Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
- Directed by
- Abe Levitow
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 67 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This animated television special retells Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with the nearsighted Mr. Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge. It follows Scrooge as he is visited by three ghosts who show him his past, present, and future on Christmas Eve.
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What happens
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and it features UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962, on NBC and was the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill, while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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