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Mickey's Christmas Carol

  • 19831983
  • GG
  • 26m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
13K
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Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
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Play trailer0:34
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The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
20,729
1,276
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    • Director
      • Burny Mattinson
    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(based on the book: "A Christmas Carol" by)
      • Burny Mattinson(story adapted by)
      • Tony Marino(story adapted by)
    • Stars
      • Alan Young(voice)
      • Wayne Allwine(voice)
      • Hal Smith(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Burny Mattinson
    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(based on the book: "A Christmas Carol" by)
      • Burny Mattinson(story adapted by)
      • Tony Marino(story adapted by)
    • Stars
      • Alan Young(voice)
      • Wayne Allwine(voice)
      • Hal Smith(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 54User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

    Videos3

    Mickeys Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Trailer 0:34
    Mickeys Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 1:25
    Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 1:26
    Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition

    Photos79

    Wayne Allwine and Clarence Nash in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Wayne Allwine, Dick Billingsley, and Alan Young in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Wayne Allwine, Dick Billingsley, and Alan Young in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Wayne Allwine and Dick Billingsley in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Wayne Allwine and Dick Billingsley in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Ruth Clifford and Clarence Nash in Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

    Top cast

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    Alan Young
    Alan Young
    • Scrooge
    • (voice)
    Wayne Allwine
    Wayne Allwine
    • Bob Cratchit - Mickey Mouse
    • (voice)
    • …
    Hal Smith
    Hal Smith
    • Jacob Marley's Ghost - Goofy
    • (voice)
    • …
    Will Ryan
    Will Ryan
    • Collector for the Poor #2
    • (voice)
    • …
    Eddie Carroll
    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)
    Tasos Kostis
    Tasos Kostis
    • Goofy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Burny Mattinson
    • Writers
      • Charles Dickens(based on the book: "A Christmas Carol" by)
      • Burny Mattinson(story adapted by)
      • Tony Marino(story adapted by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This is the last film where Clarence Nash provides the voice of Donald Duck and the first where Wayne Allwine provides the voice of Mickey Mouse.
    • Goofs
      When Jacob Marley (Goofy) tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits, he holds up two fingers instead of three. This is more than likely part of Jacob Marley having the same humorous traits as Goofy.
    • Quotes

      Marley: Ebenezer? Remember when I was alive I robbed from widows and swindled the poor?

      Scrooge: Yes, and all in the same day. Oh, you had class, Jacob.

      Marley: Ha-yuk, yup!... Er, no, no! I was wrong. And so, as punishment, I'm forced to carry these heavy chains for eternity! Maybe even longer.

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens with a shot of Mickey Mouse's head, the way the old Mickey Mouse Disney cartoons start out. Mickey is wearing a hat and scarf, in keeping with the Christmas theme.
    • Alternate versions
      Television airings on NBC in the 1980s and CBS in the early 1990s were an hour long. The first half originally featured Donald's Snow Fight (1942), Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952), and The Art of Skiing (1941). Brief clips of other Disney Christmas shorts were shown. The second half featured this short in its entirety. Each of the four segments in the program featured wraparound narrations by Mickey, Donald Duck and Goofy. From 1988 onwards, The Art of Skiing was removed from the annual broadcast and replaced with various segments. The 1993 CBS telecast featured The Making of 'the Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993) in its place.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Yentl/Scarface/Mickey's Christmas Carol/Amityville 3-D (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh, What a Merry Christmas Day
      (1983)

      Words and Music by Fredrick Searles and Irwin Kostal

      Part of Mickey's Christmas Carol during the opening credits and at the end

    User reviews54

    Review
    Top review
    Brilliant Version of the Play
    Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

    **** (out of 4)

    Disney kept Mickey Mouse off the big screen for nearly three decades but they certainly picked the right story to bring him back in. This wonderful adaptation of the classic story has Mickey playing Bob Cratchit, the poor worker whose boss Scrooge is about to get a lesson on treating people the right way. In my opinion this is Disney greatest moment and also one of the greatest shorts ever made. Even though the film only runs 20-minutes, there's enough heart and spirit to carry a dozen feature films. I've loved this movie since first seeing it as a child and I'm pretty sure I could watch this once a day and not tire of it. What amazes me most and always has is that the animators got all the right characters in the story being played by the right Disney character. Goofy as Marley, Willie the Giant and Jiminy Cricket as a couple of the ghosts, Donald Duck as the nephew and of course Mickey and Minnie. The entire story is a very familiar one but it's given so much life by these Disney characters that one really could argue that this is the very best version of the story, which has had several good adaptations over the past hundred years. I loved all the animation, the music and of course the ending is incredibly touching and funny.
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    • Michael_Elliott
    • Dec 12, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten von Walt Disney
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.75 : 1

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