Scrooge
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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"In this delightful musical adaptation of The Charles Dickens' classic, Albert Finney is cast as Ebenezer in `Scrooge,' directed by Ronald Neame, who successfully manages to put a fresh face on the familiar tale. Original music and songs (by Leslie Bricusse), from the jaunty to the poignant, add to this uplifting and appealing version, skillfully crafted and delivered by Neame, and beautifully acted by one and all. At 7:00 on Christmas Eve, Scrooge finally tears himself away from his counting house and makes his way home, commenting along the way (in song) that `I Hate People,'..."
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Produced at Shepperton Studios, where another musical adaption of a Charles Dickens novel, Oliver! (1968), had been made two years before . It reused many of the sets from "Oliver!" that were still being held in storage. Both films were photographed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Oswald Morris B.S.C. (Morris won his Academy award for yet another film musical, Fiddler on the Roof, the following year.
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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.