Scrooge

1970 Musical

Scrooge was designed as a follow-up to 1968's Oliver!, the Oscar-winning musicalization of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The umpteenth musical version of Dickens' 1843 novelette A Christmas Carol, Scrooge features several sprightly Leslie Bricusse songs, including the bona fide hit "Thank You Very Much." Buried under mounds of latex, Albert Finney is Ebenezer Scrooge. The Three Ghosts who turn the miserly Scrooge's life around on Christmas Eve are portrayed by Edith Evans (Past), Kenneth More (Present) and Paddy Stone (Yet to Come). Sir Alec Guinness also appears as a fussy, slightly effeminate Marley's Ghost. Intriguingly, Finney performs his many songs live, without post-production dubbing.

Director: Ronald Neame

Starring: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, David Collings

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Awards

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    Academy Awards (1971)

     
  • Best Art Direction

    BAFTA Awards (1971)

     
  • Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy

    Golden Globes (1971)

  • Best Comedy Performance, Male

    Laurel Awards (1971)