DISNEYS A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A ROBERT ZEMECKIS FILM

WALT DISNEY PICTURES

and

IMAGEMOVERS DIGITAL

Present

ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Film

DISNEY’S

A CHRISTMAS

CAROL

Written for the Screen

and Directed by. . . . . . . . ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Based on the Classic

Story by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES DICKENS

Produced by. . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE STARKEY

ROBERT ZEMECKIS

JACK RAPKE

Director of

Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT PRESLEY

Production Designer . . . . . . . . DOUG CHIANG

Film Editor . . . . . . . JEREMIAH O’DRISCOLL

Co-Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVEN BOYD

Music Composed and

Conducted by. . . . . . . . . . . . ALAN SILVESTRI

Animation

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENN EMBERLY

Visual Effects

Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . GEORGE MURPHY

Associate Producer . . . . . . HEATHER KELTON

Casting by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NINAGOLD, CDG

Additional Casting by . . VICTORIA BURROWS

SCOT BOLAND

Unit Production

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER TOBYANSEN

First Assistant

Director . . . . . . . . DAVID H. VENGHAUS, JR.

Second Assistant

Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFFREYSCHWARTZ

DFX Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN BAILLIE

RODNEY IWASHINA

JOEL FRIESCH

RYAN TUDHOPE

Associate Animation

Supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUCK WIRTZ

DAVID SHIRK

KEITH KELLOGG

Digital Producers. . . . . . . . . . SANDRA SCOTT

AMY BERESFORD

Motion Capture Supervisor . . GARY ROBERTS

CG Builds Supervisor. . . . PETE BILLINGTON

CG Supervisors . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL MILLER

RYAN MICHERO

DAMON WOLFE

RUDY GROSSMAN

DLO Supervisor. . . . . . . MATTHEW A. WARD

Character Rigging

Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIM COLEMAN

Character FX

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL CORCORAN

Surfacing Supervisor . . . . . ROBERT MARINIC

FX Animation Supervisor . . . . . DOUG CREEL

Lighting Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . BRIAN KULIG

Compositing

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN EGSTAD

Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . RANDYTHOM

CAST

(In Order of Appearance)

Scrooge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM CARREY

Funerary Undertaker . . . . STEVE VALENTINE

Undertaker’s Apprentice. . . . DARYL SABARA

Tattered Carolers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAGE RYAN

AMBER GAINEY MEADE

RYAN OCHOA

DARYL SABARA

BOBBI PAGE

RON BOTTITTA

Beggar Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN OCHOA

DARYL SABARA

SAMMI HANRATTY

Fat Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIAN HOLLOWAY

Bob Cratchit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARYOLDMAN

Fred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COLIN FIRTH

Portly Gentleman #1. . . . . . . . . . CARY ELWES

Portly Gentleman #2 . . . JULIAN HOLLOWAY

Marley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARYOLDMAN

Ghost of Christmas Past . . . . . . . JIM CARREY

CREDITS

Scrooge as a Young Boy . . . . . . . JIM CARREY

Scrooge as a Teenage Boy. . . . . . JIM CARREY

Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBIN WRIGHTPENN

Fezziwig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOB HOSKINS

Scrooge as a Young Man. . . . . . . JIM CARREY

Dick Wilkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARYELWES

Mrs. Fezziwig. . . . . . JACQUIE BARNBROOK

Mad Fiddler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARYELWES

Belle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBIN WRIGHT PENN

Scrooge as a

Middle-Aged Man. . . . . . . . . . . . JIM CARREY

Ghost of Christmas Present . . . . . JIM CARREY

Young Cratchit Boy. . . . . . . . . . RYAN OCHOA

Young Cratchit Girl. . . . . SAMMI HANRATTY

Peter Cratchit . . . . . . . . . . . . DARYLSABARA

Mrs. Cratchit. . . . . . . . . . LESLEY MANVILLE

Belinda Cratchit. . . . . . . . . . . . MOLLY QUINN

Martha Cratchit. . . . . . . . . . FAY MASTERSON

Tiny Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARYOLDMAN

Fred’s Sister-in-Law . JACQUIE BARNBROOK

Fred’s Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . LESLIE ZEMECKIS

Guest #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAYMASTERSON

Guest #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARYELWES

Guest #3 . . . . . . . . . . . PAULBLACKTHORNE

Guest #4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAELHYLAND

Topper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE VALENTINE

Ignorance Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN OCHOA

Want Girl. . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMMI HANRATTY

Adult Ignorance. . . . . . . . . . . . . KERRYHOYT

Adult Want . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULENE RENEE

Ghost of

Christmas Yet to Come . . . . . . . . JIM CARREY

Business Man #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . CARYELWES

Business Man #2 . . . . PAUL BLACKTHORNE

Business Man #3 . . . . . . JULIAN HOLLOWAY

Mrs. Dilber. . . . . . . . FIONNULA FLANAGAN

Old Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOB HOSKINS

Caroline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAYMASTERSON

Caroline’s Child. . . . . . . . RAYMOND OCHOA

Caroline’s Husband. . . . . . . . . CALLUM BLUE

Young Boy with Sleigh . . . . . . . RYAN OCHOA

Poulterer . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW HENERSON

Well-Dressed

Carolers. . . . . . . . . . . JACQUIE BARNBROOK

AMBER GAINEY MEADE

RON BOTTITTA

AARON RAPKE

SONJE FORTAG

DARYL SABARA

BOBBI PAGE

Fred’s Housemaid . . . . . . . . . . SONJE FORTAG

Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . GARRETT WARREN

Stunts

MARK GINTHER BRAD ALLAN

PAT BANTA ROBERT F. BROWN

ILRAM CHOI SHAWN CROWDER

WALLY CROWDER ADAM HART

SHAWN KAUTZ BRIAN MACHLEIT

CLIFF MCLAUGHLIN ANDY OWEN

DAVID SCHULTZ BRIAN SIMPSON

FRANK TORRES KYLA WARREN

Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISASHRIVER

Dancers

ALIANE BAQUEROT SETH BELLISTON

TROY EDWARD BOWLES SAM J. CAHN

KELLY CONNOLLY JOHN CORELLA

KELLY CRANDALL SHERI GRIFFITH

BECKIE KING KEITH KÜHL

ALLISON LEO TARAH PAIGE

JOHN J. TODD PATRICK WETZEL

KAREN DYER

Second Unit Director. . . . . . STEVE STARKEY

Production Video Supervisor . . . . . IAN KELLY

Production

Controller . . . . . . . . SUSANNE B. LARIVIERE

Associate Producer. . . . . LINDA FIELDS HILL

VFX Editor . . . CARIN-ANNE STROHMAIER

First Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . RYAN CHAN

Second

Assistant Editor . . . . . . ROLF FLEISCHMANN

Assistant Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . SAM RESTIVO

Assistant VFX Editor . . . . . . . JESSICA RUBIN

Editorial Note-Taker. . . . . CLAVER KNOVICK

DLO/Wheels Artists . . . . . . . . . ERIC CARNEY

PABLO CHAVEZ

ALBERT CHENG

HIROSHI MORI

DLO/Wheels TDs . . . . . . . . . APRIL WARREN

JUSTIN STOCKTON

ANTHONY JACOB

JOSÉ E. ASTACIO, JR.

