The Muppet Christmas Carol - booking

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To celebrate the end of the year and the festive season Wellington Film Society is putting on a screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol. We'd love for families to come along to enjoy this film together. Tickets are free. Seats are unallocated, just enter the cinema on the day and find a seat. We start films on time and do not play trailers.

BOOKING DETAILS

• First phase - Monday 9 November to Friday 20 November: Wellington Film Society member only booking (members can book up to 5 seats and can bring non-members guests).

• Second phase from 20 November: public booking - anyone including non-members can book up to 5 seats directly.

We will make all seats bookable because we’re enabling members to bring guests and non-members to attend.

The point of opening this screening up to the public is to enable children to have a fun film experience so please act in this spirit. You can book up to five seats, but please don’t book more seats than you need is as many people can come as possible.

FILM DETAILS

There have been countless adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but no other stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Rizzo the Rat! The Muppets put a hilarious and chaotic spin on the most iconic Christmas story in literature. The film is elevated by the central performance of the only human cast member, Michael Caine as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who delivers on the promise he made when he took on the role, "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me.”

Directed by Brian Henson, son of Muppet creator Jim Henson, The Muppet Christmas Carol follows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) as he is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve, forcing him to confront the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future – and perhaps discover a little festive spirit along the way. Featuring a superb collection of songs by Paul Williams (Phantom of the Paradise) the film manages to balance genuine emotional heft with the anarchic silliness that makes the Muppets so enduringly wonderful.

More than thirty years on, The Muppet Christmas Carol has become regarded as one of the best and most beloved Christmas films. A film for children, adults, Muppet enthusiasts, and anyone who could do with a little boost towards the end of the year.