What's old is new Nov 8, 2009
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Jim Carrey's Admirably Restrained Scrooge Nov 8, 2009
A Christmas Carol reviewed ... 0A 3-D motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol ... After you've seen A Christmas Carol, listen to our Spoiler Special discussion on Zemeckis' take on this holiday classic. (Slate)
Review: 'Christmas Carol' Lively Update Nov 7, 2009
A Christmas Carol' (PG) ... Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has had so many incarnations in film and television that in order for anything to be fresh about it, there would have to be a newfangled way of viewing it to create any excitement around it ... There's a feeling in the film that everything old is new again with the reincarnation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" by Disney. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Movie review capsules Nov 7, 2009
A Christmas Carol Robert Zemeckis s second try at 3-D motion-capture holiday storytelling (after 2004 s dire The Polar Express ) is a marked improvement: A darkly detailed marvel of creative visualization that does well by Dickens and right by audiences. Jim Carrey (or his digital facsimile) gives a sharp, reined-in performance as Scrooge, and while the film sometimes panders, it just as often soars. (Boston Globe)
Review: 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' Nov 7, 2009
Review: 'Disney's A Christmas Carol ... Review: 'Disney's A Christmas Carol ... Disney's A Christmas Carol. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Disney's A Christmas Carol: A Scrooge for This Season Nov 7, 2009
Why A Christmas Carol ... The movies got to A Christmas Carol as early as 1901, and television in an experimental broadcast in 1943 ... Scrooge has been played by Reginald Owen (for MGM in 1938), the great Alastair Sim (in a 1951 film known alternately as Scrooge or A Christmas Carol), Albert Finney (in a 1970 musical version) and Michael Caine (with the Muppets) on the big screen, and by John Carradine, Ralph Richardson, Fredric March, George C. Scott and country star Hoyt Axton on the small. (Time.com)
Robert Zemeckis' 'Christmas Carol': Bah humbug. Too many special effects Nov 7, 2009
Robert Zemeckis' 'Christmas Carol': Bah humbug ... Robert Zemeckis' 'Christmas Carol': Bah humbug ... You may well feel the urge after seeing "A Christmas Carol," Robert Zemeckis' exasperating re-imagining of the Dickens classic as a 3-D action-thriller zooming through Victorian London and the fever dreams of that most miserly of men, Ebenezer Scrooge. (FOX59, IN)
Technology helps director Zemeckis deliver a spirited ‘Christmas Carol’ Nov 6, 2009
A Christmas Carol' movie review - 'A Christmas Carol' showtimes - The Boston Globe ... Every generation may get the Christmas Carol it deserves, from the all-dancing, all-singing horrors of Scrooge (1970) to the brash comic mugging of Scrooged (1988) to the sleaze of the recent Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ... All votes for George C. Scott and Mr. Magoo will be counted, but anyone who puts in the research knows the 1951 British Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim is numero uno. (Boston Globe)
Film review: 'A Christmas Carol' gets 3 stars Nov 6, 2009
" (AP Photo/Disney, ImageMovers Digital LLC)AP November 06, 2009 2:00 AM jumphead review: 'Christmas Carol' full of dazzling visualsBy Roger Moore A CHRISTMAS CAROL 3 stars (out of 5) Cast: The voices of Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes Director: Robert Zemeckis Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes Industry rating: PG for scary sequences and images. The new Disney "A Christmas Carol" is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Disney's "A Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug! Nov 6, 2009
A Christmas Carol - Salon ... Jim Carrey as Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol." ... For what's essentially a scary story about a mean old man, "A Christmas Carol" remains a perennial source of yuletide inspiration. (Salon)
Disney - and Carrey - slaughter classic ‘Christmas Carol' Nov 6, 2009
Disney and Carrey slaughter classic Christmas Carol ... Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:06 PM MST The only redeeming characteristic of Disney's A Christmas Carol lies in the original text (not the little quips of added humor in the screenplay, which are ridiculous) ... It is impossible not to compare this to the all-time classic version Muppets Christmas Carol. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Ghost of Christmas Past Quiz Nov 6, 2009
In honor of the latest version of "A Christmas Carol," we offer a quiz to test your smarts about this classic ... What are the first words in Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol" ... Which "Star Trek" captain created a one-man Broadway production of "A Christmas Carol". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Filmmaker Zemeckis shares draw of 3-D films Nov 6, 2009
Then came "The Polar Express," which incorporated Hanks into multiple roles, the animated epic "Beowulf" and now "A Christmas Carol," in theaters today ... "A Christmas Carol," though, was a perfect fit, he said ... " The collision of technology and artistry brings to mind several references to Scrooge's "altered spirit" in this new version of "A Christmas Carol. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Is 'Fourth Kind' real? Nobody cares Nov 6, 2009
