Mickey's Christmas Carol

1983
G
26m

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8.0/10

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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.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

16K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Trailer 0:34

Mickeys Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition

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Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition

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Alan Young

Scrooge
(voice)

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)

Linda Gary

Collector for the Poor #3
(uncredited)
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Trivia
Originally, Alan Young was not considered for Scrooge, despite having played it in the album recording. Reportedly, it was because Walt Disney Productions believed he would not agree to do a voice for animated film. However, when Young learned about the film in production from a friend preparing to audition for the lead, he contacted the film company to request an audition. The resulting audition was successful and Young learned about the studio's reason for not contacting him. In reaction, Young responded, "Hey, I worked in television for five years with a talking horse. At this point in my career, nothing's beneath me." As it happened, Young was praised for the role and continued to voice Scrooge McDuck throughout his life.

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-ha-yuk, yup! Er, no, no! I was wrong. And so, as punishment, I'm forced to carry these heavy chains through 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
Words and Music by Bucky Searles and Irwin Kostal
[Sung in the opening credits, while its reprise is sung right at the ending]

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Featured 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.