How many different christmas carol movies are there. A 34 year old albert finney, takes on the role of scrooge. Its scrooge 1970 hd posted by green meanie 2 years ago if anyone wants to watch it. Finneys scrooge is very much in the wiry and frail mold. Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film scrooge starring albert finney and charles dickens 1843 novella a christmas carol. Feelgood musical schmaltz courtesy of the orphaned redhead quinn who sings her way into the heart of hardnosed businessman daddy warbucks finney. The film received limited praise, but albert finney won the golden globe award for best actor in a musicalcomedy in 1971. A musical retelling of charles dickens classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of selfredemption, courtesy of several mysterious christmas apparitions. A musical retelling of charles dickens classic christmas tale. Albert finney, aileen quinn, carol burnett, tim curry. But it was the musical version, scrooge, starring albert finney in the title role, that was my dads favorite, and is mine. Horoscope and natal chart of albert finney, born on 19360509.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Scrooge is a 1970 technicolor musical film adaptation in panavision of charles dickens 1843 story, a christmas carol. The late sir alec guinness played jacob marley to perfection. Sitting here grinning and singing along to i like life.
Albert finney, fire is dominant in your natal chart and endows you with intuition, energy, courage, selfconfidence, and enthusiasm. The latter is sung by a throng of people in a scene from christmas yet to come, as they take scrooge s coffin out of his office and down the street, presumably thanking him for dying, since they all owed him more money they expected to live to pay. In fact, sniveling and stammering in his sloppy nightshirt, one might mistake finney for a mentally unbalanced homeless. Bricusse was nominated for an academy award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried. And the music by leslie bricusse just fits perfectly with the story. This is the best scrooge movie of all time, its absolutely wonderful. Publication date 20161207 usage public domain mark 1. Scrooge albert finney is coming this october to bluray. Dec 20, 2014 albert finney in a musical version of scrooge and it works. Rent scrooge 1970 starring albert finney and alec guinness on dvd and bluray. As the torrent of water dried up for the first time in thousands of years. Download scrooge 1970 1080p brrip x264 vppv torrent or any other torrent from video hd movies direct download via magnet link.
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. Albert finney in the 1970 film scrooge and jim carrey in the 2009 film a christmas carol are the only others to play both young and old scrooge on film. The films score was composed by leslie bricusse and arranged and conducted by ian fraser. This is a regularly updated list with movies, series and documentaries with albert finney on netflix. Scrooge 1970 1080p brrip x264 vppv download torrent tpb. Bsx records bsxcd 8901 country united states format cd release date 1dec2011 new recording produced and arranged by dominik hauser.
Much time is spent at the beginning before any of the ghosts appear. Bricusses songs fall so far below the level of good musical comedy that you wish albert finney. Nov 20, 2016 better quality then the ones that are already uploaded. Scrooge 1970 albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans feature drama, family, musical film gorillas. Dec 10, 2009 there have been more film adaptations of charles dickenss a christmas carol than can be counted, beginning with short silent versions near the turn of the last century and continuing to today. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout, the.
Scrooge is a 1970 british musical film adaptation in panavision of charles dickens 1843 story a christmas carol. Some folks love this version of the story and others hate it. Burnett was born to play evil orphanage boss miss hannigan and curry exudes just the right amount of slime as her moneygrabbing brother. Scrooge 1970 1080p download yify movie torrent yts. You are inclined to be passionate, you assert your willpower, you move forward, and come hell or high water, you achieve your dreams and your goals.
Miserly ebenezer scrooge albert finney is so meanspirited that he resents giving his clerk bob cratchit david collings the day off for christmas. Albert finney, a wonderful actor by any imaginable measure, has passed away. Starring albert finney as scrooge, alex guiness as marley, edith evans as the spirit of christmas past, david coolings as bob cratchit, kenneth moore as christmas present, laurence naismith as fezziwig, michael medwin nephew fred, david collings bob cratchit, paddy stone christmas yet to come, and richard beaumont as tiny tim. Double oscar nominated film including best actor for albert finney.
Scrooge by ronald neame albert finney, alec guinness, edith. Geoffrey firmin albert finney, british consul to mexico, quits his job after divorcing yvonne jacqueline bisset, and takes solace with a bottle of booze. Publication date 20161212 usage public domain mark 1. English arabic finnish danish swedish greek norwegian czech portuguese german polish bulgarian dutch croatian hebrew hungarian icelandic italian serbian slovenian turkish note about dvd nothing has been added nor. Unfollow scrooge albert finney to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Download christmas carol or scrooge 1935 torrent or any other torrent from category. Grab your best headphones and relax while listening to scrooge. The shakiest gun in the west western film hd full length comedy duration. Mister scrooge to see you 1 hours and 57 minutes movie 20 one year after the classic dickens a christmas carol ebenezer scrooge finds himself on a new journey. Finney often portrayed hard, sometimes angry men, although also ones whose hearts were more gettable than they wanted the world to know. In 1860 cranky old miser ebenezer scrooge hates christmas. Albert finney is great as scrooge and the music is second to none if you havent seen it your in for a treat, its brilliant this is about the bluray version, picture and sound is. A musical retelling of charles dickens classic novel about an old.
