Dickens' London to Host World Premiere of 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' November 3, 2009
14 September 2009 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
As Part of the Festivities, the West End's Two Most Famous Streets
Join The City of London for the First-Ever Coordinated Christmas
Lights Switch-On Cast Members Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright
Penn and Bob Hoskins, plus Director Robert Zemeckis to Join the
Festivities BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- London will
host a traditional Dickensian Christmas with a little Disney magic
this holiday season as Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn,
Bob Hoskins and Academy Award -winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis
come together to celebrate the World Premiere of "Disney's A
Christmas Carol" on November 3, 2009. The festivities include 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 - will share the same theme of
"Disney's A Christmas Carol." The World Premiere of the fantasy
adventure film will take place at London's Leicester Square,
utilizing three cinemas to create the biggest-ever 3D premiere.
Filmmakers and the stars from "Disney's A Christmas Carol" will be
on hand for the red-carpet celebration and subsequent film
screening. The World Premiere is in support of the Great Ormond
Street Hospital for Children; Dickens was a founding patron of the
facility. As part of its continued efforts on behalf of the
hospital, The Walt Disney Company will be making a donation. "In
the spirit of Charles Dickens himself, we're bringing together
three of London's richest holiday traditions in an unprecedented
city-wide--or rather a worldwide--celebration," said Dick Cook,
chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. "We're expecting
record-breaking attendance at the festivities, which will launch
the holiday season, showcase our movie and celebrate the writer
who, with the publication of 'A Christmas Carol' in 1843, virtually
reinvented Christmas." EVENT HIGHLIGHTS -- Regent Street, Oxford
Street and The City of London will each be decked out with decor,
live entertainers and holiday spirit--all themed to "Disney's A
Christmas Carol." -- Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn,
Bob Hoskins and director Robert Zemeckis will take part in the
celebration. -- Leicester Square will be bursting with its own
holiday spirit, complete with Christmas carolers in period
costumes, falling snow, live entertainment and several giant
screens, allowing onlookers to witness each switch-on as it
happens. -- The World Premiere will take place simultaneously in
three theaters in Leicester Square: Odeon Leicester Square, Empire
and Odeon West End, welcoming an audience of more than 4,000. --
Tickets to the World Premiere will be on sale Sept. 14 at
http://www.londonschristmascarol.com/. -- The World Premiere is in
support of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children; Dickens
was a founding patron of the facility. As part of its continued
efforts on behalf of the hospital, The Walt Disney Company will be
making a donation. -- The Regent Street Christmas lights were first
launched in 1954. -- This year will mark the 50th Anniversary of
the Oxford Street Christmas Lights. 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. DATASOURCE: Walt Disney Studios CONTACT:
Jasmine Madatian, Senior Vice President, Publicity,
+1-818-560-5610, or Michelle Sewell, Senior Vice President,
Publicity, +1-818-560-3173, both of Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures/Burbank, or Maggie Todd, Vice President, European
Publicity, +44 208 222 1228, of Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures/London Web Site: http://www.londonschristmascarol.com/
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