Is 'Fourth Kind' real. Nobody cares - Entertainment - Fresnobee. (Fresno Bee)
An IMAX Christmas Nov 5, 2009
Disney's A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. Commenting on the announcement, Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group, said, "Seeing Disney's A Christmas Carol in IMAX 3-D is the ultimate way to experience this extraordinary motion picture from acclaimed filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. With its enormous screens,... (IGN FilmForce)
LETTER: 'Bite the bullet or die from the wounds' Nov 5, 2009
father bob wrote on Nov 2, 2009 2:31 PM:" Larry S. RoliradA HEALTH CARE PLEDGE FOR CONSERVATIVESAs a Conservative who DOES NOT have Health Insurance:I, ___________, as a conservative who DOES NOT have health care insurance, do hereby refuse all health care paid for by the government. I pledge if I become sick, or a member of my family becomes sick, that I will refuse to be treated by any doctor, hospital or emergency personnel if the cost for these services will in any way be subsidized by a... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Special effects a ghost of the present Nov 5, 2009
A Christmas Carol is his third consecutive film, after ... I'm a child of the special-effects age (blown away by the original Star Wars as a child and Terminator 2 as a teenager) and even I far prefer the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol (aka Scrooge), starring the wonderfully expressive Alastair Sim, to this. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MORE: This 'Carol' fits Dickens' vision Nov 5, 2009
3-D 'Christmas Carol' fits Charles Dickens' vision - USATODAY.com ... All over the screen: Jim Carrey provides the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge, plus all three ghosts, in Disney's 3-D version of A Christmas Carol, opening Friday ... 3-D 'Christmas Carol' fits Charles Dickens' vision. (USA Today)
What's Playing Nov 5, 2009
A Christmas Carol - An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions ... A Christmas Carol - in 3-D. PG. Beechwood: 5:10, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m. daily starting Friday, with additional shows at 12:30 and 2:50 p.m. Friday-Sunday; Carmike: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 and 9:50 p.m. daily starting Friday. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Carrey, computers bring new life to Scrooge Nov 4, 2009
Performance-capture technology turns Christmas Carol into flight of fancy ... Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed ... Opening Friday, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" manages both. (MSNBC -- News)
Jim Carrey Gives Scrooge New Life Nov 4, 2009
Director Robert Zemeckis and Jim Carrey Bring the Beloved Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" to the 21st Century ... Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, from "Disney's A Christmas Carol." The film opens everywhere Nov. 6th ... Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge Nov 4, 2009
Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed ... Opening Friday, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" manages both ... "The whole mission here was to truly re-envision the movie in a way no one had ever seen it before. That came about in that when I did `Beowulf,' I realized I am now working in a form where we can reintroduce audiences to these classics in a way... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Grisham's Short Story Collection in Demand Nov 4, 2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2009. "A Time to Kill" Author Releases Collection of Short Stories Based on His Years as a Lawyer; Sparks Publishing Price War. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Open Forum: Founding fathers disagree Nov 4, 2009
I was thinking of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." You know, even though he wrote that story to point out how businesses in his day was misusing and taking advantage of the poor, because people back then knew God, not just of Him, so Dickens showed there could even be redemption for Scrooge. It's like the story read of 2 Peter 3:9b "...(God) not wanting anyone to perish..." These days, however, Hosea 4:6a seems more persuasive, "my people are destroyed by lack of knowledge..." Just to let you know,... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Humbug! Christmas Carol has no spirit Nov 4, 2009
A Christmas Carol has no spirit - At the movies- msnbc ... A Christmas Carol has no spirit ... Weve already had to endure Carrey mugging it up as the Grinch while Zemeckis turned The Polar Express into a bloated and freaky-looking theme park attraction, and now these two have gone and put the stink on Charles Dickens beloved A Christmas Carol. (MSNBC -- News)
'A Christmas Carol' Nov 3, 2009
A Christmas Carol' - WTTV ... A CHRISTMAS CAROL: The dead Jacob Marley ( Gary Oldman) visits his old business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge ( Jim Carrey, who also plays the three Christmas ghosts) ... Charles Dickens' most popular creation, Ebenezer Scrooge, usually takes on the tenor of the times, so it's not surprising that Robert Zemeckis' new performance-capture animation version of "A Christmas Carol" has its star, Jim Carrey, musing about where his Scrooge fits in today. (FOX59, IN)
Christmas comes early Nov 2, 2009
