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Scrooge

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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.

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Albert Finney
Ebenezer Scrooge
Alec Guinness
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Edith Evans
Ghost of Christmas Past

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Awards

  • 1971 - Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - nominated
  • 1971 - Oscar - Best Costume Design - nominated
  • 1971 - Oscar - Best Music, Original Song - nominated
  • 1971 - Oscar - Best Music, Original Song Score - nominated

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Question: Since you have been so wise in answering all the questions about commercial jingles, can you please answer this one? The jingle goes, "Thank you very much, thank you very much, that's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me." I know I have heard this before. Does it come on every holiday season, or is it from a song? I need to find a way to get it out of my head!Answer: Well, I can tell you where it's from, but you're on your own in trying to get it out of your head, Jaime. Though many people will tell you the maddeningly catchy tune "Thank You Very Much," used in an ad for the Volkswagen Passat, is from the musical Oliver!, they've got the wrong Dickens classic. (I suspect they may be mixing it up with "Consider Yourself," which is

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