| Scrooge | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Scrooge1970Film.jpg) Theatrical release poster by Joseph Bowler | |
| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Written by | Leslie Bricusse |
| Based on | A Christmas Carol 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | Robert H. Solo |
| Starring | Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Anton Rodgers Suzanne Neve |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
| Music by | Leslie Bricusse |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | National General Pictures (United States) 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom)[1] |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
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.
The film was a follow-up to another Dickens musical adaptation, 1968's award-winning Oliver!. Both films were shot by Oswald Morris and many of the sets at Shepperton Studios were reused for Scrooge.[2] The posters for Scrooge included the tagline, "What the dickens have they done to Scrooge?", designed to head off any criticism of an all-singing, all-dancing old skinflint.[3] Finney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971, and the film received four Academy Award nominations, including for Best Original Song (for "Thank You Very Much").
- ^ "Scrooge (1970)". BBFC. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Film, Glorious Film!". BAFTA. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "From Charles Dickens to Michael Caine, here are the five best Scrooges". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2019.