A Christmas Carol in London

London hosted the film’s premiere today with Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis on hand to celebrate.  The event included a history-making coordinated Christmas Lights Switch-On:

for the first time ever, the world famous Christmas Lights on Regent and Oxford Streets, plus the festivities in The City of London—at the very heart of Dickensian London—shared the same theme of “Disney’s A Christmas Carol.” The World Premiere of the fantasy adventure film took place at London’s

Leicester Square
, utilizing three cinemas to create the biggest-ever 3D premiere. 

ABOUT THE MOVIE

DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event. 

Ebenezer Scrooge (JIM CARREY) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (GARY OLDMAN) and his cheery nephew (COLIN FIRTH).  But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. 

“DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 6, 2009.  The film has been rated PG by the MPAA Ratings Board for scary sequences and images.