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Scrooge

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Scrooge (1970)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 11  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis:
Albert Finney shines as the title character in this musical version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach him lessons of love and giving. Fun choreography, rich set design, memorable songs, and a... [More]
Albert Finney shines as the title character in this musical version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach him lessons of love and giving. Fun choreography, rich set design, memorable songs, and a distinguished supporting cast (led by Sir Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley's ghost) lend considerable clout to this perennial favorite. [Less]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Starring: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith

Director: Ronald Neame
Screenwriter: Leslie Bricusse
Story: Charles Dickens
Producer: Robert H. Solo

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 23, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - English

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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Director Ronald Neame's well-paced film captures the period beautifully, and the acting is superb, with Finney and Alec Guinness, as Marley's ghost, real standouts.

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11/27/07 07:09 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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A misbegotten musical adaptation of Dickens' much too perennial tale.

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06/24/06 04:06 AM
Tom Milne
Time Out
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Thank you very much — for this perennial holiday delight.

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04/21/06 01:30 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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07/23/05 12:37 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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Even Scrooge's fingernails are dirty, and while I don't think that Dickens intended to equate greed with unwashed hands, he probably would not have objected.

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05/09/05 03:16 AM
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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02/11/05 06:04 PM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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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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10/23/04 10:43 PM
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Lovely. Even better than the Henry Winkler version.

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04/25/04 05:09 PM
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times
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02/24/04 09:53 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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08/20/03 10:35 PM
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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Although rather hammy at times, Finney holds the screen throughout.

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05/24/03 08:07 AM
Channel 4 Film
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One of the more delightful versions

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03/21/03 10:03 AM
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
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07/25/02 10:34 PM
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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Unlike the great musicals, where you might find yourself humming a tune a few days later, with Scrooge, you'll be lucky if you remember the name of one of the songs a few hours later.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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A roduction that suffers from its theatrical roots and its need to not only make its antihero see the error of his ways but go way overboard in making up for his past.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
MaryAnn Johanson
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