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A Christmas Carol is an Australian 70-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia; a part of the studio's series of adaptations of Charles Dickens' works made from 1982 through 1985. It was originally broadcasted in 1982[1] through the Australian Nine Network Australia. The film is based on Charles Dickens' classic English story, A Christmas Carol, first published in 1843, and was adapted by Alexander Buzo. It was produced by Eddy Graham and directed by Jean Tych. A second live-action, made-for-television title under the same name was produced in the same year.[2] Burbank Films Australia's copyrights over A Christmas Carol have expired and now the film is part of the public domain.
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Old Ebenezer Scrooge is a cruel man who's life's only passion has become only money; he hates Christmas, even the very mention of it, lives alone and only to work. He is very strict with his only, underpaid and overworked, employee, Bob Cratchit, and does not believe in giving away to charity or being kind to anyone. One Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge receives a ghostly visit from his long deceased partner Jacob Marley, who had died exactly seven years before on that same day. In his life, Jacob Marley had been just as selfish and uncaring as Scrooge was now. He tells Ebenezer about how his soul has not had a moment's rest since his death and how his spirit has been doomed to wander the earth looking down at what might have been, had he been a different man. He tells Scrooge that he wants to spare him that same fate, and that on that night, he will receive the visits of three spirits. After Jacob departs, Scrooge heads for his bed with no intention of having his sleep be interrupted by anyone. Still, precisely as Jacob Marley had predicted, the first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past arrives at one o'clock. He and Scrooge depart together for the Christmases that have already been, and from the experience, Scrooge gains a painful memory of the person he was, and how he became what he is today. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shares with Scrooge the Christmases being celebrated on that same year, especially the merriment being had at his nephew Fred's home; Fred had invited him to dinner, and Scrooge, as usual, had declined the invitation. From this experience, Scrooge also learns about Bob Cratchit's family, and how his youngest son, Tiny Tim, is a fragile creature supported by a crutch who may be doomed to die unless he receives better nourishment, more than his father can provide. Finally, Scrooge receives the last of the visits, from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, and Scrooge finds himself a changed man after he learns of the cruel fate in store for Tiny Tim, as well as the even crueler fate reserved for himself. Tiny Tim will die and be mourned by his loving family, while Ebenezer Scrooge will die alone, being no one's concern. Spared by the spirit, Ebenezer Scrooge wakes up on Christmas Day determined to keep the promise he had made to the spirits the night before, and before setting off to accept his nephew's invitation and join them for dinner, he has a priced turkey delivered to Mr. Cratchit's door. From that day, no one in London knows how to celebrate the Christmas spirit better than Ebenezer Scrooge, and Tiny Tim could wish for no more caring a friend.
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The animated works of Burbank Films Australia |
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Charles Dickens
Animated Classics |
A Christmas Carol (1982) · Oliver Twist (1982) · David Copperfield (1983) · Great Expectations (1983) · The Old Curiosity Shop (1984) · A Tale of Two Cities (1984) · Nicholas Nickleby (1985) · The Pickwick Papers (1985)
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Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) · Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983) · Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) · Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) · The Adventures of Robin Hood (1985) · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985) · The Three Musketeers (1986) · Peter Pan (1986) · King Solomon's Mines (1986) · Kidnapped (1986) · Ivanhoe (1986) · The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1986) · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986) · The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1986) · Alice: Through the Looking Glass (1987) · Treasure Island (1987) · Rob Roy (1987) · The Odyssey (1987) · The Last of the Mohicans (1987) · Don Quixote of La Mancha (1987) · Black Beauty (1987) · Wind in the Willows (1988) · Westward Ho! (1988) · Prisoner of Zenda (1988) · The Legend of Hiawatha (1988) · The Black Arrow (1988) · Alice in Wonderland (1988) · Around the World in 80 Days (1988)
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