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Dec 17, 1971 · Scrooge: Directed by Ronald Neame. With Albert Finney, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith. A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
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Scrooge. (1970 film) Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens ' 1843 story A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London between January and May 1970 and directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film's score was composed by Leslie Bricusse and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser .
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- Cinema Center Films
Scrooge (1970) Rated G. 118 minutes. Leslie Bricusse. The notion of Albert Finney playing Ebenezer Scrooge is admittedly mind-boggling, and so is the idea of A Christmas Carol being turned into a musical. But "Scrooge" works very nicely on its intended level and the kids sitting near me seemed to be having a good time.
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Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is the definition of a miser. He is rich, but completely stingy with his money, and he exploits the good nature of his employee Bob Cratchit (David Collings). On ...
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- Ronald Neame
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- Albert Finney
No offense, sir. Ebenezer Scrooge : [singing] I will start anew / I will make amends / and I will make quite certain / that the story ends / on a note of hope / on a strong amen / and I'll thank the world / and remember when / I was able to begin again! [a knock at the door] Ebenezer Scrooge : Fire and damnation!
Albert Finney's performance in Scrooge, the 1970 film musical version of the story, is one of the most critically acclaimed, but despite a number of nominations for the film and a Golden Globe Award for Finney as Best Actor, this is less well known than other versions of the Dickens classic.