DLO/Wheels APM . . . . . S. REGINA CARNEY

Post Production

Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLSHERROD

Post Production

Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT BREWBAKER

Supervising

Art Director . . . . . . . . NORMAN NEWBERRY

Art Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN FLORA

KURT KAUFMAN

MIKE STASSI

Set Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . KAREN O’HARA

Art Department Production

Manager. . . . . . . . . . ERIN COLLINS BUTLER

Art Department APM . . . . . . JENNIFER HSYU

Concept Artists

DARREN BACON ARMAND BALTAZAR

AARON BECKER KINMAN CHAN

MARC GABBANA PAUL HAMBLIN

MARC TARO HOLMES LEI JIN

GREG KNIGHT BILL MATHER

JASON MERCK EMMANUEL SHIU

MARK SULLIVAN ERIK TIEMENS

JOSH VIERS

Character/Costume Artists

COLIN FIX BRIAN MATYAS

DERMOT POWER ROEL BANZON ROBLES

VLADIMIR TODOROV

Storyboard Artist . . . . . . . . . . PHILIP KELLER

Graphic Designer . . . . . . . KATHRYN OTOSHI

Assistant Art Directors

SCOTT HERBERTSON ANDREW REEDER

RICHARD F. MAYS

Digital Set Designer . . . . . . . . . DAVID CHOW

Junior Digital

Set Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS BIDDLE

DAVID MOREAU

Model Makers

FON DAVIS JOHN DUNCAN

JOHN GOODSON MICHAEL MACKENZIE

Concept Sculptors . . . . . . . . ROBERT BARNES

TONY MCVEY

CG Concept Modelers

BRIAN BERRINGER YOUNG DUK CHO

MATT DOUGAN LANDIS FIELDS

RYAN HEUETT JOSEPH SUEN

ALFONSO VILLAR COLIE WERTZ

DAN WHITTON PUNN WIANTRAKOON

ZAC WOLLONS

Assistant Set Decorator . . . ANDREA FENTON

Buyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTEN GASSNER

Leadman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOELPRIHODA

Set Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAWSON BROWN

Swing Gang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLGRANT

Art Department

Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREACARTER

Set Decoration

Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . TOVAWEINBERG

Researcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID CRAIG

Research Archivist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN RIHA

Art Department Assistants

CHRISTOPHER BONURA GENEVIEVE ELKIN

LEON KOGAN MICAH HALEY

SUE NELSON ZACK BUNKER

Matte Department

Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS STOSKI

Matte Artists

CARMEN CHOW GLENN COTTER

GARRETT FRY MAT GILSON

CHRISTIAN HALEY GUY RIESSEN

BRANDON MARTYNOWICZ

ANNEMIEKE LOOMIS HUTCHINS

IMD Production

Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTEN D. CHIDEL

YVETTE MEMORY

Motion Capture Leads . . . . . . . BEN GUTHRIE

JOHN ROOT

Motion Capture Artists

PATRICK RUNYON ALIA DONG-STEWART

CHARLES PARRISH DANIEL WEBER

JAKE MCKINNON JARROD KOZEAL

JEFF JINGLE JONATHAN BERRY

KEVEN VIRAGH-BEGERT KIRK DUNNE

ROBERT MANO RONALDO BENARAW

ALEXANDRE FRAZAO ALISON KELLOM

BRENDAN ABEL FEDERICO BOLLA

RICK THOMAS SARAH BACK

MATT O’CALLAGHAN ODED KASSIRER

DEREK SALEMME FAVIAN BELTRAN

JENNIFER ANAYA JASON RUSH

MATTHEW KAPFHAMMER REHANA KHAN

RON RHEE RYAN BEAGAN

Model Leads. . . . . . . . . . . . ANN SIDENBLAD

STEVE RHEINFRANK

CREDITS

Modelers

BILLY CHU BRENT WONG

BRYAN SILVA CHRIS PATRICK O’CONNELL

JD DANIEL JOHN KOESTER

KATHRYN CAPRI LARRY TAN

MARK KOBRIN MATT CIOFFI

MICHAEL VINCENT PALLESCHI PO-MING CHU

ROGER RIDLEY SHRAGA WEISS

SVEN JENSEN YUKI YAMAMURA

Rigging Leads

ANTON DAWSON NATHAN FRIGARD

GEORDIE MARTINEZ

Character TDs

OFER KOREN CHAD VERNON

DAVID NORTHCUTT EMRE YILMAZ

NOAH MIZRAHI PASCAL HANG

PEDRO ALEMAN RICK O’CONNOR

SCOTT ENGLERT TODD WIDUP

Texture Artists

CATHERINE CRAIG JANELLE SCHNEIDER

KIM SMITH LAUREL SMITH

REBECCA HESKES SCOTT BONNENFANT

STEPHANIE DUBÉ SUZANNE H. SMITH

TERRY MOLATORE VITA PEI-YING HSIEH

Look Development TDs

AARON LAWN ALEX WANG

BRAD FALK BRANDON ONSTOTT

BRENT ELLIOTT CHRISTOS OBRETENOV

CHU TANG DAVID B. MENKES

DOUG MACMILLAN LEE KERLEY

Scene Layout Leads . . . . . . PETER DAULTON

HAJIME OGATA

Scene Layout TDs

DANIE LUPOVICI DERRICK LAU

KATELYN TAKENS KERRY LEE

MARK LIPSMEYER MILA KIRILLOVA

OLIVIA BOUWKAMP RYAN D. CHAN

STEVEN KIRCHNER

Animation Leads

JAMEE HOUK STEPHANE COUTURE

TRACI HORIE

Animators

ANDREW SCHNEIDER BRETT SCHROEDER

BRYON CALDWELL CAMERON D. FOLDS

DAN KUNZ DAN WAWRZASZEK

DAVID LATOUR EVELYN BOTTER

GEORGE ALECO-SIMA GEORGE BANKS

GUIDO MUZZARELLI JAX LEE

JEAN LIN JEREMY BOLAN

JIMMY ALMEIDA JONATHAN LYONS

JULIE JAROS JULIJA LEARIE

KEITH JOHNSON MICHAEL PARKS

MIKE DACKO OZ GANI

RENA M. FOWLER RICHARD OEY

ROSS BURGESS ROLAND VALLET

RYAN C. WALKER SALVADOR RUIZ, JR.

TAL PELEG WEBSTER COLCORD

YUHON NG STEPHANE CROS

Character FX & Simulation Leads

KEVIN KELM ELLIOT ROSENSTEIN

ANDREA MAIOLO

Character FX TDs

CAROLYN WONG COREY ROSEN

DAMON MILMAN DAVID DAME

DA WEI SUN ERIC VOEGELS

JAY GAMBELL JOSEPH CLARK

KALIM WINATA KENT F. MARTIN

LUCY MAXIAN PETER WHITESIDE

SEAN WHITE TEUNIS DE RAAT

ANDREW BUTLER BARBARA ELLISON

DANIELA CALAFATELLO JINNAH YU

MICHAEL TODD OHKBA AMEZIANE-HASSANI

SUEJUNG B. HUH NAVIN PINTO

LAUREN KIRBY TIM RICHARDS

Effects & Crowds TDs

ANDREW D. LYONS WILLIAM KONERSMAN

CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON CHRISTINA HSU

CLEAR MENSER DAVE RAND

DAVID HERMANSON ERICH TURNER

EVAN RYAN KAWALDEEP SINGH

MICHAEL BRAINERD MICHAEL JANOV

BRETT BOGGS CESAR VELAZQUEZ

Crowds Lead . . . . . . . . . . . CRAIG HALPERIN

Lighting and Compositing Leads

MARIO CAPELLARI BRAD FOX

CHRIS WINTERS IAN JENKINS

JOHN STILLMAN JONATHAN HARMAN

MICHAEL TERPSTRA RALPH PROCIDA

RICHARD DUCKER SONJA BURCHARD

THOMAS L. HUTCHINSON BRIAN LEACH

ERNEST J. PETTI

Lighting & Compositing TDs

ALEX PRICHARD ARUN P. CHIDAMBARAM

BETSY MUELLER CHRISTOPHER LEXINGTON

DIEGO GARZON SANCHEZ EDWARD DAVIS

FREDERIC SCHMIDT HOWARD GERSH

JASON YANOFSKY JEFF ARNOLD

JEFF A. JOHNSON JESSE RUSSELL

JOSH CARDENAS JULIE NEARY

KEVIN ICHING HONG MANUELA SCALINI

MICHAEL CLEMENS MISTY SEGURA

NATALIE BAILLIE PATRICK NEARY

SCOTT G. TROSCLAIR STEVE MOLIN

WAYNE VINCENZI WOIE HSI LEE

ALEX SCHWORER CHRIS JOLLY

EDWARD HELMERS ELLEN TRINH

KATE CHOI TU LE

YI ZHAO AMY PFAFFINGER

EARL HUDDLESTON JOHN HUIKKU

JORGE OBREGON STEVE HWAN

Additional Supervision

BRIAN FREISINGER DARIN HOLLINGS

DALE BRODT DOERI WELCH GRENIER

Stereo Supervisor . . . . . . ANTHONY SHAFER

Stereo Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . GREG MALONEY

JENNIFER MACKENZIE

Stereo TDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRUZ DEWILDE

LUCY LIU

Shot Finishing Support

ROBERT A. ADAMS SIKSIT BOONYODOM

SUNGHWAN HONG CHRIS DOERHOFF

MAURICIO VALDERRAMA, JR.

Production Technology Department TDs

ADAM CHRYSTIE ANDREW B. SMITH

BARRY KANE DADO FEIGENBLATT

DAMON SHELTON DOUG WRIGHT

DUNCAN GRAHAM JOEL PENNINGTON

JOSH PALLER KIRK CHANTRAINE

MICHAEL HALL NATHANIEL HUNTER

PAUL A. MAIS PIOTREK KRAWCZYK

RONALD A. FISCHER TOM MEADE

BRENDAN BOLLES BRIAN GOLDBERG

CASEY VANOVER RUSSELL RAYMOND DUMORNAY

Production Technology ATDs

ALEX A. FLEMING BEAU CASEY

CHRISTOPHER J. LOGAN DANIEL LOWENBERG

DEREK BRADY EVAN KREUTZINGER

GREG DENTON JIM GIBBS

JON SPEER JONATHAN PENNEY

JUWANA SAMMAN LAWRENCE WICKS SCHLOSSER

MICHAEL CATALANO ROBERT LARIZ

RYAN HOWELL BRYAN LENTENBRINK

DEREK CHEUNG JEANNIE KIM CHEN

KWAN WAYNE YU YEE MARCO BREZZO

NICK VON TAGEN STEWART GRAFF

AMOL SATHE TOM CRAIGEN, JR.

Additional IMD

Production Manager. . . . . MEI-MING CASINO

Production Department Managers

ANNA FIELDS DANIEL CARBO

JENNY HEAD APPLETON VICTORIA JASCHOB

ARIN FINGER

Associate Production Department Managers

JASON BREWER JOSHUA ORELLANA

JUAN BRONSON MEGAN CORBET

RENEE WARD RYAN RALPH BOND

TOMMY KISER

Production Coordinators

ALLISON L. FRANCIS ASHLEY KOONS

BEN HADDEN BETHANY YOUNG

CHERYL ANN SANSONETTI CHRIS THOMAS

DARNIE DAVILA JENNA ROSE KERR

JESSICA BEISLER JODI MILLER

JOHNNY DUGUID JUSTIN OLIPHANT

LAURA C. BOWERS LEAH M. SANTOS

SAMANTHA LISS ZOE AIMEE ZAITZEFF

CREDITS

Production Assistants

BRETT SKAGGS CORIE ZHANG

DAVID BINEGAR JACQUELINE HAGERTY

RENY JANE PREUSSKER SHAYNA LOUISE COHEN

WENDY ROLÓN LISA SKINNER

Editorial Assistants

DAWN MARTIN JENNI O’BYRNE

NATHAN SCHAUF TIM EATON

Head of Technical Development . . DOUG EPPS

Technical Production

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN K. BRECHT

Technical Project Managers

KRISTA HALEY SHAWN STORC

JERRY CASTRO

Additional Technical Development

Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . EUAN MACDONALD

Technical Development Leads

DAVY WENTWORTH JEREMY YABROW

JORDAN SMITH NICHOLAS APOSTOLOFF

RYAN GALLOWAY

Software Engineers

BENJAMIN CHESS BRIAN W. SMITH

DAN WEEKS DAVID MCGRAW

ERIC TEXIER GERALD TIU

HIROMI ONO JAMES MAYFIELD

JASON BRODY-STEWART JASON BROWN

KENNEDY BEHRMAN LOUIS FENG

MARGARITA BRATKOVA MARK C. COLBERT

MIRA NIKOLIC NATE REID

NORI KANAZAWA NOVAIRA MASOOD

PURNELL DAVIS ROB ORSINI

RONY EDDE COLLEEN O’HAGAN

NOAH GIFT

Digital Resource

Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE C. D’AMATO

Render Technical Assistants

ALEX BOYLE BRAD WATKINS

BRIAN J. CAREY JASON MADSEN

BRYAN TROWBRIDGE JAMES SATHRE

MICHAEL OREGON NINO ELLINGTON

RYAN ROMANSKI JIMMY TRUJILLO

SIYU SONG

Head of Systems and IT . . . . TOM LAFFERTY

Principal Systems

Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT JORDAN

Storage Architect. . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID TSAO

Systems Engineers

ERIC BERMENDER GREG DUNN

KATHERINE SAUCEDA

Systems Administrators

ANTONIO ARANDA EGGERMONT DOUGLAS SWAM

GARY ALINEA JAMES TROUSDALE

KEVIN M. CONDE MATT GALLAGHER

RICH MURILLO SEAN WHITACRE

Head of HR & Recruiting . . SHARON COKER

Recruiting Team

CRAIG KENNEDY LISA MCNAMARA

MARIANNE HEATH MELISSA GAUTHIER

NANCY HOWARD HANSBERY ROSIE SERVER

SHANNON HENRY TONJA SALMON

Head of Artistic

Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDASIEGEL

Head of Finance . . . . . . . . MATTHEW URBAN

Finance Team

ANGELA LUCERO JEANETTE GRIEGO

JEFFREY NICHOLS JEFFREY SHAPIRO

Head of Operations . . . . . . . PATTY BONFILIO

Operations Team

ELLEN F. THOMAS JUSTIN MILLAR

LEE MORRISON MARC DIAZ

MONICA DOTSON NORA SORENTINO

PATRICK DANFORD SHANE THOMPSON

IMD Senior Staff . . . . . CHRISTIAN KUBSCH

ALAN KEITH

IMD Creative Affairs . . . . . . . JACKIE LEVINE

PERFORMANCE CAPTURE UNIT

Camera Operators

PATRICK B. O’BRIEN TREY CLINESMITH

BRIAN GARBELLINI MATTHEW MORIARTY

TONY OLIVIERI NICK PAIGE

GERALD SALDO CHRIS SCHENCK

JOHN SCOTT

Still Photographers . . . . . . . . JOHN BRAMLEY

JOE LEDERER

Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . LUCA KOUIMELIS

Digital Registrar . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS BROWNE

Data Inputers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRENT JONES

JAMES LU

Production Sound

Mixer . . . . . . . WILLIAM B. KAPLAN, C.A.S.

