FILM 2358: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009)

TRIVIA: In the Cratchit home, there is a portrait of the story's author, Charles Dickens, hanging by the fireplace.

Scrooge's house is almost an exact replica of his house in Scrooge (1951).

Jim Carrey modeled his actions, voice and laughter after Alastair Sim in Scrooge (1951). Sim is often regarded as the best acting portrayal of Scrooge.

Cary Elwes and Robin Wright also starred in The Princess Bride (1987).

Gary Oldman and Lesley Manville play Mr. and Mrs Cratchit. They were married in real life (1987 - 1990) and have a son.

Jim Carrey has described the film as "a classical version of A Christmas Carol. There are a lot of vocal things, a lot of physical things, I have to do. Not to mention doing the accents properly, the English, Irish accents. I want it to fly in the UK. I want it to be good and I want them to go, 'Yeah, that's for real.' We were very true to the book. It's beautiful. It's an incredible film."

During the opening credits, as you fly through the old London city roof tops, you can see the 2nd London Bridge. By this time, it was just 12 years old and remained in London for another 124 years before it was dismantled and sold to an American in 1967. It can now be seen spanning Bridgewater Channel in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA.

This is featured on the podcast Blank Check episode A Christmas Carol With Emily VanDerWerff

ONE SENTENCE REVIEW: Quite a dark version of the story, surprising to me with such a lively comedy actor in so many of the main roles, it doesn’t look great but an okay watch.

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