• Thursday, November 05, 1970

• Country:

  India

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  113 min

(1970)

Goofs

• Anachronisms: When young Ebenezer and Isabelle are on the horse-drawn carriage in the countryside (shortly after the Fezziwig ball), there is a white car crawling its way along a country lane in the far background, midway between the centre and right-hand side of the screen.
• Revealing mistakes: Just before The Ghost of Christmas Present and Scrooge fly through the window, you can see the wires that are connected to Albert Finney.
• Continuity: After Scrooge wakes up to discover it is Christmas day, he slides down the banister in his home. The banister is very dusty and when he first jumps off, one can see a glimpse of the four inch wide like of dust/dirt down his night shirt. But the very next scene, he walks into the street in his nightshirt, and there is no line of dust/dirt down his front.
• Crew or equipment visible: When we first meet Tiny Tim, he and his sister are looking into a toy store window. If you look closely at the bottom right corner of the screen as the camera zooms in on Tim, you can see the shadow of the camera on a doll.

Taglines

• A NEW MUSICAL
• What the DICKENS have they done to Scrooge?
• A Christmas Carol was always meant to be sung!
• What the dickens have they done to Scrooge?... They've put him in a big, big musical.

Trivia

• Richard Harris rejected the role of Scrooge. Rex Harrison agreed to play the part, but had to back out due to a commitment to a difficult play. (Harrison was also having an affair with Harris' then-wife, who he would later marry.) Albert Finney, who had been offered the role before Harrison but had initially rejected it, reconsidered once he read the script and asked for the role. (He was a business associate of Michael Medwin, the co-writer who played his nephew in the film.)
• Scrooge (played by then 34-year old Albert Finney) is actually younger than his nephew Fred (played by then 46-year old Michael Medwin).
• Alec Guinness did not enjoy doing this movie. It required much more time than he expected, with the need of wires and a harness for his floating character. He suffered a double-hernia that required surgery to repair.
• This version differs from the book in that, here, Scrooge's fiancée, Belle, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig. In the book she is not related to them.

Quotes

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Awards

1. Oscar
   Event: Academy Awards, USA
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
   Recipient(s): Terence Marsh
2. BAFTA Film Award
   Event: BAFTA Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Art Direction
   Recipient(s): Terence Marsh
3. Golden Globe
   Event: Golden Globes, USA
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
   Recipient(s): Albert Finney
4. Golden Laurel
   Event: Laurel Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Comedy Performance, Male
   Recipient(s): Albert Finney