Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol 1971 Oscar Winner HD Richard Williams Animation
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- Richard Williams' beautifully-executed animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' timeless seasonal parable, which to this day has yet to receive a DVD release anywhere. Produced by Richard Williams Animation and Chuck Jones for ABC. Winner of the 1972 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Sourced from a 16mm library print, it's unfortunately nowhere near the standard of 35mm : the sound is quite muffled in comparison to current CZcams uploads; but fortunately there's little print damage bar the vertical lines seen in the first few minutes.
Transfer by Peter C. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
This is one of the only versions that includes Scrooge’s visits to the miners, lighthouse keepers, and the ship at sea. True to the book.
Y la version de 1999 que pasa con ella, esa película incluye esas escenas que dices
Very faithful to the book, if a bit rushed. Another 10 min. would’ve been perfect. I love that they included Marley’s jaw drop, the twins “ignorance” and “want,” the servants going through his possessions, and the men on the sea celebrating Christmas. Those are left out of several renditions. It just needed a bit more time to linger and take a breath.
The Patrick Stewart version has those things.
@@LadyPakal I have seen that version so I can confirm that.
I love this story. I also love his work Our Mutual friend.
@@edajungck I forgot about that one. True classic.
This version of A Christmas Carol, despite it originally being a television special, ended up winning the 1972 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The best and creepiest version of Ignorance and Want in any version, animated or live.
Even the Jim Carrey version, as scary as it is, has nothing on that depiction.
Especially ignorance.
I was about 10 years old when this was shown on TV, and that haunting scene still burns in my memories....and that was about 50 year ago!
For me it's still the best interpretation of the book. The animation when Scrooge walks up the stairs with a candle is absolutely wonderful.
I love this version so much. I grew up watching this in the 70s every year, and it was so haunting. There are some fantastic ghostly images that create such an atmosphere like no other version. I found it many years ago on VHS and was so glad to have it again after too many years without it. I watch this now every year again.
The film with Jim Carrey was more realistic.
@@dtaylor4552 no, that's not the point. Carey as usual hams it up, but Alistair Sim and the whole cast of voice actors makes this version superb. The Disney one is ok, but it is what it is. For those who grew up with this and the black and white Alistair Sim versions they are just impossible to beat.
I agree with you 100 percent. Good show.😁
I betcha a nickle if Chuck Jones and Richard Williams were given a movie budget and enough time to make this a full movie, this could be one of the best adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Shame it's somewhat forgotten.
It IS one of the best, and it's hardly forgotten. And it covers most of the book; they'd really only need about thirty minutes more to get everything in.
I watch it every year so I certainly have not forgotten it. IMO it's the best animated version.
@@canalesworks1247 Hear hear!
It's a tiny gem. A small pearl. Not a full treasure chest over pouring with pirate's booty. It's a bagatelle and, for what it wistfully is, it is perfect in its runt of the litter status. Ha ha ha --- it's the "Readers Digest" version . Happy 😁 2023. Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA etats unis
They Should've Made a Hunchback of Notre Dame film Williams's Animation would've fitted perfectly
Alastair Sim was the best Scrooge. He passed away not long after this.
For 2009 Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, I heard director Robert Zemeckis say that he wanted to really visualize Dickens's descriptions with his version of the story. While Zemeckis did manage to do that on certain points, I would say THIS version directed by Richard Williams actually nailed Dickens' descriptions to absolute perfection! And with hand-drawn animation and under 30 minutes no less! The art style even looks like the original illustrations brought to life
This truly is an underrated rendition of Charles Dickens classic. It's animation style is also very unique. It's what it would look like if the old 19th century print illustrations were animated. Richard Williams and Chuck Jones, tow of my favorite people in the animation industry, did a really great job adapting this timeless classic.
This short film won Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Possibly the best adaption of the Charles Dickens' tale for the holidays. The ominous overtones have everything to do with it.
Stunning animation!
A well deserved Oscar winner!
Your apologies for the minor imperfections not really necessary as it looked terrific, far better than all the unwatchable trash that infests CZcams - in the hands of a less respectful presenter this brilliant film would have been stretched to 16:9 and shown completely distorted.
Thank you for showing it correctly. KAN
For me this will always be the definitive Christmas Carol. Sure it seems rushed at times and there are quite a few things left out from the Charles Dickens story but for all the things that are presented here are still quite impactful, not only from an artistic standpoint but from an emotional motif as well. I watch this almost every year at Christmas time and I shall continue to do so until the end of my days.
