Dickens' London to Host World Premiere of 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' November 3,...

Dickens' London to Host World Premiere of 'Disney's A Christmas Carol'
November 3, 2009
As Part of the Festivities, the West End's Two Most Famous Streets Join The
City of London for the First-Ever Coordinated Christmas Lights Switch-On

BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- London will host a traditional
Dickensian Christmas with a little Disney magic this holiday season as Jim
Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins and Academy
Award(R)-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis come together to celebrate the
World Premiere of "Disney's A Christmas Carol" on November 3, 2009. The
festivities include a history-making coordinated Christmas Lights Switch-On:
for the first time ever, the world famous Christmas Lights on Regent and
Oxford Streets, plus the festivities in The City of London - at the very heart
of Dickensian London - will share the same theme of "Disney's A Christmas
Carol."

The World Premiere of the fantasy adventure film will take place at London's
Leicester Square, utilizing three cinemas to create the biggest-ever 3D
premiere. Filmmakers and the stars from "Disney's A Christmas Carol" will be
on hand for the red-carpet celebration and subsequent film screening. The
World Premiere is in support of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children;
Dickens was a founding patron of the facility. As part of its continued
efforts on behalf of the hospital, The Walt Disney Company will be making a
donation.

"In the spirit of Charles Dickens himself, we're bringing together three of
London's richest holiday traditions in an unprecedented city-wide--or rather a
worldwide--celebration," said Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
"We're expecting record-breaking attendance at the festivities, which will
launch the holiday season, showcase our movie and celebrate the writer who,
with the publication of 'A Christmas Carol' in 1843, virtually reinvented
Christmas."

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
-- Regent Street, Oxford Street and The City of London will each be
decked
out with decor, live entertainers and holiday spirit--all themed to
"Disney's A Christmas Carol."
-- Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins and director
Robert Zemeckis will take part in the celebration.
-- Leicester Square will be bursting with its own holiday spirit,
complete
with Christmas carolers in period costumes, falling snow, live
entertainment and several giant screens, allowing onlookers to witness
each switch-on as it happens.
-- The World Premiere will take place simultaneously in three theaters in
Leicester Square: Odeon Leicester Square, Empire and Odeon West End,
welcoming an audience of more than 4,000.
-- Tickets to the World Premiere will be on sale Sept. 14 at
www.londonschristmascarol.com.
-- The World Premiere is in support of the Great Ormond Street Hospital
for
Children; Dickens was a founding patron of the facility. As part of
its
continued efforts on behalf of the hospital, The Walt Disney Company
will be making a donation.
-- The Regent Street Christmas lights were first launched in 1954.

-- This year will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Street
Christmas
Lights.

ABOUT THE MOVIE
"Disney's A Christmas Carol," a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by
Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical
essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture
event.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual
miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery
nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet
to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is
reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before
it's too late.

SOURCE Walt Disney Studios

Jasmine Madatian, Senior Vice President, Publicity, +1-818-560-5610, or
Michelle Sewell, Senior Vice President, Publicity, +1-818-560-3173, both of
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Burbank, or Maggie Todd, Vice President,
European Publicity, +44 208 222 1228, of Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures/London