Boom Operators . . . . . . THOMAS GIORDANO

ROBERT JACKSON

CARY WEITZ

Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK AGOSTINO

HMC Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM KUNDIG

Video Operator . . . . . . . . . . ROGER JOHNSON

Reference

Camera Operator . . . . . . . CHRIS WAGGANER

Video Assist . . . . . . . . . . . SAM R. HARRISON

Mocap Costume

Suit Supervisor . . . . . . . ANTONIO ALMARAZ

Key Costumer. . . . . . . . . . . JOE MCCLOSKEY

Jim Carrey Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID PAGE

Set Costumers. . . ALEJANDRO HERNÁNDEZ

REIKO PORTER

Costumer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVAALMARAZ

Prop Master. . . . . . . . . MICHAEL GASTALDO

Assistant Prop Master . BLANCHE SINDELAR

Mocap Prop Shop

Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . JACK B. CORNELIUS

Mocap Prop Makers . . . . . . . . . . . BENSEN HO

FRANCK BROUSSE

BERKLEY L. ROBERTSON, JR.

CASI M. HEATH

HOLLY SUDDUTH

Digital Asset Manager . . . . . . JASON BROWN

Department Head Make-Up . TEGAN TAYLOR

Make-Up Design . . . EDOUARD HENRIQUES

Jim Carrey’s Make-Up. . . . . . . . . BILL CORSO

Make-Up Artists. . . . NADEGE SCHOENFELD

TANIA SAYLOR

HARRIETTE LANDAU

KEITH HALL

TINA ROESLER

Hair Designer. . . . . . . . . . SUSAN GERMAINE

Hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GINABONACQUISTI

Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS HOERTER

Best Boy . . . . . JAMES MONROE THARP, JR.

Grips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAWN MEYER

DERON TSE

Special Effects

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL LANTIERI

Special Effects

Coordinator . . . . . . . . . DONALD R. ELLIOTT

Special Effects

Technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOB CALVERT

ROBERT M. COLE

Mocap Associate

Producer. . . . . KATHERINE C. CONCEPCION

Mocap Production

Manager. . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT KEYGHOBAD

Mocap Associate

Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . NELSON LEE

Production Coordinator. . . . . GABRIELA RIOS

APOC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAULASTIER

APOC—Travel . . . . . . . KYOKO KAGEYAMA

APOC—Scanning . . . . . DONNALEE AUSTEN

Production Secretary . . . . . . . . . JASON RIZZO

Production Assistants

JENNIFER L. DAVIS PHILIP HOANG

GABRIEL PITTS DEMETRIOS JIMMY SKODRAS

ALEXANDER CHEN ANTONIO BURGOS

SUZANNE ROBERTSON WESLEY JOHNSON

Casting Associates . . . . . . . . ROBERT STERNE

TINEKA BECKER

Casting Assistant. . . . . . . . ROSE WICKSTEED

Unit Publicist . . . . . . . . . PAULETTE DAUBER

Dialect Coach . . . . . . . . BARBARA BERKERY

1st Assistant Accountant . . . . . DENISE ROSEN

2nd Assistant

Accountants . . . . . . . . DANIEL A. GONZÁLEZ

KIRBY CARL FORTENBERRY III

Post Accountant. . . . . . . JEFFREY NEUMEIER

Payroll Accountant. . . . ANGELA RANDAZZO

Construction Coordinator. . JOHN VILLARINO

General Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . BOBBYMARA

Labor Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . ED CALDERON

Paint Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM HRUPCHO

Propmaker Foreman . ROBERT WILLIAMSON

Welder Foreman. . . . . . . . . . . . . ALDROEGER

Propmaker Gangbosses . . . . . . . . JOHN SORIA

MARK RIGBY

Welder Gangboss . . . . . . . . . . . . JOELAIELLO

Zulu Team . . . . . . . . . . MARCO ARCIPRESTE

TERRY HARSHA

FRED O’CONNOR

Medic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CINDYLASHER

Assistants to

Mr. Zemeckis . . . . . . . . . . . MONIQUE PEREZ

SHARON FELDER

P.A.s to Mr. Zemeckis . . . . . . . . RYAN LASKY

MATTHEW RICHMOND

Assistants to Mr. Starkey. . MELISSA AOUATE

NICK SANTA CROCE

DANNAH BUDNY

Assistants to Mr. Rapke . . MARGARET SIGEL

MICHAEL ROSE

Executive Assistant

to Mr. Carrey. . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLE MONTEZ

Support Staff to Mr. Carrey . . DOTAN BONEN

JERRY MCMULLAN

Assistant to Mr. Hoskins . . . . SAMMY PASHA

Assistant to Mr. Boyd . . . . . . . SHYAM BALSÉ

CREDITS

2nd 2nd Assistant

Director . . . . . . . . . GREGORY J. PAWLIK, JR.

Assistant

Choreographer . . . . . . . . . MICHELLE WEBER

Set Production Assistants . . AMY VENGHAUS

ANDRE C. VERDERAME

LAURA O’KEEFE

JAREN LOPEZ

Systems Engineer . . . . STEVEN J. MADONNA

Systems

Administrator. . CHRISTOPHER S. PATTERSON

IT Helpdesk. . . . . . . TIMOTHY MCCORMICK

Transportation Consultant . . . JOEL MARROW

Transportation Captain . . . . GRAHAM READY

Transportation

Co-Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAYNE ROBERTS

Chef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE WATSON

Craft Service. . . . . . . . NICK MESTRANDREA

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROD MCCLAIN

Post Production Sound Services by

SKYWALKER SOUND

A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company,

Marin County, California

Supervising

Sound Editor. . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS LEONARD

Re-Recording Mixers . . . . . . . . RANDY THOM

TOM JOHNSON

DENNIS SANDS

Additional Re-Recording

Mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . COLETTE DAHANNE

Supervising Dialogue/

ADR Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN NULL

ADR Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN CHUMNEY

Sound Effects Editors . . . . . . . . . . AL NELSON

PETE HORNER

MAC SMITH

Supervising Foley Editor. . . . . SUZANNE FOX

Foley Editor. . . . . . . . . . E. LARRY OATFIELD

Assistant Sound Designer . . . LEFF LEFFERTS

Assistant Sound Effects Editor . . . JOSH GOLD

Production Interns . . . . . . . . . ANGIE YESSON

NIA HANSEN

Foley Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANAVANCE

DENNIE THORPE

Foley Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANK RINELLA

Foley Recordist. . . . . . . . . . . SEAN ENGLAND

Mix Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . ZACH MARTIN

Digital Transfer . . . . . . JOHN COUNTRYMAN

MARCO ALICEA

Recordist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLINTSMITH

Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLEEN RICHARDS

ADR Recordist . . . . . . . . DAVID LUCARELLI

Loop Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L.A. MADDOGS

Supervising

Music Editor . . . . . . . . . KENNETH KARMAN

Assistant

Music Editor . . . . . . . . JEANNIE LEE MARKS

Music Recorded and

Mixed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS SANDS

Score Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BIFANO

Score Recorded

at . . . . . . . THE NEWMAN SCORING STAGE,

LOS ANGELES

Music Contractors. . . . SANDY DECRESCENT

PETER ROTTER

Choir Recorded by . . . . . . . . . PETER COBBIN

Choir Recorded

at . . . . . . ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON

LAChoir Contractor . . . . . . . . . . BOBBI PAGE

London Choir Contractor. . TERRY EDWARDS

Orchestrations by. . . . . . . . . ALAN SILVESTRI

CONRAD POPE

BILL ROSS

JOHN ASHTON THOMAS

Digital Recordist . . . . . . . . . ADAM OLMSTED

Music Preparation. . . . . . . . . MARK GRAHAM

JO ANN KANE MUSIC SERVICE

“Adeste Fideles”

Performed by . . . . . . JORDAN SANTAMARIA

Fiddle Performed by. . . . . . . . RENE MANDEL

End Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . SCARLET LETTERS

Digital Intermediate

by . . TECHNICOLOR DIGITAL INTERMEDIATES

DI Colorists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON FABBRO

TRENT JOHNSON

DI Producer . . . . . . . . . BRUCE PAULLOMET

DI Editor. . . . . . . EVERETTE JBOB WEBBER

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DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL

“It’s as if Charles Dickens wrote this story to be a movie—it’s so visual and cinematic.

It’s the greatest time-travel story ever written and I wanted to do the movie the way

I believe it was originally envisioned by the author.”

~ Robert Zemeckis, Director/Producer/Screenwriter

“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). Scrooge makes it clear

that he has no intention of

enjoying the holiday and, as

always, goes home—alone—

where he encounters the ghost

of his dead business partner

Jacob Marley. Marley, who’s

paying the price in the afterlife

for his own callousness, hopes

to help Scrooge avoid a similar fate and tells him that he will be visited by three spirits. But

when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take Old Scrooge on an eye-

opening journey revealing truths he’s reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years

of ill will before it’s too late.

Walt Disney Pictures and ImageMovers Digital present “DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS

CAROL,” a production directed by Robert Zemeckis from his own adaptation based on the

classic novella by Charles Dickens. The film is the first film developed by ImageMovers

Digital, which was created by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke to develop 3D

performance capture films exclusively for The Walt Disney Studios. “DISNEY’S A

CHRISTMAS CAROL” is produced by Starkey, Zemeckis and Rapke.

The stellar cast is led by multi-faceted actor Jim Carrey (“Yes Man,” “Horton Hears a

Who,” “Bruce Almighty”) who, like many of his co-stars, appears in several pivotal roles. In

addition to portraying Ebenezer Scrooge at various ages old and young, Carrey brings to life

the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Christmas Yet to Come.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Joining Carrey is a diverse group of gifted actors. Gary Oldman (“Harry Potter and the

Order of the Phoenix”) stars as Scrooge’s beleaguered employee, Bob Cratchit, his young and

ill son Tiny Tim, as well as the ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s deceased business partner.

Colin Firth (“Love Actually,” “The Accidental Husband,” “Bridget Jones: The Edge of

Reason”) stars as Fred, Scrooge’s cheerful, good-hearted nephew. Robin Wright Penn (“State

of Play”) stars as Belle, who long ago stole Scrooge’s heart, and Fan, Scrooge’s now deceased

sister.

One of England’s most distinguished actors, Bob Hoskins (“Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”)

reunites with Zemeckis as Old Fezziwig, to whom Scrooge was apprenticed as a young man,

and Old Joe who runs an old rag and bottle shop and purchases the “deceased” Scrooge’s bed

linens and curtains. Cary Elwes (“Ella Enchanted,” “The Princess Bride”) rounds out the cast

and portrays multiple characters, including young Dick Wilkins, Scrooge’s old roommate.

The creative team includes production designer Doug Chiang (“Beowulf,” “The Polar

Express”), director of cinematography Robert Presley (“Enchanted,” “Terminator 3: Rise of

the Machines,” “What Lies Beneath”), film editor Jeremiah O’Driscoll (“Beowulf,” “The

Polar Express”), composer Alan Silvestri (“Beowulf,” “Night at the Museum”) and visual

effects supervisor George Murphy (“King Kong,” “Constantine”).

“DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL” will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™, RealD

3D and IMAX® 3D. The film has been rated PG by the MPAA Ratings Board for scary

sequences and images.

RealD 3D is the new generation of entertainment, with crisp, bright, ultra-realistic images

so lifelike you feel like you've stepped inside the movie. RealD 3D adds depth that puts you

in the thick of the action, whether you're joining favorite characters in a new world or dodging

objects that seem to fly into the theatre. RealD pioneered today's digital 3D and is the world's

most widely used 3D

cinema technology with

over 9,000 screens under

contract and nearly 4,000

screens installed in 48

countries. And unlike the

old days of paper glasses,

RealD 3D glasses look like

sunglasses, are recyclable

and designed to comfortably fit on all moviegoers, and easily over prescription glasses

(www.RealD.com).

