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 features several sprightly Leslie Bricusse songs, including the bona fide hit "Thank You Very Much." Buried under mounds of latex, Albert Finney is Ebenezer Scrooge. 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). Sir Alec Guinness also appears as a fussy, slightly effeminate Marley's Ghost. Intriguingly, Finney performs his many songs live, without post-production dubbing.
Customer Rating
5
Phenomenal Musical "A Christmas Carol"
on December 28, 2008
Posted by: HeatherHG
from South Jersey, NJ
This is by far my favorite version of "A Christmas Carol". Albert Finney does a masterful job as Scrooge. If you like musicals, you'll really enjoy this version of the classic tale. All of the songs really stick with you and they're well done!
What's great about it: Albert Finney is a very convincing Scrooge, the music