Bob Cratchit

...his virtuosity by appearing in a plethora of funny disguises. Complementing Carrey's four-part gallery, Gary Oldman multitasks as mousy Bob Cratchit, a ferocious Marley's Ghost and ah, the wonders of effects technology Tiny Tim. While the...

In this article: Jim Carrey, Scrooge, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim, Scrooge, and London

... 'A Christmas Carol' is that way of life, that way of hope that everyone can relate to on so many levels in so many ways." A former Bob Cratchit (about eight times), Dick plays Scrooge for the first time in his career, as does Weygandt.

In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol, Christmas Eve, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater

...who learns the meaning of the yuletide when he's visited by three spirits during Christmas Eve; his earnest employee Bob Cratchit; and Cratchit's youngest son, Tiny Tim. The story also has captured the imagination of filmmakers during the...

In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Jim Backus, and Scrooge McDuck

...actors do their thing, and then Zemeckis and his fellow lab technicians take over. Gary Oldman provides the raw performance fodder for Bob Cratchit (who, as digitally manipulated, resembles Joe E. Brown) as well as Tiny Tim. Bob Hoskins turns...

In this article: Robert Zemeckis, Disney's A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey, A Christmas Carol, Bob Hoskins, Gary Oldman, Pixar, Beowulf, and The Polar Express

...are in simple storytelling, in blowing up aspects of the original story to work in the context of film. For example, Dickens wrote of Bob Cratchit: "The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white...

In this article: Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens, Polar Express, Walt Disney, A Christmas Carol, Jim Carrey, Coal, and Christmas Eve