A Christmas Carol' is one of the best-known and best-loved stories in the English language ... Given its potent blend of fantasy, humour, spine-tingling spookiness and unabashed emotion, it's no surprise that 'A Christmas Carol' has been catnip to filmmakers as long as films have been made, and there have been literally dozens of cinematic adaptations of the story ... Back to the Future', 'Forrest Gump', 'The Polar Express' and 'Beowulf' but insists that with 'A Christmas Carol' he never... (iAfrica.com)
Holiday films roll out some heavy subjects Oct 30, 2009
Disney's A Christmas Carol ... Other big offerings include "Avatar" and "Disney's A Christmas Carol.". (Fresno Bee)
Audition for a classic Oct 27, 2009
Auditions for the December production of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will take place tonight, beginning at 7 p.m. at Casper College ... "A Christmas Carol" will have a mixed cast of community and college actors totaling 25, including six to 10 children. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Improving SAT Vocabulary with Class... Oct 24, 2009
Kaplan and Prestwick House are among publishers who produce amended versions of classic novels to help students improve their vocabulary as they prepare for the SAT. Titles from Prestrick include: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly [Prestwick House, Inc. September 1, 2007], Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad [Prestwick House, Inc. July 1, 2007], and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [Prestwick House, Inc. July 1, 2007. Kaplan produces such amended novels as: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [Kaplan... (Suite101.com)
Will 2009 Oscar Race Be More Animated? Oct 21, 2009
"Astro Boy," based on the 1960s TV cartoon series; "Battle for Terra," a CGI saga of intergalactic war; "A Christmas Carol," a 3-D rendition of the Charles Dickens tale from the director of "The Polar Express," using performance capture to re-animate Jim Carrey; "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," a popular 3-D comedy combining science with giant foodstuffs; "Coraline," a 3-D stop-motion of Neil Gaiman's fantasy/horror tale; "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a purposefully retro-looking... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train ... Oct 11, 2009
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train Tour. Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train Tour ... Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train Tour offers guests a behind-the-scenes interactive look combining old and new technology ak peek of this amazing 3D movie. (Suite101.com)
The Cinematic History of A Christma... Oct 8, 2009
The Cinematic History of A Christmas Carol. The Cinematic History of A Christmas Carol ... A Christmas Carol, the much loved festive ghost story by Charles Dickens is once again being retold on film, but the new adaptation is far from being the first. (Suite101.com)
Critic's Picks: Family Sep 13, 2009
DISNEY S A CHRISTMAS CAROL TRAIN TOUR The 3D film comes out in November, but the Disney promotional machine is in full gear, rolling into South Station with a free exhibit of train cars carrying artifacts from the film and behind-the-scenes footage. Sept. 25-27. (Boston Globe)
Mayor of London Announces World Premiere of Disney's A Christmas Carol and Launch of the Festive Season in London on Tuesday, 3 November With "London's Christmas Carol" Sep 13, 2009
LONDON, September 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today announces (at 15:00 GMT) that on Tuesday 3, November 2009 London will kick off a massive celebration bringing back the spirit of Christmas that Charles Dickens depicted in the classic A Christmas Carol ... Currently in New York City to promote London as a destination for American tourists, Mayor Johnson revealed that the world famous Christmas Lights on Regent Street and Oxford Street will, for the first time in... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fall Movie Preview: Studios save best films for fall Sep 11, 2009
"A Christmas Carol" (not yet rated): Jim Carey plays about 258 roles, including that of Scrooge and all the ghosts, in Bob Zemeckis' version of the Charles Dickens story. Also on hand: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Cary Elwes. (Florida Today)
Fall movies: New Moon, other anticipated flicks coming to theaters soon Sep 4, 2009
" As the world reels over the great recession resulting from that philosophy, Hollywood is selling tickets for some moralizing over the price of greed, led by Jim Carrey in a new incarnation of Charles Dickens' great skinflint, Ebenezer Scrooge.Crafted through the same motion-capture techniques and computer animation used on "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf," Robert Zemeckis' "A Christmas Carol" features Carrey as Scrooge and the three holiday ghosts who show him the error of his miserly... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Scary season opener Sep 3, 2009
There are a few annuals: the Shakespeare and founder Gary Newton's version of "Christmas Carol." But, both come with a twist this year ... For the first time in 17 years, the Ring will hand the reins of "Christmas Carol" over to another group. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
Holiday picture: Jim Carrey could make Tom Hanks look like a piker in "The Polar Express." Hanks was the model for five characters while Carrey will play eight in Disney's "A Christmas Carol." ... " It's the second in a series of "Cities of Love" movies conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy. Nov. 6 "Disney's A Christmas Carol": A 3-D animated version of the Dickens classic, with Jim Carrey playing eight characters and Gary Oldman as his overworked and underpaid clerk and Colin Firth his cheery nephew.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
