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Article: Film choice: Christmas Carol: The Movie: The big draw

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December 2, 2001
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Christmas Carol: The Movie (U)

THE recent success of Nick Park has given British animation a platform it has never previously enjoyed. Before now, the chief animators were either based in southern California or eastern Europe, the two most noted and accomplished homes for draftsmen and story boards. But picking up the torch is the UK's Illuminated Films who deliver a seasonal favourite in this animated version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Such a familiar story is perfect fodder for the uncomplicated charm of animation. Thematically simple and propelled by an action narrative, A Christmas Carol has all the qualities that have traditionally transferred comfortably to the world of ...

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