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Release Date: 1970

Cast: Edith Evans, Roy Kinnear, Gordon Jackson, Kay Walsh, Paddy Stone, Mary Peach, Derek Francis, Suzanne Neve, David Collings, Laurence Naismith, Anton Rodgers, Frances Cuka ...MORE

Cast: Edith Evans, Roy Kinnear, Gordon Jackson, Kay Walsh, Paddy Stone, Mary Peach, Derek Francis, Suzanne Neve, David Collings, Laurence Naismith, Anton Rodgers, Frances Cuka, Michael Medwin, Kenneth More, Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Richard Beaumont ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Family Drama, Musical, Christmas movie, Fantasy, Film adaptation, Family Film

Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role. The film's musical score was composed by Leslie Bricusse, and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout (all retaining a traditional British air about them), the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original, with one exception noted below. The film received limited praise, but Albert Finney won the Golden Globe... MORE

Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role. The film's musical score was composed by Leslie Bricusse, and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout (all retaining a traditional British air about them), the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original, with one exception noted below. The film received limited praise, but Albert Finney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971. The film received four Academy Award nominations. It is the only live-action version of the story to be nominated for Oscars. The finale is a huge medley of reprises. First, Scrooge marches through the streets singing I Like Life, then dons a Father Christmas outfit and is paraded through town by the kids singing a happier version of Father Christmas. Following that is a massive reprise of Thank You Very Much performed by Scrooge, Tom Jenkins and the entire town, delighted and grateful at the lender's profound change of heart at having announced LESS