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The Chimes (1999)

A claymation Christmas story by XYZoo Animation

Genre : Animation, Drama

Runtime : 23M

Director : Lindsay Van Blerk

Synopsis

A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Charles Dickens which was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.

Actors

Cindy Harrison
Cindy Harrison
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi
Narrator
Gordon Van Rooyen
Gordon Van Rooyen
Julian Ford
Julian Ford
Keith Grenville
Keith Grenville
Michelle Scott
Michelle Scott
Neville Powise
Neville Powise
Pippa Duffy
Pippa Duffy
Ronald France
Ronald France

Crews

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Writer
Lindsay Van Blerk
Lindsay Van Blerk
Director

Posters and backgrounds

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