Scrooge (1970 film)

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Actors: Cary Elwes (actor), Colin Firth (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Julian Holloway (actor),

Plot: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Keywords: 19th-century, 3-dimensional, 3d, actor-playing-multiple-roles, alternate-future, apparition, based-on-novel, blowing-raspberry, breaking-the-fourth-wall, chains
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy,
Taglines: Season's Greedings Ready for Christmas? Neither is Scrooge. But it only takes one night to change your life. What if you had but a single night to get your life right? Christmas comes but once a year, but for one man, that's once too often.

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Ebenezer Scrooge: What do you want with me?::Jacob Marley: You will be haunted by three spirits.::Ebenezer Scrooge: I'd rather not.

[from trailer]::[to the Ghost of Christmas Past]::Ebenezer Scrooge: Haunt me no longer!

[from trailer]::[soaring through the air past the moon]::Ebenezer Scrooge: Oh, my!

[From trailer] [upon meeting the Ghost of Christmas Future]::Ebenezer Scrooge: Ghost of the Future, I fear you more than any spectre I have seen.

[From trailer]::Ebenezer Scrooge: I'm light as a feather! Merry as a schoolboy!

[From trailer] [catching himself laughing like the Ghost of Christmas Present]::Ebenezer Scrooge: I've heard that laugh before.::[resumes laughing]

Fred: A Merry Christmas to you, uncle!::Ebenezer Scrooge: Bah! Humbug... What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.::Fred: What reason have you to be so dismal? You're rich enough.::Ebenezer Scrooge: BAH! Humbug!

Fred: Don't be cross, Uncle!::Ebenezer Scrooge: What else can I be when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!::Fred: Uncle!::Ebenezer Scrooge: Nephew! Keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.::Fred: But you don't keep it!::Ebenezer Scrooge: Let me leave it alone, then. Much good may it do you! Much good it has ever done you!::Fred: There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say, Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round - apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that - as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! [Cratchit applauds]

Fred's Wife: [playing an animal guessing game] Is it a horse?::Fred: No.::Guest #3: A cow?::Fred: No.::Guest #4: A dog?::Fred: No.::Guest #5: An ass?::Fred: Well... yes, and no...::Fred's Wife: Oh, I got it, Fred! It's your Uncle Scrooge!::Fred: Yes!

Ebenezer Scrooge: [catching Bob applauding to Fred's speech] Let me hear one word out of you, Cratchit, and you can keep Christmas by losing your position!

Hot Rod (2007)

Actors: Frank C. Turner (actor), Alvin Sanders (actor), William S. Taylor (actor), Chris Parnell (actor), Ian McShane (actor), Gillian Barber (actress), Andy Samberg (actor), Jorma Taccone (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Akiva Schaffer (actor), Will Arnett (actor), Mark Acheson (actor), Bill Hader (actor), Will Ferrell (producer), Sissy Spacek (actress),

Plot: Rod Kimble is a naïf, a slacker living in a small US town with his mom, his younger brother, and his stepfather whose respect he craves. He also misses his dead dad, whom he thinks was Evel Knievel's back-up. Rod, a man-child, believes that he is a stunt man. When his stepfather needs an operation, with help from his brother and his slacker pals, Rod hatches a plan to set a school-bus-jumping record on his moped. First, his crew and he have to raise money to rent the buses and build the ramp. Trouble is, Rod's inept at his chosen career. Looming failure is complicated by the return of Denise, Rod's next-door neighbor and secret heartthrob, who is home from college. Is public humiliation at hand?

Keywords: ambulance, assault, autograph, band, barbecue-grill, bare-chested-male, based-on-sketch-comedy, beating, birthday-party, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Smack destiny in the face

Quotes:

Rod Kimble: Life is pain - we've got to scrape the joy from it every chance we get.

Dave: Balls, man! We just ran over a small bus!

Rico: Yoo-hoo, shit heads, I found this bag of fireworks in the men's restroom. Would you guys like to light them off?

Dave: You know, pools are perfect for holding water...

Rod Kimble: [pronouncing the 'wh'] The safe word is "WHiskey."::Kevin Powell: Sorry, Rod, What was that?::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing the 'h'] "WHiskey"::Kevin Powell: [pronouncing it with a silent 'h'] Don't you mean "Whiskey?"::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing the 'h'] WHat?::Kevin Powell: You're saying it weird.::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing every W as WH] Saying WHat WHEird?::Kevin Powell: All of it.::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing the 'h'] [scoffs] WHere do you get off?::Kevin Powell: I just don't get why your saying it that way?::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing every W as WH] WHY I'm saying WHat *WHAT* WHay?::Kevin Powell: Forget it.::Rod Kimble: [pronouncing every W as WH] I WHill! I WHill forget it!

Rod Kimble: [absent-mindedly, as Denise walks away] You look pretty.::Denise: [turning around] What?::Rod Kimble: I said you look shitty.