Along with the film’s nationwide release in conventional theatres, “DISNEY’S A

CHRISTMAS CAROL” will be released in IMAX® theatres, digitally re-mastered into the

unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through proprietary IMAX

DMR® technology. With crystal clear images, laser-aligned digital sound and maximized field

of view, IMAX provides the world’s most immersive movie experience.

DICKENS’ STORY

Filmmakers Covet Author’s Vision

“Everybody loves a good transformational story.

You know, somebody who sees the light, who finally finds out what’s important in life.

And, this is one of the greatest ones ever written.”

~ Jim Carrey, “Scrooge” and the “Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present & Yet to Come”

Thought to be one of the greatest Christmas stories ever told and enjoyed by millions each

year at the holidays, “A Christmas Carol” was originally published by Charles Dickens

himself in 1843. The

novella was an immediate

and enduring success and

would become a holiday

tradition for generations. It

was the world’s first time-

travel story and perhaps

the most beloved of ghost

stories.

At its core, however, the story is one of redemption. “Everybody loves a good

transformational story,” says Jim Carrey. “You know, somebody who sees the light, who

finally finds out what’s important in life. And, this is one of the greatest ones ever written.”

It is the ghosts, of course, who help turn the stingy Scrooge around.

•

The Ghost of Christmas Past (JIM CARREY) appears in the form of a flickering

flame—Dickens describes the Ghost as a “bright, clear jet of light.” The Ghost escorts

Scrooge on a journey back in time, revisiting moments in his past. He sees himself as a

youngster, as an apprentice to Fezziwig (BOB HOSKINS), as a vibrant young man

chatting with co-clerk Dick Wilkins (CARY ELWES), and as a man in love and engaged

to Belle (ROBIN WRIGHT PENN). The memories deeply affect Scrooge.

•

The Ghost of Christmas Present (CARREY)—a merry giant decked out in robes—

arrives to show Scrooge what his life is really like in the present. Scrooge is taken to the

Cratchit household and sees his clerk’s meager situation, including the gravity of the

illness of his young son, Tiny Tim (GARY OLDMAN). The Ghost also allows Scrooge

to observe his nephew’s Christmas party, where they witness a guessing game in which

Scrooge’s dreary life is the punch line.

•

Next up, and perhaps most unsettling, is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

(CARREY), a phantom who takes Scrooge into the future as the pair explores an

unnamed man’s recent death. Businessmen discuss the man’s riches, Old Joe

(HOSKINS) and Mrs. Dilber (FIONNULA FLANNIGAN) divvy up his bedding and

curtains. Scrooge demands to know the man’s identity; he’s shocked to read his own

name on the tombstone. If only he had another chance.

DICKENS’ STORY

CASTING A CLASSIC

“You take the meanest man alive and show him the error of his ways…

and we get to come along for the ride.”

~ Robert Zemeckis, Director/Producer/Screenwriter

The filmmakers felt that no film version had truly captured the story in a way that Dickens

truly intended. “It’s as if Charles Dickens wrote this story to be a movie—it’s so visual and

cinematic,” says Zemeckis. “It’s the greatest time-travel story ever written and I wanted to do

the movie the way I believe it was originally envisioned by the author.”

“‘DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL’ is a classic tale with stunning performances and

powerful visuals,” adds producer Steve Starkey. “It has it all.”

Performance capture is a process that digitally captures the performances of the actors with

computerized cameras in a full 360 degrees; the film will be presented in Disney Digital

3D™. The technologies allowed the filmmakers to present a true Dickensian world with no

artistic restrictions, transporting the audience to a time and place previously unavailable.

“The technology is

liberating for me as a

filmmaker,” says Zemeckis.

“It allows me to separate the

cinema aspect of making a

movie, which is something

all filmmakers try to control,

and realize the magic of the

performances from my cast.

It’s the perfect blend of welcoming those wonderful accidents that happen when an actor

is performing, and then being able to put the cinema language into the film.”

Starkey adds, “The characters in the story are bigger than life—ghosts and even Scrooge

himself who evolves through time. We can do things in this new form of cinema that you

couldn’t do before.”

According to Zemeckis, “DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL” is the perfect film to

showcase how far performance capture technology has come and how it allows filmmakers to

be innovative, yet still showcase the strengths of the cast. For the actors, it’s a fascinating

process with no costumes, no physical makeup and very little as far as sets. Carrey and the

rest of the cast had their work cut out for them in their efforts to become the characters. “A

lot of people think that these movies are just voice-over work,” says Carrey, “but they feature

complete performances by actors.”

While the technology afforded filmmakers incredible freedoms to create environments and

characters that have never been seen on the big screen before, it still comes back to the story,

says Zemeckis. “You take the meanest man alive and show him the error of his ways…and we

get to come along for the ride.”

CASTING A CLASSIC

Jim Carrey Steps in as Scrooge

Even as Robert Zemeckis was writing the script, he had only one actor in mind to play the

role of Scrooge—Jim Carrey.

“Jim’s not just a wonderful actor, he’s a chameleon,” says Starkey. “He can work his body

in ways other actors can’t. He’s just so versatile. I can’t imagine the film without him.”

Neither could the

director. Zemeckis had no

doubts that Carrey’s talent

as an imaginative and risk-

taking actor would make

him the quintessential

Scrooge. “When I did my

first performance-capture

movie and I realized the

potential of what could be done, I couldn’t help but think that the greatest performance-

capture actor that exists is Jim Carrey,” says the director. “His face is so incredibly expressive,

and he’s so great at creating characters, giving him the ability to completely change his

physicality. All of his talents as a performer and as a comedian are included in his

performance.”

Producer Rapke agrees, “There is a place that he goes to that in a million years you

wouldn’t think it was possible. He has an unlimited amount of extraordinary physicality. The

way he transforms himself into Scrooge is amazing. He gives his all, pursuing every single

permutation of the character. He comes up with so many alternatives and they are all great.

It’s an embarrassment of riches.”

“Scrooge,” says Carrey,

“is not a person who really

loves his life. He wants to

live it alone. He’s not a

spiritual guy on a mountain.

He’s a guy who wants to

make his cage as

comfortable as possible

because if he steps outside it,

he risks being seen by people. He risks people finding out that he’s broken and bitter.”

But Carrey believes there’s more to Scrooge than the miser. “Nobody is just one thing, you

know? There’s much more to all of us. Generally at the bottom of it all, there’s goodness.”

“Since the ghosts are all an extension of Scrooge,

it’s only fitting that they all have a bit of Scrooge in them.

So it was a perfect fit to have Jim play all the parts.”

~ Robert Zemeckis, Director/Producer/Screenwriter

Not only does Carrey play the old and miserly Scrooge, but because of the advantages

afforded by the film’s technology, Carrey is able to portray Scrooge at every age—from a

young 7-year-old, alone and friendless, sitting quietly at school, to an old man, bent over and

feeble. The technology captures Carrey’s unique acting performances as the actor expertly

crafts the evolution of one character’s lifetime. “He’s a guy in pain,” says Carrey. “He’s a guy

who didn’t have anybody to love him.”

CASTING A CLASSIC

Carrey also portrays the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. “Since the

ghosts are all an extension of Scrooge, it’s only fitting that they all have a bit of Scrooge in

them,” says Zemeckis. “So it was a perfect fit to have Jim play all the parts.”

Zemeckis called on several other cast members to fulfill more than one role. Gary Oldman

plays the meek, but optimistic Bob Cratchit, as well as Cratchit’s young ailing son Tiny Tim,

and Marley’s ghost. “We hired a great actor who himself is a master of disguise,” says

Zemeckis.

“Gary Oldman is one of the most brilliant actors working today and to have him come and

do these characters that require different aspects of personality and experience, it’s amazing

to watch,” adds Rapke.

Classically trained British theater actor Colin Firth is one of the few actors playing only

one role, but he plays a central figure in the film. Firth portrays the forever optimistic Fred,

whose cheery disposition and opposing outlook on life is a stark contrast to that of his grumpy

uncle Scrooge.

“Fred is quite simply

the opposite of Scrooge,”

explains Firth. “He’s the

foil. If Scrooge is the

ultimate pessimist, Fred is

the ultimate optimist. I

think Fred sees life very

simply. ‘Why can’t we be

friends? It’s not complicated. I’m inviting you to dinner. Why don’t you just come for dinner?’

I think he embodies the Christmas spirit. He wishes no ill to anybody.”

“Colin Firth is a dashing actor,” says Starkey. “He is just a perfect, proper young

Englishman.”

Robin Wright Penn, who appeared in Zemeckis’ previous performance-capture film

“Beowulf,” as well as the director’s acclaimed hit “Forrest Gump,” portrays Belle, the

beautiful young woman whom Scrooge chooses not to pursue, turning his back on a life of

love and light. Penn also plays Scrooge’s young sister Fan, for whom Scrooge had a great

affection; he could never quite get over her untimely death.

“Robin is part of our repertory company,” says Rapke. “There is not a female role that we

don’t think of her first. She is so talented, and she is part of our creative family.

“As Belle, she is part of the moment that forms the older Scrooge,” continues Rapke. “She

is the object of his love. She represents what could have been and is the source of Scrooge’s

greatest sadness. His life would have been totally different. And for Fan, we needed somebody

to portray that kind of beautiful innocence, that verve for life with a slightly naive quality—

that’s Robin.”

The filmmakers called on one of England’s most distinctive actors, Bob Hoskins, to join

the cast. Hoskins left school at 15 to pursue an acting career. His breakout performance came

in 1987 with his Academy Award®-nominated role in “Mona Lisa.” He continued to dazzle

audiences in films such as “Nixon,” “Maid in Manhattan,” and “Mrs. Henderson Presents.”

“There is an amazing history between Bob Zemeckis and Bob Hoskins because of ‘Who

Framed Roger Rabbit?,’” says Rapke. “Bob said, ‘The only guy I can see being Fezziwig is

Bob Hoskins. He can dance and he has a great face. And Bob should play Old Joe, too. He

would be fabulous in that role as well.’”

Although it had been 20 years since the actor had worked with Zemeckis, Hoskins was

thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the director again. “My main reason to do this

film was to work again with Robert Zemeckis,” says Hoskins. “Bob is the Einstein of cinema.

His imagination is always

worth seeing. It’s

extraordinary. I’ve got a

very soft spot for

Zemeckis—he’s mad as a

March hare, but I love

him,” laughs Hoskins.

Starring alongside

Hoskins as Mrs. Dilber is

the Abbey Theatre-trained Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan. On stage and on screen, Flanagan

has appeared in films including “Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood,” “Transamerica” and

“Waking Ned Divine.” Filmmakers tapped Flanagan to portray Scrooge’s charwoman, a poor

woman who takes advantage of her master’s untimely demise by stealing his personal

belongings and haggling with Old Joe over the items.

“Their way of celebrating is to gloat over what she’s managed to steal from Scrooge’s

house,” says Flanagan.

The multitalented Cary Elwes joins the cast and plays a menagerie of characters with great

diversity and range: the mad fiddler who plays at Fezziwig’s big bash; Dick Wilkins,

Scrooge’s roommate from years ago; and a businessman who is shunned by Scrooge when he

solicits donations for the poor.

