Present (best known as Willie the Giant from "Mickey and the Beanstalk") stomping through 19th century England and using lamp posts as flashlights and prying roofs off of houses to peek inside and expounding on "Pis-smashio" yogurt.

It still lets the meaning of the season shine through and gives you a warm glow in your heart...and isn't that what cartoons (especially Christmas cartoons) are supposed to do?

Eight stars for Mickey and company - and God bless us, everyone.