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.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.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.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 1 win & 10 nominations total
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- TriviaProduced 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.
- GoofsDuring the reprise of "Thank You Very Much" at the end of the movie, the crowd sings and dances their way past the booth of the Punch and Judy man, and the camera stops to focus on him. Just to the left of his booth, the actors can be seen stopping and turning back as they are now "off-camera". The next shot after the Punch and Judy man, however, shows them continuing down the street.
- Quotes
Ghost of Christmas Present: Here, Scrooge. I have brought you home.
Ebenezer Scrooge: You're not going.
Ghost of Christmas Present: My time upon this little planet is very brief. I must leave you now.
Ebenezer Scrooge: But we still have so much to talk about, haven't we?
Ghost of Christmas Present: There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have.
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, but...
Ghost of Christmas Present: Remember, Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there anymore.
- Crazy creditsThe phrase "Merry Christmas" appears at the end of the movie.
- Alternate versionsThe 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 future's face, and the entire hell segment. All of these scenes are restored in the version shown on Turner Classic Movies.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996)
This story has been retold and refilmed more times than most tales. However, I think this may be one of the best versions. I watched it in color, though I believe it was originally in black and white, and it would have been just as good in that form.
The songs are pretty good, but what I really enjoyed was how much personality Scrooge (Albert Finney) had. I really enjoyed the scene where his nephew is playing the Minister's Cat game. Scrooge just came alive! The film also stands out for portraying Hell and mentioning Lucifer. I am used to them Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come showing Scrooge a grave, but not actually taking him to Hell. I was a little taken aback by that... what was a pretty light tale suddenly got very, very dark. I suppose that is the point, though, so they did it well.
If you watch only one version of "Christmas Carol" this year, make it this one.
- gavin6942
- Dec 22, 2010
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- Also known as
- Скрудж
- Filming locations
- Blackpark Lake, Black Park Country Park, Black Park Road, Wexham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(lake scene during "Happiness")
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- Gross US & Canada
- $3,698,009
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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