“Cary plays multiple characters and he’s got the versatility to support them all,” says

Starkey.

Elwes has a unique connection to the story. The actor is actually related to the man believed

to be the inspiration for

Scrooge. “John Megid Elwes

is an ancestor of mine who was

a renowned miser,” says

Elwes. “He was a politician

who changed his name from

Megid to Elwes in order to

gain favor with his uncle, Sir

Harvey Elwes, who he knew

was going to die without an heir and he had tons of money. And it worked. He managed to get

all Mr. Harvey Elwes’s estates and proceeded to become one of the most famous misers in

English history. He was renowned for never changing his clothes.”

Completing the cast are Leslie Manville as Mrs. Cratchit, Leslie Zemeckis as Fred’s wife,

and Paul Blackthorne as Belle’s husband. Ranging in age from 7 to 17, six young actors were

tapped to play dozens of characters including the Cratchit kids, Belle’s children, street urchins

and carolers. They include Sage Ryan, Sammi Hanratty, Molly Quinn, Daryl Sabara and

brothers Ryan and Raymond Ochoa.

CASTING A CLASSIC

ZEMECKIS AT THE HELM

It All Comes Back to the Story

“I think what makes him an extraordinary filmmaker is that his films

are not just blockbusters, they’re films that people cherish year after year.

They’re all favorites. It’s character and it’s story.”

~ Colin Firth, “Fred”

With films like “Forrest Gump,” the “Back to the Future” trilogy, “Cast Away” and “The

Polar Express” under his belt, Academy Award®-winning director Robert Zemeckis has

established himself as an expert filmmaker.

It’s all about telling a good story.

“I think what makes him an extraordinary filmmaker is that his films are not just

blockbusters,” says Colin Firth, “they’re

films that people cherish year after year.

They’re all favorites. It’s character and it’s

story. Films like ‘Back to the Future’ were

fantastic from a special effects point of

view but it wasn’t about that. You wanted

to see what was going to happen to the

character when he goes back in time.

Everything was thought through on a

human level. Bob is a storyteller.”

For Zemeckis, the process began with the writing of the script. Utilizing this superb source

material, the writing process resulted in a script that is accessible to the modern audience and

yet true to the original material.

“The source material is so good and it is all there,” says producer Jack Rapke. “Bob wrote

a brilliant adaptation of Dickens. There is such depth to the story and the character and the

journey that is truly unparalleled.”

Those who work with the Academy

Award®-winning director find him open-

minded, innovative and collaborative.

“We worked together on ‘Forrest

Gump,’ says Robin Wright Penn of the

director. “Loved him then, love him now.

He’s like Santa Claus, because he’s jolly in

his openness to actors. He will say, ‘Let’s

explore. Sure. Why not? Let’s try it.’ It’s

such a liberating way to work. Because why not try? Why not fail? Because, guess what? We

don’t have to use it, you know? He’s very much like that. He doesn’t work with a lot of fixed

ideas.”

Production designer Doug Chiang, who worked with Zemeckis on “The Polar Express,”

“Monster House” and “Beowulf,” adds: “Bob is a fantastic director to work for, primarily

because he always pushes the boundaries of design. And what I love about it is that even in

the initial meetings, what he describes and what I envision in my mind during those first

meetings is almost always just a fraction of where he’s going. And that’s the part that I love

as a designer, because I know that whatever we start on day one in the first few weeks, the

end result is going to be ten times that. And, as a designer, it’s really the surprise and the

challenge of the unexpected that I get from Bob.”

“Bob Zemeckis provides a challenge for everybody working with him,” says Starkey.

“He’s a wonderful

collaborator. He actually

looks for collaboration

with those around him

and actually feeds on the

artistic input of

everybody that works

with him. He’s very

smart and knows many

crafts as well as the people themselves do, and he challenges them in their craft. And he’s

always exploring new technologies and at the same time new stories. So you get the best of

both worlds. You get to take cinema into the future and at the same time, tell stories that

haven’t been seen before.”

THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS

Filmmakers Turn to Industry Greats for the Film’s Soundtrack

Director Robert Zemeckis didn’t have to contemplate who he’d call on to score the music

for “DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL.” Composer Alan Silvestri was his first choice.

“Alan and I have a long working relationship that spans 25 years,” says Zemeckis.

The two began working together on Zemeckis’ film “Romancing the Stone.” Silvestri’s

suspenseful score helped make the action-comedy a hit. They continued to collaborate with

films including the “Back to the Future” series, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” the Oscar®winning

“Forrest Gump” (for which Silvestri received an Academy Award® nomination for

Best Score), “Contact,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Cast Away” (for which the composer won a

Grammy Award® for Best Instrumental Composition), and the spectacular Christmas fantasy

“The Polar Express.” The song “Believe,” performed by Josh Groban, which Silvestri cowrote

with Glen Ballard, was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song

category and won a Grammy Award for Best Song for a Motion Picture. Zemeckis and

Silvestri also teamed up for the epic tale “Beowulf.”

“It’s truly a gift that one of the greatest tenors of our time brought his talents to such a

powerful and emotional song. We feel extremely fortunate.”

~ Jack Rapke, Producer

For “DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL,” the duo employed the same collaborative

process they’ve used for every movie. “Like always,” says Zemeckis, “I asked Alan to

underscore the emotion of all the scenes.”

Adds producer Jack Rapke: “The music is a critical element of the entire film. It’s our last

opportunity to tell the story, highlighting the emotions, the suspense.”

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Silvestri’s classical score was recorded by a 103-piece orchestra in Los Angeles. “It’s a

dynamic, powerful score,” says Rapke. “It’s gentle when it needs to be gentle and powerful

when it needs to be powerful.”

Silvestri teamed up with Glen Ballard to create the perfect song to cap the film. “God Bless

Us Everyone,” an original song inspired by the film’s famous line delivered by Tiny Tim at

the end of the movie, was recorded by none other than Andrea Bocelli. Says Zemeckis:

“Bocelli heard the wonderful song composed by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri and

immediately decided he wanted to record it. I think the song will be a Christmas classic.”

Adds Rapke: “We’d heard that Andrea Bocelli was working on a Christmas album. The

stars aligned—with a little work—and it turned out he was able to record this incredible song.

It’s truly a gift that one of the greatest tenors of our time brought his talents to such a powerful

and emotional song. We feel extremely fortunate.”

“Disney is synonymous with dreams and it’s really an enormous pleasure to take part in the

project,” says Bocelli. “All of us, parents and children alike, grew up waiting for Christmas

with those characters who are much loved by different generations, true icons of goodness

who have kept the full force of their strength intact over time.

“The matching up of Dickens and Disney is brilliant and inspired,” continues Bocelli. “The

film makes us feel like better people, I would say, enriched by a dream that soon evil will be

defeated and good will triumph. We feel affection for the old miser. There is neither hatred nor

conflict. The story reminds us that there is time to change right up until the end.”

“God Bless Us Everyone” aptly captures the spirit of the film, says Bocelli. “It’s a sweet

and majestic song with a pleasantly surprising evocative power which suffuses our senses and

tells us about the triumph of forgiveness and redemption.”

Not only did Bocelli

record the song in English,

but he contributed Spanish

and Italian versions of the

song. “Many languages,

but just one Christmas,

just one music, which is

the music of the heart,”

Bocelli says. “I like to sing

in other languages, as well as Italian. It gives me a wider sense of belonging, a sense of being

closer to the people who inhabit the world and who love to share in its joys and sorrows. Of

course, sometimes it requires more concentration to be able to pronounce certain sounds in the

English language, but I am happy with my work which I always tackle with passion and

dedication. The music springs from the desire to be better always and not just for one day of

the year.”

Walt Disney Records releases the film’s soundtrack digitally on Nov. 3, 2009, featuring 17

cues from Silvestri’s score, as well as “God Bless Us Everyone.”

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JIM CARREY (Scrooge, Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present

and Yet to Come) stars opposite Ewan McGregor in “I Love You

Phillip Morris,” a dark comedy that was written and will mark the

directing debut of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the writing team

behind “Bad Santa.” Based on a book by Houston Chronicle crime

reporter Steve McVicker, the fact-based film casts Carrey as Steven

Russell, a married father whose exploits land him in the Texas criminal

justice system. In prison he falls in love with his cellmate (McGregor),

who eventually is set free, leading Russell to escape from Texas

prisons four times. The film will be released in February 2010.

Carrey was last seen in the Warner Bros. hit comedy “Yes Man,” directed by Peyton Reed.

In the film, based on a memoir by British author Danny Wallace, Carrey stars as a man who

decides to change his life by saying yes to absolutely everything that comes his way. The film

co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Bradley Cooper.

In 2008, Carrey was heard as the voice of Horton the Elephant in the blockbuster hit

“Horton Hears a Who!,” 20th Century Fox’s CG-animated feature film version of Dr. Seuss’

classic book.

In 2007 Carrey starred opposite Virginia Madsen in the New Line psychological thriller

“The Number 23,” directed by Joel Schumacher. In 2005 Carrey starred opposite Tea Leoni

in the highly successful Columbia Pictures/Sony comedy “Fun with Dick and Jane.” The film

was directed by Dean Parisot (“Galaxy Quest”) and produced by Brian Grazer. In 2004 he

starred in the Paramount Pictures film “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,”

based on the children’s book series by Daniel Handler as well as the critically acclaimed

Focus Features drama “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

In 2003, he starred in the hugely successful Universal Pictures comedy “Bruce Almighty.”

The film, which has made over $470 million worldwide, was one of the highest-grossing films

of the year. “Bruce Almighty” also reunited Carrey with director Tom Shadyac (“Ace Ventura:

Pet Detective” & “Liar, Liar”) and writer Steve Oedekerk (“Ace Ventura: When Nature

Calls”).

In 2001, Carrey starred in the Castle Rock feature “The Majestic,” directed by Frank

Darabont and in 2000, he had the distinction of appearing in the year’s highest grossing film:

the Universal Pictures release “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” He was nominated for a

Golden Globe in the category of “Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy” for

his portrayal of the Grinch, as well as a People’s Choice Award in the category of “Favorite

Motion Picture Star in a Comedy.”

In the summer of 2000, Carrey reunited with directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly for the

20th Century Fox comedy “Me, Myself and Irene,” for which he received an MTV Movie

Award nomination in the category of “Best Comedic Performance” for his portrayal of a split

personality in the film. He also won the Golden Globe® in 2000 for “Best Actor in a Motion

Picture - Musical or Comedy” for his portrayal of Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film “Man on

the Moon.” He had won a Golden Globe Award the previous year for “Best Actor in a Motion

Picture - Drama” for his role in the critically acclaimed film “The Truman Show.” The 1999

Golden Globe win marked Carrey’s first award for a dramatic role. He also received a Golden

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Globe nomination in 1997 for “Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy” for “Liar,

Liar,” the same category in which he was nominated in 1995 for “The Mask.” In 2000, he was

named “Male Star of the Year” at ShoWest.

Born January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Carrey knew by age three that show

business was in his blood. At age 15, Carrey took off for Toronto to perform at Yuk Yuks, the

famous comedy club. Following the performance, Carrey’s career took off and for the next

few years he worked in comedy clubs all over Canada. In 1981, at age 19, he packed his

belongings and moved to Los Angeles. Carrey immediately became a regular at Mitzi Shore’s

Comedy Store, attracting the attention of comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield. Dangerfield

was so impressed with the young comic that they began touring together. It was then that

things began to happen for Jim Carrey.