I am 56, i havent seen this since i was a boy in the early 70s!!! thanks for uploading it!!!
This is the creepiest Christmas Carol I ever had seen ever. I love it
@craig taylor Will it be posted in a site any time soon? I don't have cable. I like viewing the various versions of this classic tale. Thank you for your reply. ^_^ Merry Christmas.
I love it too! So creepy good! But still Christmassy! Merry Christmas!
What about the Jim Carrey version? That had plenty of creepy in it.
RIP for Richard Williams :'-(
Alistair Sim (Scrooge) and Michael Hordern (Marley) reprise their roles from the classic 1951 British version. Hordern is scarier here than he was in the earlier movie, and Sim is a lot mellower.
I didn't realize that the voice of Scrooge was done by the same man as who played the live version of Scrooge in the black and white 1951 version, until I heard him laugh towards the end. Very distinctive laugh, and it immediately brought me back to watching that version when I was young.
Yes! Also, along with Alastair Sim as Scrooge, Michael Hordern reprised his role of Jacob Marley from the same film. Wonderful and frightening to me as a child.
YEP! ONLY to be Equaled by the paring of Albert Finney and Alec Guinness in the musical "SCROOGE" from 1970!
Also needs mention the "A Christmas Carol" with Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge! If you have NEVER Seen it... I HIGHLY Suggest trying to find it and see it!
I recognized it immediately.
@@matthewmoran4158 5:58 Jacob Marley in this film reminds me of Imhotep with his dislocated jaw-bone.
You mean 'hear' it. Barrymore was never in a screen version of the Carol, just several radio versions.
The animation of Christmas Past is probably what Charles had in mind when he wrote its description:
"For as its belt sparkled and glittered now in one part and now in another, and what was light one instant, at another time was dark, so the figure itself fluctuated in its distinctness: being now a thing with one arm, now with one leg, now with twenty legs, now a pair of legs without a head, now a head without a body: of which dissolving parts, no outline would be visible in the dense gloom wherein they melted away. And in the very wonder of this, it would be itself again; distinct and clear as ever."
I love all the older cartoons cause it's b4 CGI, my son is showing his 6 year old, these shows. Let the tradition continue
It's a crime this rendition is not available on DVD/BluRay. I grew up on this version. Every year on television. It's also one of the best.
* Richard Williams, Chuck Jones, Michael Redgrave, and Alastair Sim - no wonder it got an Academy Award.
* I liked the image of the horse-drawn hearse preceding Scrooge up the stairs, symbolically bringing Marley into his home.
* I loved that Christmas Past was much more like the description found in the book than other renditions.
* They including Ali Baba and the parrot!
* What was that brown object on Christmas Present's chest? Was it supposed to be hairiness or a strapless bra?
* Ignorance and Want were portrayed wonderfully, much like Dicken's description.
* Christmas Future was portrayed much like the book - a large, silent black robe and hood with only a pointing hand made visible.
* The renderings are lovely as well as the layouts and the score.
* And all this was presented in only 25 minutes!
Hand-drawn animation can do things that computer-animation can't. Amazing stuff; thank you for uploading, I'd only seen a snippet of this when I was younger.
The 1951 Alistair Sim "Christmas Carol" is the filmed gold standard. But this is by _far_ the finest animated portrayal.
I remember having the crap scared out of me by Marley's ghost. Effective animation. Timeless tale!
All ghosts looks very good though, very good design. it is frightning!
Terrified and fascinated me as a kid!
Absolutely the best version and so true to the text. Marley's. Ghost is just like described in the story and profound. The ghosts having lost the power for good, startling powerful. The Ghost of Christmas Past is fascinating. All is startling beautiful and varied! Fabulous! Thank you for posting and with NO interruptions!
While only a half-hour long (with commercials) this version covers so many of the smaller moments of the story than most of the lavash two-hour productions.
Thank you for the post and Merry Christmas.
Amazing!
While other animated "Carol" adaptations are arguably better directed, this one has the most striking - and I daresay, "haunting" - artwork and animation. Here are marvels to gaze upon. Who else but Williams and Jones would dare to express Christmas Past as Dickens himself described it? And by humbug, I'd say they nailed it.
