A Christmas Carol (1971) is an animated cartoon adaptation of Charles Dickens' venerable novella. It was animated and directed by Richard Williams, and starred Alastair Sim as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge (a role Sim had previously performed in the 1951 live-action film Scrooge). Michael Redgrave narrated the story. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella written by Charles Dickens and illustrated by John Leech. ... Richard Williams (born on March 19, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian animator, film director, and film producer, most well known as a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works included the title sequences to Whats New, Pussycat (1965), title and linking sequences in The... Alastair Sim Alastair Sim CBE (October 9, 1900 – August 19, 1976) was a Scottish character actor, whose comic appearance ensured him success in a string of classic British films. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Scrooge (1951) is one of the best-known and most acclaimed film adaptations of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol. ... Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, KBE (March 20, 1908 — March 21, 1985) was an English actor and the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. ...

Veteran animator Chuck Jones served as executive producer. Originally produced as a television special, A Christmas Carol won an Academy Award (for best animated short subject) in 1973; it remains the only film adaptation of the story to date to be so honored. Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. ... A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie intended to debut in prime time, the term used to define any television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...