London's Christmas Carol -- London Christmas Lights Switch-On & Celebration 2009

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Tuesday November 3







On Tuesday November 3 London will be brought to life with three sensational
free concerts from a wide range of recording artists in The City, Regent
Street and Oxford Circus, before the World Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas
Carol' in Leicester Square as part of London's biggest ever coordinated
Christmas lights switch-on and celebration, London's Christmas Carol.

                                 OXFORD CIRCUS
                  with Jim Carrey turning on the Christmas Lights

                               ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
                 with Bob Hoskins turning on the Christmas Lights

                                  REGENT STREET
                  with Colin Firth turning on the Christmas Lights

                                LEICESTER SQUARE
          World Premiere Event featuring performances from Andrea Bocelli


Celebrated Italian superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli will then lead a world
record breaking Christmas Carol sing-along joined by St Paul's Cathedral Choir
in London's Leicester Square to open proceedings for the World Premiere of
Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'.

    Footage from all four locations will be available via satellite feed
    (Details of Satellite Feed Coordinates to follow)

    Photographs available via www.image.net

                         VNR #1 Satellite Coordinate
                   November 2: Countdown to Red Carpet
                    13:00 - 13:30 EST / 10:00 -10:30 PST
                          Transponder Galaxy 28 C-12
                             UL FREQ: 6165.000 (V)
                           DL FREQ: 3940.000 (H)


    Switch-on Timings:

    5:00pm               Performances start
    6:15pm (approx)      Switch on moment
    6:20pm - 6:30pm      Christmas Carol World Record sing-along
    6:30pm               Oxford Circus & Regent Street event ends
    6:45pm (approx)      St Paul's cathedral event ends


                        FOLLOWED BY THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
                         Disney's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
                             IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D
                             In Leicester Square





                            THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
                          Disney's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
                             IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D



Odeon Leicester Square, Odeon West End & Empire Leicester Square in London

Tuesday, November 3rd

With: JIM CARREY, COLIN FIRTH, BOB HOSKINS, Academy Award® winning filmmaker
ROBERT ZEMECKIS    Producers: STEVE STARKEY and JACK RAPKE and Christmas
Carols sung by ANDREA BOCELLI

Additional UK celebrities attending premiere: Alice Temperly, Daniel
Merriweather, Denise Van Outen, Faryl Smith, Lisa Butcher, Little Boots, Meg
Matthews, Ozwald Boateng, Peter Andre, Phil Tufnell, Richard Hammond, Saffron
Aldridge, Spandau Ballet, Taio Cruz, The Noisettes, The Saturdays and many
more TBA.


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 3-D 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.  

Disney's A Christmas Carol, the classic Dickens' tale, is re-envisioned by
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in a groundbreaking 3-D
motion picture event starring Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and
Bob Hoskins.

Tickets for the premiere are now on sale at www.londonschristmascarol.com
supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. A donation will be
made to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (Registered Charity
no. 235825) as part of Disney's partnership with the hospital, to help towards
an ongoing Disney campaign to raise an invaluable £10 million towards their
much-needed redevelopment appeal.

Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' will be released through The Walt Disney Company 
In the United States - November 6, 2009

    9:00am - 5:00pm      Press Office Open (location upon accreditation
                          confirmation)
    3:00pm               Leicester Square press pens open
    5:30pm               Leicester Square press pens close
    6:20pm - 6:30pm      Andrea Bocelli performance
    6:45pm               Doors open

    To request accreditation for Premiere and Christmas Lights Switch-On for
    US based media outlets, please contact:  Derek Del Rossi    917-434-9106
    derek.del.rossi@disney.com

               VNR #2 / TRANSMISSION #3 -SATELLITE COORDINATES
                               November 3rd:
                             RED CARPET ARRIVALS
                     17:00-17:30 EST / 14:00 - 14:30 PST
                         TRANSPONDER GALAXY 28 C-15
                         UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)
                           DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)
                          12:00 MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME

                          VNR #3 / TRANSMISSION #4
                               November 3rd:
                      RED CARPET VNR and Extra B-Roll
                     19:00-19:30 EST / 16:00 - 16:30 PST
                        Transponder Galaxy 28 C-15
                           UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)
                           DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)

           "Intelsat Technical Assistance Phone Number: 800-321-3959"

          IMAGES FROM THE LIGHTS SWITCH-ON AND THE RED CARPET WILL BE
                     AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.IMAGE.NET






SOURCE  Disney Motion Pictures

 

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