Passion = Truth? How Jeffrey James Francis Ircink Sees The World? I love when people are passionate about something. That surging of emotion is the one honest measure of what truth is. It's a truthful display of how a person really feels about something or someone at that particular moment. That passion IS truth.



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Greendale, Wisconsin, United States
Ex-producer of THE REALLY FUNNY HORNY GOAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, playwright, actor, singer, outdoorsman, blogger, amateur photog, observer & bitcher, Beach Boys groupie, Brett Favre fanatic, lover of everything Celtic and forever a member in the Tribe of HAIR. Spent most of my life in the Village of Waterford, a small town just outside of the Milwaukee suburbs. After 12 years in North Hollywood, Bel Air and Culver City, Cali, I moved back to Wisconsin in September 2009. No regrets - of moving to LA OR moving back to WI. Have traveled to Belfast, Ireland, Dayton (OH), Manhattan, Seattle, Cedar Rapids, New York, Miami and Sydney, Australia with my plays. Moved back into the Village of Greendale where I was born. Life is good.

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Scenes from Richard William's Oscar-winning "A Christmas Carol". Lost animation from my childhood!

Animator Richard Williams won an Oscar in 1972 for his animated version of "A Christmas Carol", a childhood favorite of the Ircink's. I just recently found this on YouTube; it's only available on VHS and 8 millimeter and it ain't cheap. William's animation is superb, thus his Academy Award win. Click on READ MORE! to see more stills from this 1/2 masterpiece. Oh - Alistair Sim, who portrayed Scrooge in the 1951 film version (our favorite and unquestionably the best) performs the voice of Scrooge in this film.


Here's the film in its entirety. I hope you're as mesmerized as we are.

(WAIT! There's more...)

The Ghost of Christmas Past.

Scrooge flying with the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Lost souls forever trapped between Heaven and Earth.

"Ignorance". Beware this child the most!

Jacob Marley and the chains he forged in life.

Old Joe surveys Scrooge's lot after death.

Coal miners singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".

1 comment:

yesyesyes said...

I bought this for my wife as she never saw it. It went off Amazon very soon after and now goes for outrageous prices. We watch it several times each season.

 
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