Scrooge (1970 film)
| Scrooge | |
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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 |
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| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
| Music by | Leslie Bricusse |
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| Distributed by | National General Pictures (United States) 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $3 million (rentals) |
Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). It was 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").