1982 proved to be a magical year for Carrey when MTM cast him as the star of their NBC

series “Duck Factory.” Although the series only lasted 13 weeks, Carrey’s work left a lasting

impression in Hollywood. The next year he landed the lead role in the feature film “Once

Bitten,” starring Lauren Hutton. He followed that film with roles in Francis Ford Coppola’s

“Peggy Sue Got Married,” and with Geena Davis in the comedy “Earth Girls Are Easy.” In

1988, Carrey made a brief, but memorable, appearance as “Johnny Squares,” the self-

destructive rock star in the Clint Eastwood film “The Dead Pool.”

In 1990, Carrey joined the cast of Fox Television’s ensemble comedy hit “In Living Color.”

In November of the following year, his first Showtime Special, entitled “Jim Carrey’s

Unnatural Act,” premiered to rave reviews. He followed the special’s success with a starring

role as an alcoholic trying to cope with life in Fox’s Emmy nominated movie of the week

“Doing Time on Maple Drive.”

In 1994, after several successful seasons on “In Living Color,” Carrey once again branched

out into feature films by accepting the lead role in the Warner Bros. comedy “Ace Ventura:

Pet Detective.” Carrey’s no holds barred portrayal of “Ace Ventura” made him an instant

sensation and made the film a hit. Carrey followed that success in the summer of 1994 by

starring in the title role of the action fantasy “The Mask,” based on the best selling Dark Horse

comic book series of the same name. “The Mask” went on to gross in excess of $100 million

domestically, winning spectacular reviews for Carrey. That same year he starred opposite Jeff

Daniels in the Farrelly brothers’ film “Dumb and Dumber.” Carrey starred as the “Riddler/

Edward Nygma” in the 1995 blockbuster sequel “Batman Forever.” The following year he

went on to star in “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,” continuing the misadventures of the

world’s favorite pet detective, and then starred in Columbia Pictures’ “The Cable Guy.”

Universal Pictures’ hit “Liar, Liar” opened to record-breaking numbers in 1997 earning over

$100 million in ticket grosses. His triumphant triple play earned him the honor of

“NATO/ShoWest Comedy Star of the Year.”

Throughout his career veteran actor CARY ELWES (Dick

Wilkins, Mad Fiddler, Businessman #1, Portly Gentleman #1,

Destitute Man #2) has turned in an array of outstanding, eclectic

performances. He recently completed production on “A Little

Murder,” opposite Terrence Howard, and “Flying Lessons,”

opposite Christine Lahti and Hal Holbrook. Prior to these films he

worked on Steven Spielberg’s “Tintin” and starred in the

independent feature “Shadows,” opposite William Hurt.

Elwes made his cinematic debut in Marek Kanievska’s film

“Another Country,” based on the award-winning play, and followed

up with a starring role in the highly acclaimed historical drama “Lady Jane,” alongside Helena

Bonham Carter. He then turned in a memorable portrayal as Westley in Rob Reiner’s classic

fairytale “The Princess Bride,” which won over audiences around the globe. Other film credits

include the hit psychological thriller “Saw,” the Academy Award®-winning war epic “Glory,”

“Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (directed by Francis Ford Coppola), Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood:

Men in Tights,” “Twister,” “Liar Liar,” “Kiss the Girls,” “Shadow of the Vampire,” and Garry

Marshall’s “Georgia Rule” with Jane Fonda.

On the small screen, Elwes guest starred in a gripping episode of “Law & Order: SVU” as

a mob lawyer whose family is viciously attacked. In addition, he portrayed the young Pope in

CBS’s telepic “Pope John Paul II.” Television credits include the Golden Globe Award®winning

miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon,” “The Riverman,” “Uprising” and a

recurring role as FBI Assistant Director Brad Follmer on the final season of “The X-Files.”

Elwes was born and raised in London before moving to the U.S. in his teens. He attended

college in upstate New York and went on to study at the Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg

Institute. It was back in his native England where Elwes began his film career. He later

returned to New York before eventually relocating to Los Angeles.

A classically trained British theater actor, COLIN FIRTH

(Fred) is a veteran of film, television and theater, with an

impressive body of work spanning over three decades. Firth’s

versatility has been recognized in both dramas and comedies,

garnering critical acclaim and awards including nominations from

the Screen Actors Guild, an Emmy nomination, and multiple

BAFTA nominations.

Firth will next be seen starring in “A Single Man,” based on the

acclaimed Christopher Isherwood novel. Tom Ford makes his

directorial debut with the film which stars Firth as a man

contemplating his last day on earth. The cast includes Julianne Moore, Ginnifer Goodwin and

Matthew Goode. Firth was recently awarded Best Actor at the 2009 Venice Film Festival for

his performance. “A Single Man” will be released by The Weinstein Company on December

11, 2009.

“Genova,” directed by Michael Winterbottom, and starring Firth opposite Catherine

Keener, is a subtle thriller revolving around two American girls and their British father who

move to Italy after their mother dies. “Genova” screened at the 2008 Toronto International

Film Festival, the London Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival, where Michael

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Winterbottom was awarded Best Director. “Genova” was released in the UK April 2009 and

will be released by ThinkFilm in the US.

In 2008, Firth was seen in Universal Pictures’ smash-hit ABBA musical “Mamma Mia!”

The cast included Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard and Amanda Seyfriend.

“Mamma Mia!” has grossed over half a billion dollars around the world and is the highest-

grossing film of all time in the UK. The same year, Firth was seen in “Then She Found Me,”

which was written and directed by Helen Hunt. He was also seen in the Sony Classics film

“And When Did You Last See Your Father” and in “Easy Virtue,” based on the Noel Coward

play and directed by Stephan Elliott.

In 2004, Firth starred in the Universal/Working Title hit “Bridget Jones: The Edge of

Reason.” Firth reprised his role as ‘Mark Darcy’ opposite Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant

in the film. The same year, Firth appeared in the Oscar-nominated film “Girl with a Pearl

Earring” opposite Scarlett Johanssen. Firth was nominated for a European Film Award for his

performance in the film.

In 2003, Firth appeared in the Universal hit “Love Actually,” written and directed by

Richard Curtis. At the time of its release, “Love Actually” broke box-office records as the

highest grossing British romantic comedy opening of all time in the UK and Ireland, and was

the largest opening in the history of Working Title Films.

In 2002, Firth was seen starring opposite Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon and Judi

Dench in the Miramax Film, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Prior to that, Firth appeared

in the Academy Award-nominated film “Shakespeare in Love,” directed by John Madden.

Firth portrayed ‘Lord Wessex,’ the evil husband to ‘Violet De Lesseps,’ played by Gwyneth

Paltrow.

In 1996, Firth appeared in the multi-Oscar-nominated film, “The English Patient,” opposite

Kristen Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes. His other film credits include Atom Egoyan’s

“Where the Truth Lies,” Marc Evans’ thriller “Trauma,” “Nanny McPhee,” “What a Girl

Wants,” “A Thousand Acres,” with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange, “Apartment Zero,”

“My Life So Far,” Nick Hornby’s “Fever Pitch,” “Circle of Friends,” “Playmaker,” and the

title role in Milos Forman’s “Valmont” opposite Annette Benning.

On the small screen, Firth is infamous for his breakout role in 1995, when he played “Mr.

Darcy” in the BBC adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” for which he received a BAFTA

nomination for Best Actor and was honored with the National Television Award for “Most

Popular Actor.” Firth’s latest television appearance was in 2006 in the critically acclaimed

BBC television movie “Born Equal” directed by Dominic Savage (“Out of Control”). In

March 2004, Firth hosted NBC’s legendary series “Saturday Night Live.” He was nominated

for an Emmy Award in 2001 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in the critically acclaimed

HBO film “Conspiracy” and has also received the Royal Television Society Best Actor Award

and a BAFTA nomination for his performance in “Tumbledown.” His other television credits

include “Windmills on the Clyde: Making Donovan Quick,” “Donovan Quick,” “The

Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Hostages,” and the mini-series “Nostromo.”

His London stage debut was in the West End production of “Another Country” playing

Bennett. He was then chosen to play the character Judd in the 1984 film adaptation opposite

Rupert Everett.

Firth is an active supporter of Oxfam International, an organization dedicated to fighting

poverty and related injustice around the world. In 2008 he was named “Philanthropist of the

Year” by The Hollywood Reporter. In 2006, Firth was voted “European Campaigner of the

Year” by the EU.

With nearly 20 years as a worldwide presence in major motion

pictures, GARY OLDMAN (Bob Cratchit, Young Marley,

Marley’s Ghost, Tiny Tim) is also known to millions as Sirius

Black (Harry Potter’s Godfather), Commissioner Jim Gordon

(Batman’s crime-fighting partner), Dracula, Beethoven, Lee Harvey

Oswald, Joe Orton, Sid Vicious, and also the terrorist who hijacked

Harrison Ford’s Air Force One. He also starred in Luc Besson’s

“The Professional” and “The Fifth Element” and also as Dr. Zachary

Smith in “Lost in Space.”

Highly regarded as one of the foremost actors of his generation, and

an internationally known, iconic figure, Oldman has the distinction of appearing in more

successful films than any other artist spanning the past 18 years, and additionally, has

appeared in more than one of the top ten highest-grossing films in history.

Oldman’s acting career began in 1979 where he worked exclusively in the theatre; from

1985-1989, he worked at London’s Royal Court. His early BBC films were Mike Leigh’s

“Meantime,” and “The Firm” by the late Alan Clark. Subsequent feature films include “Sid

and Nancy”; “Prick Up Your Ears,” directed by Stephen Frears; “Rosencrantz and Gildenstern

are Dead,” directed by Tom Stoppard; “State of Grace, JFK,” directed by Oliver Stone; Bram

Stoker’s “Dracula,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola; “Romeo is Bleeding”; “True

Romance,” directed by Tony Scott; “The Professional”; “Murder in the First”; “Immortal

Beloved”; and “The Scarlet Letter,” directed by Roland Joffe.

In 1995, he and manager/producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed a production

company, which produced Oldman’s directorial debut, the highly acclaimed “Nil By Mouth.”

The film won 9 of 17 major awards for which it was nominated and was selected to open the

main competition for the 1997 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, for which Kathy

Burke won Best Actress. Oldman also won the prestigious Channel Four Director’s Prize at

the Edinburgh Film Festival, and the British Academy Award (shared with Douglas Urbanski)

for Best Film and also the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.

During the past 18 years, Oldman has appeared in a staggering nine films that have opened

at the top of the box office; the films in which he has appeared have a cumulative gross in the

billions of dollars.

One of England’s most distinctive actors, BOB HOSKINS

(Fezziwig, Old Joe) has found success on both sides of the Atlantic,

frequently acting in both English and American productions. Among

his best-known films are “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” “Cotton

Club,” “Mermaids,” “Nixon,” “Maid in Manhattan,” and “Mrs.

Henderson Presents.”

Born in Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, Hoskins left school at 15

with dreams of an acting career. He supported himself with odd jobs

(including working in a circus as a fire eater) before gaining regular

employment as a working actor on stage and in British television.

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American viewers first noticed him as the lead in the original British miniseries of Dennis

Potter’s “Pennies from Heaven.” Hoskins made his motion picture debut in John Byrum’s

“Inserts” in 1975, but his breakthrough was in Neil Jordan’s “Mona Lisa” (1987). For that film

he received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor, and won a BAFTA award, a Golden

Globe, a Cannes Film Festival award, and awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics, the

London Film Critics, the New York Film Critics, and the National Society of Film Critics.