I wish we still had cartoons like this, in which the artist's hands, fingerprints, and heart are all figuratively visible. The animated specials we get now all seem a little too safe, a little too perfect. Oh well. There's always next Christmas.
Richard Williams recently made a short film called "Prologue". It has some incredible animation all done with pencil. It actually reminds me of the animation in this film.
Thank you for your very descriptive synopsis, with personal feeding added.
Well put. It is an ambitious production with a solid horror element. It's just dramatically and emotionally flat.
I would argue against the sentiment that there are better directed animated adaptations, l have personally found none. I do not find the direction to be lacking in any respect. However, I completely agree with your other thoughts on this production.
Excellent and my favourite animated Christmas Carol film, the Jacob Marley is pure nightmare fuel! 🙀 👻
For me, this is the definitive version. Although short, gives the full story with iconic lines, beautiful artwork and spookiness to boot. A joy to watch. Thanks for uploading in this quality.
Beautiful! My family reads the book aloud, in its entirety, every year takes 4-5 hours. Fabulous.
I just love how the animation captures the illustrations of the book, as if they have come to life.
Beautiful animation, I remember this so well from television in the 70s.
Chuck Jones did this?! I shouldn't be surprised, the man's a genius, and this was fantastic.
This was actually one of the first Christmas special I was introduced to Richard William’s work, along with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. His hard work and dedication will always be remember as one of the best animators in Animation history.
R.I.P Richard Williams, Thank you for giving us your Amazing Animation and wonderful masterpieces.
Absolute perfection...Richard Williams' version has become my favourite telling of this classic tale, it's sheer beauty dazzles the eye and delights the ear....excellent.
I haven’t seen this in more than 30 years! In 25 minutes they completely capture the entire novella, right down to the dialogue and the apparitions of Ignorance and Want. The animation is brilliant, inspired by the illustrations of the original printing. Interesting trivia, this novella has never been out of print. Brilliant! Thank you for uploading this! 🎄🎄🎄
Is this cartoon exactly like the book?
Absolutely brilliant adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic
I watched this as a child many times in the 70s. I had completely forgotten about it until just recently. It really is the most satisfying and moving telling of the story. It's a shame it is not better known.
Who’s watching this on Christmas 2022, 51 years since this short movie was released in the cinemas?
The animation is simply gorgeous...
Well, what did you expect?
It’s Richard Williams.
And that’s why this film won the Oscar
I just love the artwork...It conveys perfectly of that time, that feeling of that eras of the 1800's...Love love it...Thank you for sharing..
When I was in art school at the Dayton Art school , we would watch this as an example of the cutting edge Animation, Every one should realize that there are over 60 thousand drawings that flip by in the 28 minutes , Each one diffrent and hnad colored using the same range of colors that the orginal book did in 1843,
Rickey Smith - And I was complaining that it was too rushed and needed an extra ten min. :))))
@@misselder1 From my understanding it took 4 years to make all the drawings for the film let alone put the final product together , My how times have changed !! If you noticed one of the producers was Chuck Jones He did Bugs Bunny , It was one of his attempts at making a series movie , Today some studio could put that film together in a month,
Great comment, thank you!
Rickey Smith I’ve always remind my wife the art work that goes into these old animated shows is why I enjoy watching them.
I read years ago how expensive it is to make a 30 minute cartoon for Saturday morning verses a show using just people.
Rickey Smith - the animation technique is stunning!
This animation captures the world before the universal presence of electric lighting in a way very, very, rarely seen.
Amazing work this.
A simply superb film, that to this day manages to bring a tear to my eye. And let me join the chorus of those asking for someone to clean this up and create a better transfer. This film is glorious!
Watching this makes me realize even more how terrible it is that traditional animation has all but vanished from movie theaters.
....AND that Williams never finished "The Thief And The Cobbler".
@@lukeperkins1024
Mind telling me?
@@krstv1823 Yeah...
Never mind, it wasn’t that interesting anyway
Traditional animation is very much alive in Japan.
@@ayushchaudhari5655 AND in Europe.
It was thanks to the Nostalgia critic that I was introduced to this master.
The animation is dense & layered. The atmosphere is laden. I'm not sure Richard Williams' animation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL can be bettered. Joyous indeed.
