A Christmas Carol | |
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Based on | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
Written by | Charles Dickens |
Directed by | Richard Williams[1] |
Starring | Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Diana Quick Joan Sims |
Narrated by | Michael Redgrave |
Music by | Tristram Cary |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Richard Williams Chuck Jones |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | Richard Williams Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | December 21, 1971 |
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A Christmas Carol is a British-American animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella.[2] The film was broadcast on U.S. television by ABC on December 21, 1971, and released theatrically soon after.[3] In 1972, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4] The film notably has Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprising their respective roles as Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley's ghost.