With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout, the. The stage production has a lush orchestra and excellent choir. Writer steven knight and director nick murphy the awakening have delivered a dark, violent, and deeply disturbing adaptation of charles dickens classic redemption story a christmas carol. Scrooge fucking goes off in this movie man, really some great numbers in it, even though musicals really are not my thing most of the time. Ricky beaumont remembers playing tiny tim in scrooge wmra. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Albert finney is great as scrooge and the music is second to none if you havent seen it your in for a treat, its brilliant this is about the bluray version, picture and sound is. This is the eighth film version of charles dickens most widely read story that was first published in 1843. There have been umptydumpty film and television versions of dickenss most enduring story.
He is rich, but completely stingy with his money, and he exploits the good nature of his employee bob cratchit david. The best scrooge albert finney christmas shows, christmas carol, christmas fun, scrooge. The tale of ebenezer scrooge is timeless with over two dozen film adaptations of. With the help of the ghosts of christmas past, present and future, frank realizes he must change. Its not hyperbole to say that the threehour fx event is superlative in all of those categories, taking the darkest descriptions of dickens. The film received limited praise, but albert finney won the golden. See more ideas about movies, youtube and watch free full movies. Scrooge 1970 full movie english albert finney, alec. Eng waar ie eng moet zijn, maar meer dan voldoende vrolijke noten. Music from the 1970 motion picture scrooge by dominik. France, athene seyler, maurice evans, mary lawson, barbara everest, sydney blythe, william luff, henry edwards, ralph kemplen, julius hagen, charles dickens, h.
Scrooge is a 1970 british musical film adaptation in panavision of charles dickens 1843 story a christmas carol. If one looks closely, you can see the date on it, which reads, 1854 1861, meaning it is one year into the future when all the events that scrooge witnesses take place. There are two ways to look at scrooge, the 1970 christmas carol. Also includes the original blackandwhite version which has been beautifully restored and enhanced seymour hicks, donald calthrop, robert cochran, mary glynne, garry marsh, oscar asche, marie ney, c. This is the best scrooge movie of all time, its absolutely wonderful. Scrooge is a 1970 technicolor musical film adaptation in panavision of charles dickens 1843 story, a christmas carol. Bricusses songs fall so far below the level of good musical comedy that you wish albert finney would stop singing them, until. It was filmed in london between january and may 1970 and directed by ronald neame, and starred albert finney as ebenezer scrooge. Albert finney stars, with alec guinness as an eerie, surprisingly subdued jacob marley. Hd tv series english full episode by the lone ranger. Follow qt3 on youtube follow qt3 on facebook follow qt3 on twitter. The scene with alec guinness is worth the price of admission alone. The notion of albert finney playing ebenezer scrooge is admittedly mindboggling, and so is the idea of a christmas carol being turned into a musical.
With albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans, kenneth more. Scrooge 1970 ebenezer scrooge albert finney is the definition of a miser. The christmas story 1954 free full movies and youtube videos by jagged relief free movies. Based on a christmas carol, the 1843 novella by charles dickens starring. Screenwriter and songwriter leslie bricusses 1970 movie scrooge, a musical adaptation of charles dickens a christmas carol, was not particularly well received at the time of its release, but, like many holiday entertainments, managed to maintain perennial interest. Movie details what the dickens have they done to scrooge. The classic charles dickens christmas ghost tale told in musical form. Albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans, david collings, patrick macnee, richard beaumont, paddy stone, kenneth more. The films score was composed by leslie bricusse and arranged and conducted by ian fraser. Albert finney edith evans kenneth more laurence naismith michael medwin aka. Scrooge is a 1970 film adaptation of charles dickens a christmas carol, directed by ronald neame. Incorrigible skinflint ebenezer scrooge gets the musical treatment in this 1970 adaptation of dickenss a christmas carol. Deleted video deleted video scrooge 1970 hd by green meanie.
The five best adaptations of a christmas carol screenwriter. The cast is fantastic albert finney and alec guinness and the music is filled with everything you want from a christmas movie. But scrooge works very nicely on its intended level and the kids sitting near me seemed to be having a good time. There are quite a few other scrooge movies around but this one is marvellous and the best. The deceased partner was as mean and miserly as scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.
New castle after dark presents a christmas carol 1984 hd. Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written by mitch glazer and michael odonoghue. A musical retelling of charles dickens classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of selfredemption, courtesy of several mysterious christmas apparitions. If it is available, i would recommend scrooge, the musical, starring anthony newley, in the english stage adaptation of the movie. The version shown on network television deletes all of the scarier scenes in the film, including the ghosts scrooge and marley are passing during his first visit from marley, the revelation of the spirit of the futures face, and the entire hell segment. Scrooge the musical, 1970, thank you very much part 1. The perfectly decent scrooge saw albert finney making the best of soso songs by leslie bricusse. The whole problem of the ghosts of christmas have been handled well, in fact. Albert finney was terrific in the movie, but newly does a good job. On christmas eve, ebenezer scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, jacob marley. Scrooge 1970 full movie english albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans. Nephew harry michael medwin drops in on grouchy uncle ebenezer albert finey. Amos n andy season 2 full episode 29 the christmas story. Scrooge is a 1970 technicolor musical film adaptation in panavision of.
On christmas eve, an old miser named ebenezer scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, jacob marley. Plus, it has some pretty haunting imagery all over it that elevate it past the usual adaptation of the story, so hats off to the director for that. The miracle on 34th street 1955 christmas special by pizzaflix. More than two decades later, bricusse further adapted it to the stage, writing an additional handful of songs in the process. With drew borland, nicole evans, crystal fleuty, colin graves. This classic 1970 musical version of scrooge was ahead of its time. Reviewing the 1951 british version of a christmas carol for the chicago sun. It was filmed in london between january and may 1970 and directed by ronald.
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