The scene where Marley moans and you can see the lost souls creeps me out every year I watch this ❤
Criterion needs to put this out. Along with the re assembled Thief and the Cobbler
Right? I always loved watching this on VHS as a kid! I'll never forget how Richard had an impact on my childhood with his beautiful animation and storytelling. I'd love to see these 2 on Criterion as well. Godspeed Richard Williams.
@America Reigns the hell man
neilwetmore & America Reigns- Chill out you guys. It’s Christmas.
@@misselder1 Kay?
As of this date [12-23-17] this is the absolute BEST print of this VERY hard to find film.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Merry Christmas to all watching in 2020!
Merry Christmas to everyone watching in 2019 🎁❄⛄🎄🎀🎅
Chris Evans yep ME in November 2019.
@@TheGava4 Dec 22-23rd 2019
Merry Christmas to everyone watching in 2020 🎁❄⛄🎄🎀🎅
@@labrynianrebel Merry Christmas 2020! I watched this for christmas but forgot to comment haha
By far and away the best animated version of this wonderful story .Merry Christmas Everyone !
Rest in Peace Richard Williams. You were one of my greatest inspirations.
Thank you so much for posting this. This is the version I grew up with in the 70s and remember so fondly. The music and the artwork always stuck with me and as an adult I would look for a copy or even a book with the artwork. It wasn't until I was about 40 that I discovered a VHS version on Amazon and bought it. Now that our VHS player just sits gathering dust I'll need to pick up a DVD version. Can't say enough how much I love this animated version of the Dickens classic.
Richard Williams also Animated Who Framed Roger Rabbit for Academy Award.
I saw this on VHS as a kid in the early 90s. My aunt bought it for me as a Christmas present. I've been looking for this version for 10 years. Loved how dark and creepy it is. Still, I'm not too fond of Christmas, but this makes me feel lukewarm inside... Thanks for the upload!! Bah humbug!
I remember seeing this as a young child and the ghosts, particularly Marley , scared me to death! Thanks for posting this!
What a tragedy that this couldn't have been made as a full-length film. Even as it is, it's an astonishing achievement, but it does seem to be at times a bit cramped and hurried.
If given at least 90 minutes this would of been a very good version of a Christmas Carol but you're right. Twenty five minutes is not enough time to tell a proper story. It is too cramped and too abbreviated.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!🎄🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas!🎄🎁🎅☃️🌨❄️
I love this version's Marley and Ghost of Christmas Past. Its so creative and visually interesting.
Very good animation ...
In 25 minutes this wonderful piece of animation manages to both haunt and to enchants its viewer
Superb! Genuinely creeped me out at the start with the hearse on the stairs.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is perfect for animation.
I love the look of this animation.
MOST EXCELLENT ! IT HAS IT ALL ! AMEN and THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ! #MERRYCHRISTMAS EVERYONE ! GOD KEEP US SAFE AND WELL !
This animation reminds me of The Snowman, except this looks like illustrations from the book coming to life before my eyes, it’s amazing! But what else do you expect from the late Richard Williams?
Ironically, the animator of The Snowman animated his own Christmas Carol in 2003. Though sadly it was terrible.
@@ChainsawManDude97 The animation was gorgeous, but the adaptation was dreadful; I don''t know how they managed to induce Simon Callow, of all people, to be in it.
The best of the Animation Art, this should be showed in the TV
Have a look at the original John Leach illustrations, from A Christmas Carol book!
The animation style was to copy that look... I think they did brilliantly!! Like the illustration have come to life!!
Faults aside, this is still the best copy.... Thanks so much for posting!
Wishing you a Peaceful New Year
Richard Williams is a true master. When i studied animation i bought his animator´s survival guide and learned more with that book that with all my teachers combined.
Juan Gracia Marques he will be missed.
Some beautifully done scenes in this. I try to watch every single "A Christmas Carol" version I can find - and this was a new one for me! (I was born in 1970 - they sure knew how to do very adult cartoons back then).
25 we will be watching this year
I have been trying, in vain, to describe the terrifying brilliance of this animation to the uninitiated.
Now, I finally have a high quality youtube link to show.
Thanks for this!
GBUE!
Amazing but far toooo short 😢
Somebody, should do an update in a similar manner
Thank you Richard Williams, you made my childhood
8 year old me checked under his bed for Marley's ghost for a few years after watching this as it was originally broadcast.
