Directed by: Burny Mattinson
Written by: Burny Mattinson, based on Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol (1843)
Music by: Irwin Kostal
 

Released on: December 16, 1983 (world premiered in England on October 20, 1983)
Running Time: 25 minutes

Budget: $ million
Box-Office: $ million in the U.S., $ million worldwide ($18.4 million in U.S. rentals)

CAST

Uncle Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge... Alan Young
Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit... Wayne Allwine
Goofy as Jacob Marley's ghost... Hal Smith
Donald Duck as nephew Fred... Clarence Nash
Jiminy Cricket as the Ghost of Christmas Past... Eddie Carroll

  Burny Mattinson started out as an animator on Robin Hood (1973) and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977).  He then went on to writing for classics such as The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and The Lion King (1994).
 
 

INTERESTING FACTS

  The idea for Mickey's Christmas Carol was inspired by a 1974 Disney record album of the same name.

  Director Burny Mattinson was inspired to begin the project, with the okay from Disney president and chief executive officer, Ron Miller, in May 1981. One of the difficult tasks in bringing back such fvorite characters as Mickey and Donald was finding the right voices. Clarence " Ducky" Nash was still available to voice Donald as he had since Donald's debut, but Mickey's voice introduced a new talent--Wayne Allwine.

  Wayne Allwine, the official voice of Mickey Mouse since Mickey's Christmas Carol, met his wife Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse, at a session of voices for Totally Minnie.

  The song "Oh, What a Merry Christmas" was written by Frederick Searles and Irwin Kostal especially for this short movie.

Mickey's Christmas Carol was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.