One is left with the happiness of the christmas season and hope for change of heart for the good in others and even oneself. Albert finney 9 may 1936 7 february 2019 was an english actor who worked in film, television and theatre. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. It was filmed in london between january and may 1970 and directed by ronald neame, and starred albert finney as ebenezer scrooge. This is the 37thbest production of a christmas carol ive ever seen, and probably the thirdbest musical version behind albert finney in scrooge and mr. With albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans, kenneth more. It has great picture and sound quality, even on my old tv, which is rare on youtube so im just over the moon to have found it. An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by three ghosts on christmas eve. The musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by leslie bricusse. I think my next search just has to be the muppet christmas carol.
The son of a lancashire bookmaker, albert finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. Scrooge 1970 1080p brrip x264 vppv download torrent. There are quite a few other scrooge movies around but this one is marvellous and the best. Albert finney s portrayal in ronald neames scrooge may lack the dignity of some other attempts at dickens miserly spoilsport, notably that of george c. I just thought i would share that there is a great copy of this on youtube. In 1956, he won a scholarship to rada where his fellow alumni included peter otoole and alan bates.
At night, scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late partner jacob marley alec guinness, who warns him that three spirits will visit him in an attempt to save his soul. Scrooge 1970 albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans. Dec 25, 2006 i dont feel i need to explain much about the music. He joined the birmingham repertory where he excelled in plays by william shakespeare. The notion of albert finney playing ebenezer scrooge is admittedly mindboggling, and so is the idea of a christmas carol being turned into a musical. A member of the royal shakespeare company, finney understudied. It has the right tone and an excellent performance by albert finney. Albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans, leslie bricusse, kenneth more, laurence naismith, charles dickens, karen scargill. Albert finney came from the theatre, where he was especially successful in plays of william shakespeare, to the movies. There have been more film adaptations of charles dickenss a christmas carol than can be counted, beginning with short silent versions near the turn of the last century and continuing to today. The best rated item with albert finney on netflix is big fish and appeared on screen in 2003.
Among his many beloved roles is the miserly ebenezer scrooge, and. Christmas spot memory lane mickeys christmas carol scrooge mcduck as ebenezer scrooge. Albert finney in a musical version of scrooge and it works. But scrooge works very nicely on its intended level and the kids sitting near me seemed to be having a good time. The latter is sung by a throng of people in a scene from christmas yet to come, as they take scrooges coffin out of his office and down the street, presumably thanking him for dying, since they all owed him more money they expected to live to pay. To me it is the best version outside of dickens own text. In 2010, i revealed i had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. White christmas is on the schedule for november 2nd, and im hoping this is received well enough for the studio to go forward with scrooge. Much time is spent at the beginning before any of the ghosts appear setting up the atmosphere of rich and poor london. From the 1901 silent film called scrooge, or, marleys ghost to the 2009 full cgi 3d. Kick back shut off the lights and turn the tree on.
Scrooge torrent download on search uncle scrooge 001 2015 c2c greenmangroup dcp lyrinx, xvid ita mp3 scrooge 1970 tntvillage org, scrooge 1970. An overly madeup albert finney stars in this adaptation of the dickens tale and gives the impression hed be happier somewhere other than on the palpably phoney shepperton sets. One of the best screen adaptations of charles dickens a christmas carol. The story concerns the overly prudent businessman ebeneezer scrooge sim, who becomes a saint overnight. An allsinging, alldancing film starring albert finney in the titular role. Leslie bricusse albert finney as scrooge 1977, vinyl.
Finneys scrooge is very much in the wiry and frail mold, and he is suitably objectionable throughout, closely. Those who love him soon find that a selfdestructive drunk is not an easy man to save. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. Scrooge 20th century fox, 1970 one of the most prolific stars of the past 70 years, albert finney died this past february. This timeless musical follows the plot of charles dickens a christmas carol, in which the miserly ebenezer scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a christmas eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner jacob marley and the ghosts of christmas past, present and future. Albert finney in the 1970 film scrooge and jim carrey in the 2009 film a christmas carol are the only other actors to play both young and old scrooge on film.
He attended the royal academy of dramatic art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with the entertainer 1960, directed by tony richardson, who had previously directed him in the theatre. Hes bitter and twisted, but also is shown having some enjoyment. Astrology and natal chart of albert finney, born on 19360509. Albert finney is remarkable in the dual roles of the elder and younger ebenezer scrooge, a very risky role, no doubt vulnerable to sophist critics. Cinematic adaptations of a christmas carol, 19082009. May 19, 2014 the shakiest gun in the west western film hd full length comedy duration. At the center of this musical adaptation of charles dickenss a christmas carol is albert finney, singing, dancing, and bah, humbuging his way through the familiar title role. Yeah sophist, have a taste of your own medicine critics. Its no secret that the hollywood comet loves musicals. Dec 07, 2014 scrooge 1970 albert finney, alec guinness, edith evans feature drama, family, musical film gorillas. In 1860, the stingy and cranky ebenezer scrooge who hates christmas, loathes people, and defends the decrease of the surplus population runs his counting house exploiting his employee bob cratchit and clients, giving a bitter treatment to his own nephew and acquaintances. Albert finney set the bar for his magnificent portrayal of scrooge. That is my hope, too, to hear from albert finney and leslie bricusse, along with the televised bumpersend credits, if they begin working on this fairly soon.
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