SCROOGE (DVD 1970) GC - RATED G - WIDESCREEN- HOLIDAY - MUSICAL - DRAMA - FAMILY

Description: SCROOGE (DVD 1970 -2003) - HOLIDAY - MUSICAL - DRAMA - FAMILY - THRILLER - ROMANCE - FANTASY A WONDERFUL RENDITION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ALL ~ A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR HOLIDAY COLLLECTION~ Product Information Provided Below~ Synopsis: The spirit of Christmas becomes a musical celebration of life in this rousing adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Mean-spirited and stingy, Ebenezer Scrooge has a sour face and a "humbug" for anyone who crosses his path. But on this Christmas Eve, he will learn the terrible fate that awaits him if he continues his miserly ways. Filled with joyous songs, this delightful tale has enriched the lives of young and old alike for generations. Product Description 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 is blessed with several sprightly Leslie Bricusse songs, including the bonafide hit Thank You Very Much. Once more buried under mounds of latex, Albert Finney is perfection itself as Ebeneezer Scrooge, proving as effective as a young (un-made up) man as the old skinflint we've grown to love. 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). Our favorite among the huge, predominantly British supporting cast is Sir Alec Guinness as a fussy, slightly effeminate Marley's Ghost. Best of all, Finney performs his many songs "live" and not lip-synched to a pre-recording. Though it is overproduced to the hilt, and its Technicolor photography tends to induce eyestrain, Scrooge is more than satisfactory Yuletide entertainment.StorylineIn 1860, cranky old miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, loathes people, and defends the decrease of the surplus of poor population, runs his bank exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and clients, giving a bitter treatment to his own nephew and acquaintances. However, on Christmas Eve, he is visited by the doomed ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that three spirits would visit him that night. The first one, the spirit of Christmas Past, recalls his miserable youth when he lost his only love due to his greed, the spirit of Christmas Present shows him the poor situation of Bob's family, and how joyful life may be and the spirit of Christmas Yet To Come shows his fate. Scrooge finds that life is good, and time is too short, and suddenly you are not there anymore, changing his behavior toward Christmas, Bob, his nephew, and people in general. Product details Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1 MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience) Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Widescreen, Color Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 54 minutes Release date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2003 Actors ‏ : ‎ Sir Alec Guiness, Albert Finney Language ‏ : English Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1TriviaProduced 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.ScroogeTheatrical release poster by Joseph Bowler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. 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"). Plot On Christmas Eve 1860, in London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited, stingy, sour money-lender does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his nephew Harry's invitation for Christmas dinner and reluctantly gives his loyal employee Bob Cratchit Christmas Day off. Cratchit meets up with his ill son Tiny Tim and daughter Kathy to go shopping and return to the rest of the family at home to prepare for the holiday ("Christmas Children"). As Scrooge leaves his office, he declines two gentlemen's offer to collect money for charity and visits some of his clients, including Tom Jenkins ("I Hate People"). He is accosted and mocked by street urchins ("Father Christmas"). Returning home, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his seven-year-dead business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his miserly ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed ("See the Phantoms"). Before leaving, Marley informs him that three spirits will visit him tonight. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Victorian Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, where he is ultimately taken back home by his beloved sister, and then his time as an employee under Mr. Fezziwig. At a Christmas party held by Fezziwig ("December the 25th"), Scrooge falls in love with Fezziwig's daughter, Isabel ("Happiness"). However, the spirit shows Scrooge how Isabel left him when he chose money over her ("You..."). He asks the spirit to remove him as he finds himself back in his bed. At two o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, a jolly giant who teaches him the joys and wonder of Christmas Day ("I Like Life"). Scrooge and the spirit visit Bob's house to observe the family's Christmas dinner, while Scrooge shows interest in the ill Tim ("The Beautiful Day"). The spirit hints that Tiny Tim might die. They next visit Harry's Christmas party, where Harry defends his uncle from his guests' snide remarks, hoping to know a better side to him and to raise Cratchit's wages. Scrooge observes the party and games. Before the spirit vanishes, he returns Scrooge home and cautions him to make the most out of his short life. Scrooge again finds himself back in his bed. At three o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, a silent, cloaked figure who shows him the future Christmas 1861, with the citizens rejoicing at the death of Scrooge ("Thank You Very Much"), who is unaware of the reason they are celebrating, having his back turned when they start parading his coffin. The spirit points Scrooge to Bob's house, and he sees the Crachit family in mourning and that Tiny Tim and Bob are absent. Enquiring for clarification, Scrooge is taken to a cemetery, where he sees Bob mourning at Tim's grave. When Bob leaves, the ghost then points out Scrooge's own grave. A horrified Scrooge promises to change his ways as the grave opens and the spirit reveals its Grim Reaper-esque skull and fingers, causing the startled Ebenezer to fall through his grave into the caverns of Hell. There, Marley shows him to his frigid, ice-bound "office", where he will be "the only man in Hell who's chilly" to serve as Lucifer's personal clerk for his treatment of Bob Cratchit. Scrooge is adorned with a large chain made from his lifetime of past sins by four masked demons and strains against the chains, crying out for mercy, before he wakes up in his bedroom. Despite having lost his nightcap in Hell, a gleeful Scrooge vows to make amends ("I'll Begin Again"). Finding it's Christmas Day, he decides to bring happiness to the citizens of London and goes on a shopping spree, buying food and presents, with the help of children. He runs into Harry and his wife and also gives them some presents to make up for missing his time with them, then gladly accepts their invitation to Christmas dinner. Dressed as "Father Christmas", Scrooge then delivers a giant turkey, presents and toys to the Cratchits and, upon making his identity known, promises to double Bob's salary and that they will work to find the best doctors to make Tim better. Scrooge then frees Tom and his clients from their debts and tells the charity gentlemen he earlier spurned that he will donate a sizable amount of money ("Thank You Very Much (Reprise)"). Scrooge returns home, acknowledging Marley for helping him get a second chance at life, and goes inside to prepare for dinner with his family. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT MY LISTING ~ PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER ITEMS.SHIPPING WILL BE MEDIA MAIL SO PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO RECEIVE. THE "ESTIMATED" ARRIVAL TIMES ARE SOMETIMES TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED. 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Video Format: NTSC

Music Artist: Leslie Bricusse

Case Type: DVD

Rating: G

Sub-Genre: Christmas, Dance, Family, Ghosts, Music, Mystery, Time Travel, Holiday-Christmas Live Action, ebenezer scrooge character, based on novel

Director: Ronald Neame

Studio: Paramount

Edition: Standard Edition

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Type: MOVIE: HOLIDAY - MUSICAL - FAMILY

Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)

Format: DVD

Language: English

Release Year: 2003

Producer: Leslie Bricusse, Robert H. Solo, David W. Orton

Actor: Albert Finney, ‎ Sir Alec Guiness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Michael Medwin, David Collings, Anton Rodgers, Suzanne Neve, Frances Cuka, Paddy Stone

Features: Widescreen

Run Time: 114 MINUTES

Genre: Action, Adventure, Children's & Family, Classical, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musicals & Broadway, Romance, Thriller & Mystery, Traditional

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Season: N/A

Movie/TV Title: Scrooge