Charles Dickens
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Our critics recommend......Screens Disney's A Christmas Carol ** Robert Zemeckis' visually immersive, emotionally uninvolving animation of the Charles Dickens evergreen features "motion capture" performances by Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, and Robin Wright Penn. Lost in... In this article: Dog, God, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Twilight Saga, and A Christmas Carol |
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Chicago Tribune | November 06, 2009
2 1/2 stars for 'Disney's A Christmas Carol'
...Elwes (Dick Wilkins/Mad Fiddler, et al.) Credits: Directed by Robert Zemeckis; written by Zemeckis, based on the novella by Charles Dickens; produced by Steve Starkey, Zemeckis and Jack Rapke. A Walt Disney Pictures release. Running time:...
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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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 12, 2009
The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse
...in 3-D, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is the latest from Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump"), who presents Dickens' London with the same performance-capture technology he used on "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf."
In this article: Hollywood, Ebenezer Scrooge, The Road, Global warming, Viggo Mortensen, Forrest Gump, Jim Carrey, John Hillcoat, and Roland Emmerich
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The Times of India - Entertainment | 4 days ago
A Christmas Carol
...yet they pitch in perfectly as archetypal Dicken's characters. Dialogue: Robert Zemeckis captures the world of Charles Dickens perfectly with his screenplay and dialogues. There's an old world charm to the way Ebenezer and the rest of the...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Christmas Eve, Celluloid, Gary Oldman, Robert Zemeckis, and Robin Wright Penn
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CBS News | November 03, 2009
Jim Carrey Gives Scrooge New Life
Jim Carrey Gives Scrooge New Life Director Robert Zemeckis and Jim Carrey Bring the Beloved Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" to the 21st Century Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, from "Disney's A Christmas Carol." The film opens...
In this article: Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Hoskins, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Beowulf
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | November 02, 2009
Scrooge in 3D
...on the big screen in Robert Zemeckis's animated re-creation of A Christmas Carol. The director tells Guy Adams of his lifelong ambition to film the Dickens tale There are two words Ebenezer Scrooge throws into conversation at the start of...
In this article: Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, A Christmas Carol, Disney, Back to the Future, and London
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Review Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG) ***
...of real actors are transformed into computer-generated cartoons, writer-director Robert Zemeckis finds eye-popping, high-tech new life in Dickens' hoary chestnut. I don't know how spectacular the film would seem in a regular 2D theater,...
In this article: Disney, Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Jim Carrey, A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, Schmaltz, and Ghost of Christmas Present
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | November 05, 2009
Movie Review 'Disney's A Christmas Carol': Ghosts of Technology Present
...and decidedly creepy horror-movie effects. Directed by Robert Zemeckis; written by Mr. Zemeckis, based on the story by Charles Dickens; director of photography, Robert Presley; edited by Jeremiah O'Driscoll; music by Alan Silvestri;...
In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, A Christmas Carol, Gary Oldman, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, London, and Disney
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Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (IPA: /ˈtʃɑːlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.
The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.
- Name At Birth:
- Charles John Huffam Dickens
- Birth Date:
- February 07, 1812
- Birthplace:
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
- Death Date:
- June 09, 1870
- Place of Death:
- Gad's Hill Place, Higham, Kent, England
- Occupation:
- Novelist
- Known for:
- Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations
- Influenced By:
- Honoré de Balzac, Miguel de Cervantes, Victor Hugo, Washington Irving, William Shakespeare
- Influenced:
- T. Coraghessan Boyle, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, John Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Wolfe, G. K. Chesterton, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury
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