Tiny Tim
Fictional Character
What I'm Thankful For 2009...way that the actors love. When Gary Oldman can play both Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim in the same film, something unusual is going on, and we're still just looking at the most rudimentary experiments with this technology. When I was on the set of... In this article: John Malkovich, Avatar, BluRay, Ain't It Cool, PS3, Zoe Saldana, Robert Zemeckis, Jonah Hex, and Leap of faith |
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Wired: Underwire | 2 days ago
Movies: Grim The Road Serves Unlikely Holiday Fare
...Dickens' oft-told tale of redemption. Jim Carrey (pictured above) plays the misanthropic Scrooge, who learns life lessons from Tiny Tim and kindly wage-slave Bob Cratchit (both voiced by Gary Oldman). Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and Robin...
In this article: The Road, Antichrist, John Hillcoat, Viggo Mortensen, Twinkie, Badger, E mail, and Bob Cratchit
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Denver Post Entertainment | November 05, 2009
Review: Dickens trumps Disney in 3-D Christmas Carol
Review: Dickens trumps Disney in 3-D "Christmas Carol" Scrooge (Jim Carrey) carries Tiny Tim (Gary Oldman), in "Disney's A Christmas Carol." The 3-D production, directed by Robert Zemeckis, uses "performance capture" technology to blend live...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens, Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, Gary Oldman, Disney, Bob Cratchit, The Polar Express, and Colin Firth
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | November 05, 2009
Movie Review 'Disney's A Christmas Carol': Ghosts of Technology Present
...clowning and a motor-mouth barrage of semi-crude humor. Jim Carrey as Scrooge, with Tiny Tim (voiced by Gary Oldman) in Robert Zemeckis's performance-capture film. Holiday Movies: Dickens's Victorian London Goes Digital (November...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Gary Oldman, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, London, and Disney
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Movies: Jim Carrey Revives Christmas Carol as 3-D Spectacle
...spin on Charles Dickens' oft-told tale of redemption. Jim Carrey's misanthropic Scrooge learns life lessons from Tiny Tim and kindly wage-slave Bob Cratchit (both voiced by Gary Oldman). Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and Robin Wright Penn...
In this article: Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, Nome, Alaska, Charles Dickens, Kristen Bell, Michael Angarano, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Milla Jovovich, and Being John Malkovich
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Chicago Tribune | November 06, 2009
2 1/2 stars for 'Disney's A Christmas Carol'
...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 up as Mr. Fezziwig, among...
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
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 05, 2009
Review: Disney's 'A Christmas Carol': Bah! Humbug
...Carrey plays multiple roles. He's Scrooge as a school boy, teen, young man, middle-age man and gray-haired crank along with the three visiting ghosts, while Gary Oldman juggles Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and Marley. Colin Firth is nephew Fred,...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Disney, Jim Carrey, The Polar Express, Bob Cratchit, A Christmas Carol, Gary Oldman, and Robert Zemeckis
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FT.com - Arts & Weekend | November 04, 2009
Film releases: November 6
...shtick ricochets around the octaves and auditorium. Carrey triples, also, as the three ghosts of Christmas, while Gary Oldman multi-tasks as Marley's ghost, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. Thanks to writer/director/producer Robert Zemeckis...
In this article: Henri-Georges Clouzot, John Keats, Bright Star, Charlyne Yi, Jim Carrey, Ben Whishaw, Jane Campion, Abbie Cornish, and Paper Heart
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Kansas City Star | November 03, 2009
A Christmas Carol'
...the real Jim Carrey perform that. </p><p>And I really missed having the great and real Gary Oldman, as Bob Cratchit, registering grief at Tiny Tim's fate, and heartfelt shock at Mr. Scrooge's conversion. </p><p>What Zemeckis delivers is a...
In this article: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Robert Zemeckis, Ghost of Christmas Past, Bob Cratchit, Charles Dickens, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, and San Francisco
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thestar.com | November 06, 2009
A Christmas Carol: Disney dips Scrooge in digital goo
...the digits. Oldman is almost as versatile as Carrey, playing the hectoring ghost of Jacob Marley, abused Scrooge employee Bob Cratchit and the ever-inspirational Tiny Tim, but you'd likely only know this from reading the credits. Zemeckis...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey, A Christmas Carol, Disney, Robert Zemeckis, Charles Dickens, Gary Oldman, A Christmas Carol, Colin Firth, and Beowulf
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Tiny Tim (real name "Tim Cratchit") is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He is the son of Bob Cratchit. The character is based on the invalid son of a friend of Dickens who owned a cotton mill in Ardwick, Manchester.
In the story, Tim is crippled and very ill, near death. Nevertheless, he is a very happy boy and is very much loved by his parents and siblings; he is best known for the line, "God bless us, every one!" His illness could be easily cured with the right money; however, Cratchit's low wage from Ebenezer Scrooge does not provide the funds to do so, and Cratchit dare not ask Scrooge for help.
When Scrooge is visited by The Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill Tim really is. When visited by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come all he sees of Tim is his crutch, as Tim has died. This, and several other visions, lead Scrooge to reform his ways. At the end of the story, Dickens makes it explicit that Tim did not die, and Scrooge became a "second father" to him. According to some other versions of the Christmas Carol, Tim Cratchit eventually gained health by Scrooge's money, and later became a successful businessman. When Ebenezer Scrooge died, he became the only member of the Cratchit family to attend his funeral.
Dickens did not reveal in the book what Tiny Tim's illness was, but renal tubular acidosis has been proposed as one possibility.
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