I watch this delightful Christmas tale around this time every year since it was posted. Thank you for having posted it. Lovely indeed. I'm soon to be 41 on December 23rd, and Yahweh God willing in Yeshua aka Jesus Name, I'd like to see it many eh' years to come. "Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!"
RIP Richard Williams
One of the best ones. Wonderful illustration.
This was actually creepy. as it was supposed to be.
This is a good example of a true friend who wants to stop Scrooge from ending up like him.
Jacob Marley's ghost is in everlasting torment and suffering and has to wander aimlessly, carrying his heavy chains that represented his misdeeds of greed and selfishness, made up of Accountancy books, heavy purses, cashboxes, locks and keys, as his afterlife punishment.
He came to warn Scrooge to change his misery ways or his own afterlife punishment will be much worse and his chains will be far far heavier to carry.
He also helps Scrooge to change with the three ghosts especially the ghost of Christmas yet to come, who shows Scrooge what could happen if he does not change.
He then joins the other wandering, tormented spirits who are also under afterlife punishments for their earthly sins committed in life.
They, along with Marley, have been permanently stripped from helping others ever again.
That should grant Marley forgiveness and his release from his punishment.
You and me both. The only unresolved moment in the story.
That isn't how *eternal* punishment works.
@@iamemjarrobinson8713 Marley's story is over. Dickens doesn't leave anything unresolved.
Almost like the Catholic "purgatory" concept. One would hope that Marley is also redeemed and released from his torment.
There's actually a recent play, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, where that happens. Saw it staged 10 years or so ago.
Olds cartoons like Oliver Twist from Burbank,same for A Christmas Carol from the same entreprise,and THIS Richard Williams's masterpiece missed me at this actually era.
Awesome art work. Thanks for sharing.
5:58 Jacob Marley in this film version reminds me of Imhotep with his jaw-bone.
Just found out that my great great great grandfather was called Ebenezer, and born in Shoreditch London he must have seen poverty in that part of the city, some amazing British actors voicing the characters and Tiny Tim’s voice was so sweet, I love how true to Dickens story & his descriptions of the spirits were sadly not long enough.
I first saw this in the early 1970s. Loved "A Christmas Carol " ever since. Any film version
A wonderful production. Thank you for sharing this.
I remember this being advertised in the TV Guide. A friend of mine and I were very excited to see this since we were very much into art and movies. This did not disappoint except I wanted it to be longer. Talk about a laborious project. It is both beautiful and nightmarish at the same time. Wherever you are, Bryan, I hope you are doing well.
We don't mind a good bit of VHS , thanks so much for letting us in ...this is Ace 😁
I like how subtle this Scrooge is
Alistair Sim does a pretty good job in this version, especially given that he played Scrooge before.
Alistair Simm absolutely nailed Scrooge, I think. My favorite version is his 1951 portrayal.
17:57
That was rotoscoped from the original Alistair Sim Scrooge movie!
Wow 🤩
The artists who made this were so good !
10 dislikes? Seriously? This is a work of art, and one of the best, if not THE best, versions of this classic story ever made. I suppose the haters prefer The Muppet version.
I suppose they were hoping for the Mr Magoo or Scooby-do versions.
and this is Chuck Freaking Jones, FFS!!!
Well given how cancerous animation on CZcams can be, I suppose it's from people expecting memes or some other form of nonsensical humor.
Paired with Richard Williams. A match made in heaven.
I remembered this one a few years ago. It is an exceptional work of animation - the voices were well selected . The Ghost of Christmas Present sequence stuck in my mind - images were haunting - it is very well done for a 25 minute version - and the networks have not shown it in 30 years. Too good really - maybe Netflix - If a DVD version would be available it would sell well. Other than this - the 1952 Alistair Sim version film is a personal favorite.
I love A Christmas Carol, the best christmas story.
6:37-6:49 this is probably the only adaptation I've seen with that line.
Amazing. RIP Richard Williams.
I have been trying to find this for years! I was 11 when it aired and never forgot it.
Wow you remembered for years in Christmas....but me I had a lost memory of it...heheh
I still watch this movie on VHS. I know the VHS is old but, I LOVE IT. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Richard Williams one of the greatest animators of our time so beautiful so deep and meaningful. I love the design of the ghost of Christmas past so psychedelic and Jungian as the whole special felt that way. Really enjoyed it thank you so much for uploading it ❤️❤️❤️.