Scrooge
- IMDb link: 0066344
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (14,004 votes)
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy, Family, Romance, Musical
- Director: Albert Finney, Ronald Neame
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Kenneth More, Edith Evans, Laurence Naismith and others
- Release date: 17 Dec 1971
- Release year: 1970
- Runtime: 113 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Keywords: remake, character name as title, ebenezer scrooge character, bitter man, ghost of christmas past character, one word title, christmas movie, ghost of christmas present character, year 1860, year 1843
Plot:
In 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.