Most recently, Hoskins received both a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting

Actor and a British Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Actor for his work

opposite Dame Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents.”

Hoskins has also starred as two 20th-century dictators in the TV miniseries “Noriega:

God’s Favorite” and “Mussolini: Decline and Fall of Il Duce,” as well as Winston Churchill

in the CBS live broadcast television movie “World War II: When Lions Roared.”

He directed himself in the film “Rainbow,” and wrote, directed and starred in “The

Raggedy Rawney.” He also produced and starred in the 1996 film “Secret Agent,” based on

the novel by Joseph Conrad.

His extensive filmography includes “The Long Good Friday,” “Brazil,” “A Prayer for the

Dying,” “The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne,” “Shattered,” “Hook,” “The Inner Circle,”

“Michael,” “24 7: Twenty Four Seven,” “Cousin Bette,” “Felicia’s Journey,” “Enemy at the

Gates,” “The Last Orders,” “Vanity Fair,” “Beyond the Sea,” “Stay,” “Elizabeth Rex,” and

“Unleashed.”

ROBIN WRIGHT PENN (Belle, Fan) made her premiere

debut in Rob Reiner’s cult classic “The Princess Bride” and has

since become one of cinema’s most acclaimed actresses.

Wright Penn will next be seen in “The Private Lives of Pippa

Lee,” opposite Julianne Moore, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves and

Blake Lively. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin International

Film Festival and will be released in the US in November 2009.

Wright Penn has received kudos for her outstanding

performances over the years. She was recently honored with a

career tribute at the 35th Annual Deauville Festival of American

Cinema. Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe® and Screen Actors Guild Award® for Best

Supporting Actress, came in 1995 for her unforgettable role as Jenny in Robert Zemeckis’

Best Picture Oscar® winner “Forrest Gump.” Wright Penn earned her second Screen Actors

Guild nomination for Best Lead Actress in Nick Cassavetes’ “She’s So Lovely,” and her third

nomination for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Fred Schepisi’s “Empire

Falls.” She has received three Independent Spirit nominations for her performances in Erin

Dignam’s “Loved,” Rodrigo Garcia’s “Nine Lives,” and Jeff Stanzler’s “Sorry, Haters.”

Additionally, Wright Penn starred in and served as an executive producer on Deborah

Kampmeier’s “Virgin,” which received an Independent Spirit nomination for Best First

Feature, also known as the John Cassavetes Award.

Other film credits include Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” and Deborah

Kampmeier’s “Hounddog,” which Wright Penn also executive produced; Kevin Macdonald’s

“State of Play,” Anthony Minghella’s “Breaking and Entering,” Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf,”

Keith Gordon’s “The Singing Detective,” Peter Kosminsky’s “White Oleander,” Anthony

Drazan’s “Hurlyburly,” Sean Penn’s “The Pledge,” Luis Mandoki’s “Message in a Bottle,” M.

Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable,” Pen Densham’s “Moll Flanders,” Barry Levinson’s

“Toys,” and “Room 10” for Glamour magazine’s Reel Women Film Series.

FIONNULA FLANAGAN (Mrs. Dilber) is an award-winning

star of stage and screen. She most recently appeared alongside Jim

Carrey in the hit comedy “Yes Man.” Flanagan’s other upcoming

feature films include “The Irishman,” with Val Kilmer and

Christopher Walken, and “Coming and Going,” with Rhys Darby.

Flanagan’s other feature film credits include “Transamerica,” for

which she was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy

Award (IFTA) for Best Supporting Actress; “Four Brothers”; “The

Others,” for which she won a Golden Saturn Award; “The Divine

Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”; “Waking Ned Devine,” for which

she shared a Screen Actors Guild Award® outstanding cast nomination; “Some Mother’s Son”;

“Mad at the Moon”; and “Ulysses.” She also starred in the Academy Award®-winning short

film “In the Region of Ice.”

The Dublin-born Flanagan has made her mark on the small screen as well, winning an

Emmy Award® for her performance in the acclaimed miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man,” and

a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in the series “How the West Was Won.” She has

also received IFTA nominations for her work on the Irish-language series “Paddywhackery”

and on the Peabody Award-winning “Brotherhood,” for which she also won a Satellite Award

from the International Press Academy. Flanagan also starred in the series “To Have & to

Hold,” and appeared in a recurring role on the hugely popular series “Lost.”

For her one-woman stage performance of “James Joyce’s Women,” Flanagan received the

Los Angeles Critics’ Award, the San Francisco Critics’ Award and a Dramalogue Award. She

also wrote, adapted and produced the piece for the stage and subsequently produced and

starred in the feature film adaptation. In addition, she has an extensive list of Broadway

appearances to her name, most notably as Molly Bloom in “Ulysses in Nighttown,” based on

the Joyce epic, for which she earned a Tony Award® nomination. Adding to her list of honors,

Flanagan was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the National University of Ireland

at Galway for her contribution to the world of fine arts.

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS (Director, Producer, Screenwriter) won an Academy Award®, a

Golden Globe® and a Director’s Guild of America Award for Best Director for the hugely

successful “Forrest Gump.” The film’s numerous honors also included Oscars® for Best Actor

(Tom Hanks) and Best Picture. Zemeckis re-teamed with Hanks on the contemporary drama

“Cast Away,” the filming of which was split into two sections, book-ending production on

“What Lies Beneath.” Zemeckis and Hanks served as producers on “Cast Away,” along with

Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke.

ImageMovers partners Zemeckis, Starkey and Rapke recently formed ImageMovers

Digital to focus on performance-capture films for The Walt Disney Studios. The initiative

furthers the technology they pioneered in the Zemeckis-directed films “The Polar Express”

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and “Beowulf,” and the Gil Kenan-directed film “Monster House.”

Earlier in his career, Zemeckis co-wrote (with Bob Gale) and directed “Back to the Future,”

which was the top-grossing release of 1985, and for which Zemeckis shared Oscar® and

Golden Globe® nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He then went on to helm “Back to

the Future” Part II and Part III, completing one of the most successful film franchises ever.

In addition, he directed and produced “Contact,” starring Jodie Foster, based on the bestselling

novel by Carl Sagan; and the macabre comedy hit “Death Becomes Her,” starring

Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. He also wrote and directed the box-office

smash “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” cleverly blending live action and animation; directed

the romantic-adventure hit “Romancing the Stone,” pairing Michael Douglas and Kathleen

Turner; and co-wrote (with Bob Gale) and directed the comedies “Used Cars” and “I Wanna

Hold Your Hand.”

Zemeckis also produced “House on Haunted Hill,” and executive produced such films as

“The Frighteners,” “The Public Eye” and “Trespass,” which he also co-wrote with Bob Gale. He

and Gale previously wrote “1914,” which began Zemeckis’ association with Steven Spielberg.

For the small screen, Zemeckis has directed several projects, including the Showtime

feature-length documentary “The Pursuit of Happiness,” which explored the effect of drugs

and alcohol on 20th-century society. His additional television credits include episodes of

Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” and HBO’s “Tales from the Crypt.”

In 1998, Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke partnered to form the film and television

production company ImageMovers. “What Lies Beneath” was the first film to be released

under the ImageMovers banner, followed by “Cast Away,” which opened to critical and

audience acclaim in the fall of 2000, and “Matchstick Men.”

In March 2001, the USC School of Cinema-Television celebrated the opening of the Robert

Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts. This state-of-the-art center is the country’s first and only

fully digital training center and houses the latest in non-linear production and post-production

equipment as well as stages, a 50-seat screening room and USC student-run television station,

Trojan Vision.

In 2004, Zemeckis produced and directed the motion capture film “The Polar Express,”

starring Tom Hanks. Most recently, he brought the true life story of “The Prize Winner of

Defiance, Ohio” starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson to the big screen. In addition,

he served as executive producer on both “Monster House” and the Queen Latifah comedy

“Last Holiday.”

Zemeckis produced and directed his second motion-capture film “Beowulf,” which was

also produced by Rapke and Starkey. The feature, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Angelina

Jolie and Ray Winstone, is based on one of the oldest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon

literature, written sometime before the 10th Century A.D.

STEVE STARKEY (Producer) earned an Academy Award® as one of the producers of

Best Picture winner “Forrest Gump.” The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom

Hanks, became one of the highest grossing movies of all time and collected six Oscars® ,

including Best Director and Best Actor, as well as a Golden Globe Award®, the National Board

of Review’s highest honor in 1994, two People’s Choice Awards, the Producers Guild Golden

Laurel Award and Best Picture BAFTA nomination.

Starkey, along with Zemeckis and Jack Rapke, recently formed ImageMovers Digital, an

extension of their 1998-established ImageMovers. The new effort allows the partners to focus

on performance-capture films for The Walt Disney Studios, building on the technology they

pioneered in the Zemeckis-directed films “The Polar Express” and “Beowulf,” and the Gil

Kenan-directed film “Monster House”—all films on which Starkey served as producer.

Starkey’s ImageMovers’ producer credits with director Robert Zemeckis include the epic

drama “Cast Away,” which re-teamed them with Tom Hanks, and the psychological thriller

“What Lies Beneath” with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Starkey produced “The Prize

Winner of Defiance, Ohio,” directed by Jane Anderson and starring Julianne Moore, and was

also a producer on “Matchstick Men,” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Nicolas Cage.

Starkey’s professional association with Zemeckis began in 1986 when he was associate

producer on the innovative feature “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and went on to serve as

associate producer on the second and third installments of the “Back to the Future” trilogy.

Their collaboration continued as Starkey and Zemeckis produced the black comedy “Death

Becomes Her,” followed by “Forrest Gump” and “Contact.” Starkey also co-produced the

feature comedy farce “Noises Off” and produced the Showtime feature-length documentary

“The Pursuit of Happiness,” exploring drug and alcohol addiction, which was directed and

executive produced by Robert Zemeckis.

Early in his career, Starkey worked with George Lucas at Lucasfilm, Ltd., where he

became an assistant film editor on “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” He

later edited documentary films for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, was associate

producer of Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” television anthology series, and was executive

producer on the 1993 CBS series “Johnny Bago.” Starkey served as executive producer on the

2006 film “Last Holiday,” starring Queen Latifah and directed by Wayne Wang.

JACK RAPKE’s (Producer) road to president of ImageMovers Digital began when the

graduate of NYU film school moved to Los Angeles in 1975 to work in the mailroom of the

William Morris Agency. Only four years later, the tenacious Rapke joined Creative Artists

Agency (CAA), where he rose to become one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood over

the course of the next seventeen years.

During his seven-year tenure as co-chairman of CAA’s motion picture department, Rapke

cultivated a high-profile client list that included Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael

Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves,

Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest,

Chris Columbus, Ezra Sacks, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian

Grazer. Instrumental in building production companies around his clients, it was only a matter

of time before he decided to build one of his own with client Robert Zemeckis.

In 1998, Rapke departed CAA to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis and producing partner

Steve Starkey. Primarily focused on theatrical motion pictures, the company’s first feature was

the critically acclaimed “Cast Away,” directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Rapke

and partners went on to produce numerous hits including Zemeckis’ thriller “What Lies

Beneath” starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, the Ridley Scott-directed “Matchstick

Men” starring Nicolas Cage, “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio,” starring Julianne Moore

and Woody Harrelson, and “Last Holiday,” starring Queen Latifah.

