Initial release: December 7, 2001
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Running time: 81 minutes
Adapted from: A Christmas Carol
Initial DVD release: October 7, 2003
Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Simon Callow as Charles Dickens/Ebenezer Scrooge, Kate Winslet as Belle, Nicolas Cage as Jacob Marley, Jane Horrocks as Ghost of Christmas Past, Michael Gambon as Ghost of Christmas Present, Rhys Ifans as Bob Cratchit, Juliet Stevenson as Emily Cratchit, Robert Llewellyn as Old Joe, Beth Winslet as Fan, Colin McFarlane as Albert Fezziwig.
Storyline: This version differs from others, in that Scrooge is given another chance with the love of his life, Belle, who ended their engagement in their youth after he was corrupted by greed; they later meet again after the three spirits have reformed Scrooge and he is now kind and generous, causing Belle to love him again. Both Belle and Old Joe notably have bigger roles in the film. Unlike the book as well as other film adaptations, Belle does not marry and have children with another man. She is a nurse. Old Joe is a henchman of Scrooge who arrests or robs people who owe Scrooge debt but Scrooge fires him after mending his ways. Also in the film Marley's ghost haunts Scrooge before he goes home and Scrooge is notably younger as he has auburn hair and is middle-aged rather than being elderly.
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