Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
A holiday family favorite on disc, held back by a soft restoration and short runtime.
The short version
- Families with a yearly tradition of watching this short
- Disney fans who want the classic holiday cartoons on disc
- You care about a grain accurate film restoration
- You want a full length holiday movie for the evening
What owners like
- Tells the whole Dickens story in a short running time without feeling rushed
- A holiday family tradition for many viewers
- Bonus classic cartoons add about half an hour of viewing
- Steadier, cleaner picture than older releases
Common complaints
- Heavy digital noise reduction leaves the image soft and waxy to some eyes
- Only Dolby 2.0 audio, with no lossless or remixed track
- Short total running time for the price
- No original full frame version, and some older companion shorts were left off
- The DVD lacks the sing along Intermission feature found on the Blu-ray
Based on Reviews from DVDizzy, High Def Digest, Why So Blu and DVDs 'n Such, the Amazon.ca listing and the Wikipedia entry for the film..
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What it does
The 2013 bilingual DVD of Disney's 1983 animated short version of A Christmas Carol, with Scrooge McDuck and Mickey, plus five bonus cartoons.
- Restored version of the 1983 short, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short
- Bonus shorts: Yodelberg (2013), The Hockey Champ (1939), Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952), The Art of Skiing (1941) and Corn Chips (1951)
- Disney characters cast in the Dickens roles, with Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge
- The last time Clarence Nash voiced Donald Duck
A good pick for families who watch this short every December and want it on disc with some extra cartoons. The trade-offs are a brief main feature, a restoration that reviewers found too smoothed over, and plain stereo sound.
How it compares
Specs
- Original release
- December 16, 1983
- Edition release
- November 5, 2013
- Main feature
- About 26 minutes
- Bonus shorts
- 5 cartoons, about 32 to 33 minutes
- Director
- Burny Mattinson
- Voices
- Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck), Wayne Allwine (Mickey)
- Language
- Bilingual release, English and French audio
- Audio format
- Dolby 2.0
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78:1 widescreen for the main feature
Questions
How long is Mickey's Christmas Carol?
The short itself runs about 26 minutes. With the five bonus cartoons the disc has close to an hour of content.
Who voices Scrooge in Mickey's Christmas Carol?
Alan Young voices Scrooge McDuck, and Wayne Allwine voices Mickey as Bob Cratchit.
What bonus shorts are on the 30th Anniversary Edition?
Yodelberg, The Hockey Champ, Pluto's Christmas Tree, The Art of Skiing and Corn Chips.
Is the 30th Anniversary DVD the same as the Blu-ray?
Both carry the short and the bonus cartoons, but reviewers note the sing along Intermission feature is on the Blu-ray only.
Did Mickey's Christmas Carol win an Oscar?
It was nominated for Best Animated Short Film but lost to Sundae in New York.
Sources
- DVDizzy: Mickey's Christmas Carol Blu-ray + DVD Review
- High Def Digest: Mickey's Christmas Carol 30th Anniversary Special Edition
- Why So Blu: Mickey's Christmas Carol 30th Anniversary Special Edition review
- DVDs 'n Such: Mickey's Christmas Carol 30th Anniversary
- Amazon.ca listing B00DJ6305Y
- Wikipedia: Mickey's Christmas Carol
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