After Zemeckis embraced a revolutionary new technology called performance capture in

2004’s “The Polar Express,” and Rapke and partners produced two more films utilizing the

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technique—2006’s Oscar-nominated “Monster House” and the Zemeckis-directed

“Beowulf”—Zemeckis, Starkey and Rapke formed ImageMovers Digital, the first state-ofthe-

art studio devoted entirely to the new performance capture art form.

Academy Award®-winning artist, production designer, and author DOUG CHIANG

(Production Designer) began his expansive career as a stop motion animator on the “Peewee’s

Playhouse” TV series soon after studying film at UCLA. Before long, he rose to become

a Clio Award-winning commercial director and designer for Rhythm and Hues, Digital

Productions, and Robert Abel and Associates. At Industrial Light and Magic, where he

became the creative director in 1993, he built his filmography as visual effects art director on

such blockbusters as “Terminator 2,” “Ghost,” “The Doors,” “The Mask,” and Robert

Zemeckis’ “Forrest Gump” and “Death Becomes Her” (for which Chiang earned his Oscar®

and second British Academy Award), thus beginning a long and fruitful collaboration.

In 1995 Chiang moved to Lucasfilm, Ltd. to work as design director on the first two of the

three “Star Wars” prequels before forming IceBlink Studios, his Marin County film-design

studio, where he cemented his relationship with Zemeckis and their commitment to

performance-capture motion pictures. From 2002 to 2007, he has served as Production

Designer on the Zemeckis-directed films “The Polar Express” and “Beowulf,” and designer

on “Monster House,” produced by Zemeckis.

As an independent filmmaker and director, Chiang has received numerous awards

including First Place in the FOCUS Awards for his film “Mental Block.” And his teaser films

for “Robota,” based on the book he created and co-authored with Orson Scott Card, was

awarded both the Prix Du Rendu award at the Imagina 2003 Film Festival and the Best

Advertising/Promotional Film in the 2003 Annecy Animation Festival.

Chiang’s paintings have appeared in worldwide exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum,

Chicago’s Field Museum and the Kyoto and Tokyo National museums (among others), and he

has a new book due in 2008 entitled Mechanika: Creating the Art of Science Fiction with

Doug Chiang, in which he shares his traditional and digital techniques.

And so, in 2007, when Robert Zemeckis decided to embark on his most ambitious

endeavor to date, the creation of ImageMovers Digital, LLC, his performance-capture studio

in partnership with Disney Studios, Chiang was the natural choice to help lead it. He is

currently the company’s executive vice president.

ROBERT PRESLEY (Director of Photography) was the cinematographer on Robert

Zemeckis’ “Beowulf” as well as “The Polar Express” alongside Don Burgess, A.S.C. Presley

previously collaborated with Zemeckis as camera operator and steadicam operator on “Cast

Away” and “What Lies Beneath.”

Most recently, Presley’s work was seen in the successful Disney contemporary fairy tale,

“Enchanted.” His career includes work on many acclaimed and high-profile films including

“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “The General’s Daughter,” “Die Hard: With a

Vengeance” and “The 13th Warrior” for director John McTiernan, Michael Bay’s epic “Pearl

Harbor,” and Joel Schumacher’s “A Time to Kill.”

Additional credits include Ron Howard’s “EdTv,” “Radio,” “When a Stranger Calls,”

“Breakdown,” “Hard Rain,” “Disney’s The Kid,” and “The Rookie.”

JEREMIAH O’DRISCOLL (Editor) previously collaborated with Zemeckis as editor of

“Beowulf” and “The Polar Express.” He also worked as associate editor of “Cast Away.”

O’Driscoll worked as an assistant to Arthur Schmidt on four additional Zemeckis films, starting

with “Death Becomes Her,” followed by “Forrest Gump,” “Contact” and “What Lies Beneath.”

In over thirty years as a film composer, ALAN SILVESTRI (Composer) has blazed an

innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and

movie audiences the world over.

Born in Manhattan in 1950, Silvestri was first drawn to music at an early age. Beginning

as a drummer, his love for instruments quickly grew to include the bassoon, clarinet,

saxophone and guitar. Writing his own music and forming numerous bands during his early

school days, his musical life would lead him to the Berklee College of Music in Boston where

he was to enroll as a composition major.

Upon leaving Berklee, Silvestri hit the road with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders. As

a guitarist in Cochran’s popular band, Alan toured America. Continuing to explore his love of

music, he moved to Hollywood and the result was his first movie score with 1972’s “The

Doberman Gang.”

He would score a number of small films during this period before breaking through as a

television composer during the second season of the hit series “CHiPs.” During four years on

the show, Silvestri’s talent for driving, energetic rhythms would help the motorcycle cops give

chase. It was a music editor on the show, impressed with his talent, who would later

recommend him to a talented young film director.

The filmmaker was Robert Zemeckis, and Silvestri’s suspenseful score for “Romancing the

Stone” helped make the action-comedy a surprise hit. Both director and composer were

suddenly propelled to a hugely successful collaboration that would include the “Back to the

Future” series, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” the Oscar®-winning “Forrest Gump” (for which

he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Score), “Contact,” “What Lies Beneath,”

“Cast Away” (for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition), and

the spectacular Christmas fantasy “The Polar Express.” The song “Believe,” performed by

Josh Groban, which Silvestri co-wrote with Glen Ballard, was nominated for an Academy

Award® in the Best Original Song category and won a Grammy Award® for Best Song for a

Motion Picture. The most recent film in Zemeckis and Silvestri’s ongoing partnership is the

epic tale “Beowulf.”

Through the years and over 100 scores, Silvestri has distinguished himself in many genres,

from thrilling suspense (“Van Helsing,” “Predator,” “The Abyss”), to galloping westerns

(“Young Guns 2,” “The Quick and the Dead”), youthful fantasy (“Stuart Little,” “The Parent

Trap,” “Lilo and Stitch”) rollicking comedy (“Father of the Bride”, “What Women Want,”

“Fools Rush In” and “Night at the Museum”) and heartfelt drama (“The Perez Family” and

the Oscar®-winning “Two Soldiers”). But whether composing orchestral action, or tender

melodies, his work has always been identifiable by its keen sense of melody and theme.

Long-time residents of the Carmel Highlands, the Silvestri family has embarked on a new

venture as the founders of Silvestri Vineyards. Their Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah wines

show that lovingly cultivated fruit has a music all its own.

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ANDREA BOCELLI’s (Singer, “God Bless Us Everyone”) is often described as a legend,

a legend which began its rise to fame in the 1994 Sanremo Festival. In the first 15 years of his

career, Bocelli’s huge success is showcased by an astonishing 65 million records sold.

“I do not think one decides to become a singer. It is something decided for you by the

reaction of those around you.” Andrea Bocelli is fortunate enough to have two gifts and both

are truly extraordinary. The first one is the tone of his voice—soft and strong, versatile to

reach the furor of belcanto, from sacred repertory to popular songs. The second gift is more

delicate: blindness increased a sensitivity that allows an in-depth capacity of lyrics and an

enhanced perception of different tones and expressions.

Tuscan like Puccini and Mascagni, Bocelli was born on September 22, 1958, on the family

farm in Lajatico among vineyards in the countryside of Pisa. He played the piano by age 6 and

explored the flute and saxophone, but his voice became his primary instrument, becoming a

“modern but traditional” tenor (as he likes to define himself). In 1970, he earned his first

victory in a competition singing “O Sole Mio.” After years of studying with Luciano Bettarini,

Bocelli met Franco Corelli. To fund his lessons, Bocelli played in different locales and worked

toward a law degree.

Discovered by Caterina Caselli and her “Sugar” label, Bocelli gained a following in

popular music. The tenor was given the opportunity to make his debut on the operatic stage

in 1994 with Verdi’s Macbeth (role of Macduff), conducted by Caudio Desderi. For

Christmas, he was invited to sing “Adeste Fideles” in St. Peter’s in the presence of the Pope.

The 1996 song “Con Te Partirò” (later a duet with Sarah Brightman, “Time to Say

Goodbye”) was heard worldwide. The album “Romanza” broke records: in Germany, the duet

was the greatest-selling single of all times. At Torre del Lago during the summer of 1997,

Bocelli sang arias from “Madame Butterfly,” “Tosca” and “La Fille du Regiment.” In 1998,

he debuted as Rodolfo alongside Daniela Dessì in “La Boheme” by Puccini in Cagliari. In the

same year, he began collaborating with Zubin Mehta. In 1999, Bocelli debuted in the Arena

of Verona and traveled to the United States. His album “Sogno” was released, including a duet

with Celine Dion entitled “The Prayer”—it won a Golden Globe Award® and was nominated

for an Oscar®. His concerts were subsequently conducted by the greatest in the world,

including Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Valerij Gergev, Zubin Mehta, Myun Whun Chung.

In January 2001, Bocelli made his debut on stage in Verona performing in “L’Amico Fritz”

by Pietro Mascagni. Later that year, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani invited the tenor to sing “Ave

Maria” at Ground Zero for the victims of 9/11. In the summer of 2002, Bocelli portrayed

Pinkerton in “Madame Butterfly” at Torre del Lago. After successful pop records and

international rewards, Bocelli returned to the operatic scene in 2004.

Bocelli’s first classic record was released in 1997—“Viaggio Italiano”—a project

developed by Caterina Caselli Sugar in collaboration with the Moscow Radio Symphony

orchestra: from Puccini to Schubert, from Verdi to Donizetti. In 1998 his “Aria - The Opera”

album was released with the orchestra of the Maggio Fiorentino, conducted by Maestro

Noseda. In 2000, a CD with the Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus conducted by Myung-

Whun Chung became the highest-selling classic album ever released by a single artist.

Under the baton of Maestro Mehta, 2000 was celebrated with the release of the album

“Verdi” in which Bocelli sang the masterpieces of the great composer from Busseto. In 2001,

he recorded “Requiem” with a superb cast including Valerij Gergiev on the podium. In the fall

of 2002, Bocelli reteamed with conductor Lorin Maazel to make “Sentimento,” including

music from great songwriters like Tosti, Densa and Gastalfon, arranged by Maazel himself

who also played the violin. Bocelli earned the “Classical Brit Award” in 2003 with a double

nomination, winning both the “Album of the Year” and “Best Selling Classical Album of the

Year” awards. In May 2003, Bocelli sang as Mario in a recording of “Tosca” under the baton

of Zubin Mehta. In the spring of 2004, his album was released containing the opera “Il

Trovatore,” recorded at the Bellini Theatre in Catania in 2001 where Bocelli performed

alongside Veronica Villarroel, Carlo Guelfi and Carlo Colombara.

In the spring of 2005, Bocelli released his recording of the opera “Werther.” In 2006, his

credits include Pagliacci by Leoncavallo and Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni, both

conducted by Maestro Mercurio.

Bocelli’s latest work includes a turgid Andrea Chenier by Giordano and Carmen by Bizet,

conducted by Maestro Chung. For his classic concerts, Bocelli performed in the Vienna Opera

House. In 2008, Bocelli’s new album “Incanto” was a success and he appeared at the Rome

Opera Theatre performing “Carmen,” then in Padua with “Messia di Gloria” by Puccini,

followed by the “Petite Messe Solenelle,” conducted by Placido Domingo, in the United States.

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