First Footage From Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'
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A photo and the first footage (which you can see below) from Robert Zemeckis's Disney-produced motion capture version of A Christmas Carol has arrived online with the video coming in by way of Trailer Addict. Zemeckis was also at the helm of 2004's The Polar Express which used the same technology to attempt to breathe life into another Christmas story. I say attempted because the characters in that film never quite made it as cartoons or real people (at least for me), falling into a creepy sort of Twilight Zone between the two. This new film seems to pull it off more convincingly thanks to more cartoony characters and several years of advancement with the technology. That's Jim Carrey playing Scrooge and he'll also be portraying the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. The cast will also include Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, and Colin Firth.
It really says something about a story that can be adapted for film, stage and television as often as A Christmas Carol. One might even say it's a Dickens of a tale, but that's a joke too lame even for me. A quick search for the title on IMDB brings up 26 film and TV productions, which of course doesn't include the ones that took liberty with the title like Bill Murray's Scrooged.
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5-18-2009 @ 7:52PM
Nick said...
"...falling into a creepy sort of Twilight Zone between the two."
Which is called the Uncanny Valley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley
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5-18-2009 @ 8:32PM
Unknown said...
Nick,
Thanks for the link. Very interesting stuff.
Matt
5-19-2009 @ 5:52AM
george owells said...
Hey cool…“A Christmas Carol” will finally come alive onscreen with voices of Jim Carey and Colin Firth. I am a Disney Movie buff and Robert Zemeckis’s movies always fascinate me. Got alert of http://www.trackle.com/catalog/movies
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5-19-2009 @ 8:46AM
Cincinnati Mike said...
Along with all the gee-whiz gimmicks that are cool for a minute and then distracting for the next 89, why does Zemeckis insist on having one actor in multiple roles?
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