Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Acting
Tim Curry's theatrical villainy makes Scrooge deliciously hissable
Production
Bizarre 90s DIC animation aesthetic — cheap but weirdly charming
Director
Stan Phillips
Tim Curry
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
Spirit of Christmas Present (voice)
Michael York
Bob Cratchit (voice)
Ed Asner
Marley (voice)
Frank Welker
Debit (voice)
Kath Soucie
Ghost of Christmas Past / Mrs. Cratchit / Fan (voice)
Jodi Benson
Belle (voice)
Ian Whitcomb
(voice)
Joe Lala
(voice)
Jerry Houser
(voice)
Sam Saletta
Boy Scrooge / Young Boy Who Buys Turkey (voice)
Alan Shearman
Additional Characters (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of three animated Christmas Carols released in 1997 alone, part of a bizarre 90s trend of competing Dickens adaptations.
Whoopi Goldberg later played Christmas Present again in a 2004 TV musical, making her the only actor to voice the same spirit in multiple productions.
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