In 1983, Walt Disney Productions, becoming released a theatrical short film starring Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters with a character that didn't get much screen time before, Scrooge McDuck, in the Oscar nominated short film Mickey's Christmas Carol. It marked the first time in 30 years that Mickey Mouse landed on the big screen, and the shirt was released along with the re-release of The Rescuers (1977). Released in between The Fox And The Hound (1981) and The Back Cauldron (1985) this short resurrected classic characters from Disney and a few more years they became popular again. This would be placed in the transitional period between when the old animators of Disney were about to hang up the coat and the new animators started to rear the company into a new turn and help launch the Disney Renaissance. With the company also about to have a new leader, Micheal Eisner in the following year, it seemed that Mickey's Christmas Carol would be the last project made at the old Disney studios and the last to be released under Walt Disney Productions. It also made Scrooge McDuck become popular with the Disney crowd and he would soon be the star of DuckTales a few years later. Based on the character of Ebenezer Scrooge, sort of, he's the richest duck and of course swims in money, and is Donald's uncle. Created by legendary Disney artist Carl Barks, he would be perfect to play Ebenezer Scrooge in this short, along with Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit, Donald Duck as Scrooge's nephew Fred, and other characters such as Goofy as Jacob Marley, Jiminy Cricket as The Ghost of Christmas Past, Willie The Giant (from Fun And Fancy Free) as The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the evil Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. There's also cameos of Mr. Toad as fezziweg, as well as Mole and Rat from The Wind and the Willows segment from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as the charity collectors. I really loved Alan Young voicing Scrooge and he made that character, and all the other voice actors do well in this including relative newcomer Wayne Allwine as the third Mickey Mouse voice actor, and the original Donald Duck voice Clarence Nash in his last role as the squeaky duck. The kid who played Tiny Tim I'm not sure if he's around or still acting.
The story fellows the Charles Dickens story to a tree, and it's done with classic Disney characters in the iconic roles, and I admired each and every one of them, like it was sweet to see Mickey and Minnie to have kids of their own and Tiny Tim Mouse is really sweet and makes this movie worth watching. And if you are a fan of classic Disney or Disney on general, and you love A Christmas Carol, you will love this and it's one of the Christmas classics that is often watched every Christmas.
9/10.
The story fellows the Charles Dickens story to a tree, and it's done with classic Disney characters in the iconic roles, and I admired each and every one of them, like it was sweet to see Mickey and Minnie to have kids of their own and Tiny Tim Mouse is really sweet and makes this movie worth watching. And if you are a fan of classic Disney or Disney on general, and you love A Christmas Carol, you will love this and it's one of the Christmas classics that is often watched every Christmas.
9/10.