IVCC choir rehearsals Aug 27, 2009
The Dec. 3-6 musical will be a telling of ;A Christmas Carol,; by Charles Dickens. Prior to each show, the choir will also sing carols in the lobby. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
•Disney train bringing Christmas to town Aug 27, 2009
Town officials are preparing for up to 10,000 people to descend on downtown Sept. 9, when the train tour for Disney's "A Christmas Carol" makes Bargersville one of its stops. The event is a marketing campaign for Disney's live-action version of the Dickens classic, starring Jim Carrey. (The Daily Journal)
Yellow Submarine 'set for remake' Aug 21, 2009
The 3D performance-capture technology is also being used in Zemeckis's forthcoming film, A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the three ghosts who haunt him in the Charles Dickens tale. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Disney, Zemeckis board 'Yellow Submarine' Aug 20, 2009
The studio has been quietly brokering a complicated rights deal that would give Zemeckis access to 16 original Beatles songs for a movie he will direct in the performance-capture 3-D digital production format he employed for A Christmas Carol ... I hated "Polar Express," "Beowulf" and the trailers for "A Christmas Carol" do NOT look appealing; it's too dark. (Variety)
Christmas in August Aug 19, 2009
At least that s the idea behind the promo train tour of Disney s A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis adaption of the Charles Dickens classic ... Christmas carolers were there to greet visitors, rosy cheeked and dressed in period clothing, and they sang long enough for a crowd to gather so the speeches could begin ... The concept art shown off makes Disney s A Christmas Carol appear much brighter and livelier than the damp grey tones the story is normally associated with. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
G.I. Joe screenwriter calls Plano home Aug 12, 2009
Disney s A Christmas Carol Train Tour will be coming to Dallas Union Station on August 18-19 ... Starring Jim Carrey and directed by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, Disney s A Christmas Carol opens in theatres November 6. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Fall programs at Watertown Childrens Theatre include Charlie Brown and A Christmas Carol" Jul 30, 2009
Fall programs at Watertown Childrens Theatre include Charlie Brown and A Christmas Carol" - Watertown, MA - Watertown TAB & Press Sponsored By Share: Fall programs at Watertown Childrens Theatre include Charlie Brown and A Christmas Carol" ... WCT joins New Rep and arsenalARTS for the fifth annual holiday musical, Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Klinkes iconic ice cream tub changed to Baskin-Robbins Jul 29, 2009
Disney s A Christmas Carol train tour will make a whistle stop in Memphis on Aug. 4 at Central Station on South Main. The 40-city train tour includes a 3-D sneak peek at the new movie starring Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Disney World bus crash hurts 12 at Fla. theme park Jul 17, 2009
Disney Interactive Studios Puts a New Twist on Holiday Classic with Disney s A Christmas Carol Video Game. A new generation of fans will soon connect like never before with the illustrious story and characters of A Christmas Carol ... Disney Interactive Studios today announced it will publish the video game inspired by Disneys A Christmas Carol, the Charles Dickens tale re-imagined by Robert Zemeckis as a major feature film starring Jim Carrey. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Smaller Not Better When It Comes to Business Jul 15, 2009
The depression lasted a full 72 months and so thoroughly shattered confidence in the American business system that John Steele Gordon points to a telling passage in Charles Dickens international bestseller, A Christmas Carol (1843): when Ebenezer Scrooge realizes that a note payable to him may yet be redeemed, hes relieved to see that its not as worthless as a mere United States security. The hatred of big business assumed new forms following the nations slow recovery from the Panic of... (Townhall.com)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' Comic-Con Agenda is Full of "Firsts" Jul 9, 2009
Studio to Showcase Key TitlesPONYO, TOY STORY & TOY STORY 2 DOUBLE FEATURE, DISNEYS A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, TOY STORY 3 and TRON ... The filmmakers will be on hand to help Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures showcase a wide-ranging roster of upcoming films, including 3D juggernauts ALICE IN WONDERLAND, TRON and DISNEYS A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and animated gems THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PONYO and the TOY... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Griffin: The holidays should be a time for reconciliation Jun 30, 2009
In explanation of her turn-around, Joanne told her friend that she had watched a television presentation of Dickens s A Christmas Carol. She had been so moved by the effects of Scrooge s hardness of heart that she determined to repair the break with her friend. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
'Unmistaken Child' quest at Dalai Lamas' behest Jun 21, 2009
