Scrooge (1970)

From Christmas Specials Wiki

Directed by:	Ronald Neame
Written by:	Charles Dickens Leslie Bricusse
Release date:	1970
Running time:	1 hr. 53 min.
Characters:
Available on:	{{{available}}}

Scrooge is a musical version of Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol. It tells the familiar story of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his change of heart after the three Christmas spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. Leslie Bricusse wrote the original music. Albert Finney won a Golden Globe for The Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971.

The film was produced by Cinema Center Films and distributed by National General Pictures. It was released on VHS by Fox Video, then on DVD by Paramount Home Video.

[edit] Songs

• "A Christmas Carol"
• "Christmas Children"
• "I Hate People"
• "Father Christmas"
• "See the Phantoms"
• "December the 25th"
• "Happiness"
• "You ... You"
• "I Like Life"
• "The Beautiful Day"
• "Thank you Very Much"
• "I'll Begin Again"

[edit] Cast

• Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge
• David Collings as Bob Cratchit
• Richard Beaumont as Tiny Tim
• Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley's Ghost
• Edith Evans as The Ghost of Christmas Past
• Kenneth Moore as The Ghost of Christmas Present
• Paddy Stone as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
• Laurence Naismith as Mr. Fezziwig
• Suzanne Neve as Isabel Fezziwig
• Michael Medwin as Nephew Harry
• Frances Cuka as Mrs. Cratchit