Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was the quintessential Victorian novelist. He gave the world a host of characters like Ebenezer Scrooge and Oliver Twist, who live on in popular culture. Born to lower middle-class parents, Dickens' childhood ended at age 12 when he was put to work in a blacking factory, following the arrest of his father for debt. This experience colored his fiction, which often focuses upon orphans making their way in the world, and upon irresponsible parents.

Dickens was the most popular novelist of his time. It is a testament to his creative genius that a story such as A Christmas Carol, for example, seems always to have been a part of the cultural fabric, though it was not written until 1843. Dickens was a remarkably dramatic, emotional writer, at turns highly comic and equally tragic. Not surprisingly, Dickens had a strong interest in the theater.

There are a few blogs devoted solely to Dickens' life and works. He is also discussed on blogs about Victorian life and literature in a more general sense.

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• Walt Disney Pictures “A Christmas Carol” IMAX 3D Review

  
  Disney Dreaming — Authority: 584
  Recently Disney Dreaming made it’s way to the local IMAX theater to see Walt Disney Pictures “A Christmas Carol” starring funny man comedian Jim Carrey as the voice for the worlds foremost authority on being grumpy, Ebenezer Scrooge. Creatively the movie is a visual masterpiece, that at points makes you wonder ...
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• A Christmas Carol (1938)

  
  Cinefantastique Online — Authority: 415
  This 1938 production is probably the first good film adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Although slightly corn-ball and even treacly, it features lovely black-and-white photography and solid production values - artificial but appropriate for the story - all in the service of good-natured, uplifting ...
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• A Christmas Carol

  
  Spectacular Attractions — Authority: 409
  Another Robert Zemeckis performance-capture movie, and that can only mean one thing – another round of reviews complaining that the “actors”‘ eyes all look a bit funny. You know the angle by now (if not, see my earlier post about Beowulf ): Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger ...
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• South Coast Rep “A Christmas Carol” for $20

  
  OC Deals — Authority: 486
  The South Coast Repertory is offering the chance to buy up to four tickets to the previews of South Coast Rep’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” for only $20, with no additional online fees. That’s right, with Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Crachit, three ghosts and the other cast of ...
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• Disneys A Christmas Carol -- $30.1M

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  Writer/director Robert Zemeckis adapts Charles Dickens classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol as a star vehicle for Jim Carrey in this performance capture/Disney Digital 3D animated film for all ages. Carrey will not only take on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, but all of the three ghosts who come to haunt him as well. ...
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• When Did Walt Disney Write A Christmas Carol?

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 500
  Disneys A Christmas Carol Walt Disney has gotten a bad rap. We now know that “The Great Homogenizer,” who, as master of The House that Mouse Built, rose to fame by smoothing out the difficult and potentially offensive edges to any story he came into contact with lest anyones sensibilities be injured, ...
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• Movie Review: A Christmas Carol

  
  Famous Monsters — Authority: 441
  By Jesse Walvoord (11/7/09) It is both fascinating and disappointing that a film about a man finding his soul could be so… well, soulless might be an extreme word, but upon viewing Robert Zemeckis’ new A Christmas Carol, one might find themselves questioning the film’s sincerity. More filmed than any of ...
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• The birth of photography at the British Library

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 151
  Its probably true to say that most people in the world today, with the exception of those living in very remote areas, carry in their heads certain photographic images. These pictures stay with us for various reasons - they may have a haunting beauty like the portrait of the green-eyed Afghan girl which appeared on ...
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• ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’

  
  Student Life — Authority: 602
  Chances are, sometime in your life, at a bar mitzvah, dinner party or other special event, you have been a part of a mystery party. You know the one: Actors perform a murder and some of the subsequent pandemonium, and then you’re supposed to guess whodunit. Most of the time, there is some level of audience ...
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• Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

  
  JimHillMedia.com — Authority: 420
  Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers ...( read more )
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• Disney’s A Christmas Carol

  
  MovieZeal — Authority: 116
  There are few things that Walt Disney Pictures wears more proudly on its sleeve than its complete and utter lack of new ideas. Not only is Walt’s legacy based almost entirely on adapting literature and folklore, but since his death the studio has repeatedly cannibalized its own past with an almost frightening ...
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• Theatrical Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

  
  gordonandthewhale.com — Authority: 539
  Rating: 6/10 Writers: Charles Dickens (novel), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay) Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Colin Firth Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Director Robert Zemeckis is back with another motion-capture adventure with A CHRISTMAS CAROL. We now ...
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• Disney’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the No.1 movie in America

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 551
  Robert Zemeckis ‘ 3D animated version of A Christmas Carol opened as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend with lower-than-expected ticket sales of $31 million. The film, featuring the voice of Jim Carrey , knocked the King of Pop out of the No. 1 spot as Michael Jackson’s This Is It ...
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• Scrooge (1935)

  
  Cinefantastique Online — Authority: 415
  This early sound adaptation of Charles Dickens immortal A Christmas Carol (1843) is slow in pace and static in execution, of interest to film historians and completists.Related posts: A Christmas Carol (1843) When “ho-ho-ho” gives way to “horror” Box Office: Treasure still tops
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• Timothy Bateson obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film Timothy Bateson, who has died aged 83, was a character actor of boundless versatility and great warmth of personality who will always be remembered for playing Lucky in the controversial British premiere ...
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• Disney’s A Christmas Carol – A Classic Masterpiece to Behold

  
  Tasithoughts's Weblog — Authority: 127
  I was reminded about something from my childhood when I went to the IMAX Theatre at the Metreon complex in San Francisco last night to watch Disney’s newly released ” A Christmas Carol.”   I was reminded about the magic of the movies and its ability to transport me to a wonderful place of imagination and ...
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• Why I Never Read

  
  Porter Square Books Blog — Authority: 118
  For an event at a library for my newly released paperback of The Last Dickens , one newspaper column listed “a reading by Matthew Pearl.” I have to confess the truth, though: my readings have very little reading in them. Let me say, I have great respect for authors who stand in front of a room and read a ...
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• Watch A Christmas Carol online – The Legal Way to Download Movie?

  
  47 Movies — Authority: 156
  Robert Zemeckis’ take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a treat for the eyes. Superb special and 3-D effects, coupled with brilliant performances, make this one of the best animation movies in … Continue reading here: Watch A Christmas Carol online – The Legal Way to Download Movie?
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• Disneys A Christmas Carol | Film review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Despite the title, this is Dickenss A Christmas Carol , faithfully rendered and extremely frightening, shot in 3D using the "performance capture" technique which transforms live actors into semi-animated figures. There are no inappropriate songs or additional sentimentality, and Jim Carrey plays Scrooge and the three ...
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• Disneys A Christmas Carol

  
  Reel Nerds — Authority: 122
  Robert Zemeckis does the 3D technique right. He uses it more for depth than for knives and forks and fingers stabbing out at you. I want to see into a picture, not have it poking its nose out at me. He practiced with Polar Express , he honed his technique on the throwaway Beowulf , and now he returns to the ...
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