Future is in 3-D for 'A Christmas Carol ... To promote "Disney's A Christmas Carol," opening Nov. 6, the studio has begun a 40-city train tour featuring vintage cars filled with artifacts from the Charles Dickens Museum of London along with props and costumes from the film. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Lionel Barrymore of Famous Theatric... Jun 21, 2009
A Christmas Carol Radio Broadcast. On Christmas Eve 1934, a live performance of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol was broadcast on radio starring Lionel Barrymore. (Suite101.com)
Cannes 09: A Christmas Carol May 20, 2009
Richer, warmer and more convincing than the milky-blind waxworks that have walked around in previous mo-capped 'toons, A Christmas Carol looks to have broken new ground in breathing human life into animated characters ... Connections for A Christmas Carol ... Details for A Christmas Carol. (IGN FilmForce)
Publicity stunt worth a gander May 16, 2009
Published: Friday, May 15, 2009 3:10 AM CDT Just when you thought Christmas was all over (I know, it s sad), the yuletides are roaring back in the version of a six-car train, to promote Disney s A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey, due in theaters Nov. 6. Mark it on your calendar (if you feel like donning your inner-Christmas Spirit one last time), the nation-touring train rolls into Ogden s Union Station on Tuesday, June 16. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Live from ... May 13, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Spooky Christmas Carol figure ... Robert Zemeckis and Jim Carrey will be in town next Monday to show off the first clips of their digital performance-capture version of A Christmas Carol, opening in November. (USA Today -- Life)
All Aboard For 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' Train Tour May 9, 2009
May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney is pulling out all the whistle stops and taking its show on the road with a spectacular immersive and interactive 40-city train tour including a 3D sneak peek of film footage from the upcoming movie "Disney's A Christmas Carol," it was announced today (05/08/09) by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios ... Starring Jim Carrey and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" opens in theatres November 6 in Disney... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Disney stokes publicity engine with 'Christmas Carol' train May 8, 2009
Disney stokes publicity engine with 'Christmas Carol' train - USATODAY.com ... The Christmas Carol train tour ... Disney stokes publicity engine with 'Christmas Carol' train. (USA Today -- Life)
Wolverine jumps into top spot May 5, 2009
The biggest loser in the U.S. was Matthew McConaughey whose rom com take on A Christmas Carol, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, clearly scared the Dickens out of the audience. McConaughey's box office pull has taken a big hit from his spate of recent turkeys and despite opening in second, the actual gross won't have any studios lining up to make his next one. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
UW-L announces theater lineup May 3, 2009
The Broadway musical Into the Woods and A Christmas Carol will headline the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts 2009-10 Toland season ... The Christmas holiday offering will be A Christmas Carol, adapted by Barbara Field for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis ... A Christmas Carol, directed by Mary Leonard, Dec. 4-6, 10-13. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Celebrity moms share meaningful kid-literature lines May 3, 2009
Her favorite line: There never was such a goose, from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. She says: The movie made in 1938 of A Christmas Carol starred my mother and father as Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cratchit and it was my movie debut (as Belinda Cratchit), so it always had special meaning to me. (Helena Independent Record)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past May 1, 2009
UPDATED DAILY Friday, May 01, 2009. Latest in Entertainment Promos. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Top Entertainment Stories Capsule reviews: ‘Wolverine' and other films May 1, 2009
You've also seen Ghosts of Girlfriends Past before, in countless variations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. But you won't see Dickens credited anywhere here, even though the plot finds McConaughey, as playboy photographer Connor Mead, reluctantly revisiting the myriad women he's wronged with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future as his guides. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
The distracting ever-present Dickens Apr 17, 2009
Can you wait until Christmas, the holiday that Dickens is said to have invented - or at least over-sentimentalized - in his story "A Christmas Carol". Like Wal-Mart, Disney starts Christmas early, so Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit will be showing up in the multiplexes on Nov. 9. (Boston Globe)
A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
Dickens was himself a campaigner for social reform, which is exhibited through some of his best known works such as The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1837-1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1849-1850), and A Tale of Two Cities (1859). E George Eliot. (Suite101.com)
