The movie begins with a live-scene where novelist Charles Dickens was live-reading a book, set in the year 1857, in Boston. From there the animated part begins. Ebenezer Scrooge (voiced by Simon Callow) is a businessman who has a very tight hand. He lives in Victorian London. He is short-tempered, heartless money-monger. Scrooge has a humble clerk, Bob Cratchit (voiced by Rhys Ifans), whom he gives a salary which barely supports his family – wife (Juliet Stevenson) and a son lovingly called Tiny Tim.
On the Christmas Eve, Scrooge with his frightening surprise is getting the visitations of the ghost of Scrooge's deceased business partner, Jacob Marley (Nicolas Cage). Three phantoms represent Christmases Past, Present and Future. Scrooge was an unpleasant person. But after witnessing these visions, he gets the light of wisdom. After this he becomes a very charitable man with a good heart.
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A Christmas Carol (2001) is an animated British movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami. The movie is based on the classic novel by the famous author Charles Dickens. The actors like Nicholas Cage, Kate Winslet, Simon Callow have given their voice for the characters. Kate Winslet sang the film's theme song 'What if'.