Dave: Hey, Rod, thanks for the ride.::[Rod sees a chunk of metal lodged in Dave's eye and they both scream]::Dave: Hey, buddy. How's it going?::Rod Kimble: Dave, what happened to your eye?::Dave: This? Is it really noticeable?::Rod Kimble: Yeah!::Dave: Is it really noticeable?::Rod Kimble: Yeah!::Dave: Oh, man, it's totally serendipitous. Well, I got off work early, and you know my buddy Derrick? Well he was like, "I've got this acid, but I can't do it." And I was all like, "Well, I'll do it." So I did it. And by the time I got on my banana board, man, I was... I was tripping balls pretty hard, man. So I decided to get on my bench grinder, and a piece of metal flew up and hit me right in the eye. It was pretty awesome. And that brings us to now.::Rod Kimble: Yeah, well, just try and relax.::Dave: Can do, man. Can do. I'm gonna be honest with you, Rod. You look like a giant eagle with fire all around you, and you've got a mountain for a face.::Rod Kimble: I'm guessing that's the drugs, Dave.::Dave: Yeah, but it's also just kind of weird seeing you drive this minivan.::Rod Kimble: Yeah, well, it's my mom's.::Dave: Balls, man! We just ran over a small bus. This really small bus, we just ran over it.::Rod Kimble: I didn't see anything.::Dave: Hey, we're here. Seriously, man, this is one of the top-ten nicest things anybody has ever done for me.

Marie Powell: It's nice to see him smiling again.::Rod Kimble: He won't be smiling -...::[yelling]::Rod Kimble: WHEN I MURDER HIM!

Rod Kimble: Did you reinforce the take-off ramp?::Rico: No, we didn't have time.::Rod Kimble: [unsure] Cool.

Dave: Oh, whoa, wait, what? Why is Rod kissing his sister?::Kevin Powell: Oh, Denise isn't his sister.::Dave: She's not?::Kevin Powell: No::Dave: Oh. That shatters my entire universe.

Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)

Actors: Juliet Stevenson (actress), Nik Powell (producer), Juliet Stevenson (actress), Jane Horrocks (actress), Keith Wickham (actor), Kate Winslet (actress), Keith Wickham (actor), Simon Callow (actor), Rhys Ifans (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Simon Callow (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Robert Llewellyn (actor), Robert Llewellyn (writer), Charles Dickens (writer),

Plot: The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his 'story of ghosts' a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that this is appropriate since his story begins with a mouse. At this point the story turns into the animated version and Dickens explains that the mouse, named Gabriel, carries a glimmer of hope amidst the glaring co-existence of rich and poor in the streets of London. Throughout the subsequent unfolding of the well-known story Gabriel acts as a miniature Greek chorus, providing younger members of the audience with a point of entry into the story and, in the case of the potentially frightening elements (the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future), a place of refuge.

Keywords: 1840s, based-on-novel, christmas, compassion, ghost, holiday, punctuation-in-title, redemption, victorian-era
Genres: Animation, Family,

Quotes:

Ebenezer Scrooge: Cratchit, that slovenly, good for nothing... Even a tiny mouse is more tidy!

Mrs. Cratchit: [about Scrooge] He threw a bucket of freezing water on our Tim, that's what he did! No wonder the poor child's pneumonia is back.

Ebenezer Scrooge: Merry Christmas to you, Mr. Snowman!

Bob Cratchit: [spotting two mice on Scrooge's shoulder] Mr. Scrooge, sir, there's two mice.::Ebenezer Scrooge: Never mind the mice, they were here on time.

Charles Dickens: That, ladies and gentlemen is the story of A Christmas Carol. Not quite the same one I wrote in the book, I admit. I hope you enjoyed it, none the less.

Bob Cratchit: I'll make it up to you, Sir!::Ebenezer Scrooge: No, Mr Cratchit! I'll make it up to you!

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Actors: Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Steven Mackintosh (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor),

Plot: A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th-century, based-on-novel, bitterness, boss, change-of-heart, charles-dickens, childhood, christmas, christmas-eve
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical,

Quotes:

Gonzo: Hello! Welcome to the Muppet Christmas Carol! I am here to tell the story.::Rizzo the Rat: And I am here for the food.

Rizzo the Rat: Light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp, not the rat! Put me out, put me out, put me out!::Gonzo: Oh! My apologies! Um...::[Suddenly spotting a barrel of water below the lamp post]::Gonzo: Rizzo!::Rizzo the Rat: What?::["Mr Dickens" pushes Rizzo so he falls into the water barrel]

Vegetables: If he became a flavor you can bet he would be sour. Yuck!::Muppet Man: Even the vegetables don't like him!

[Gonzo and Rizzo are flying over London]::Gonzo: [Thrilled] Hello, London!::Rizzo the Rat: [Scared] Goodbye, lunch!

[an urchin steals a talking vegetable]::Vegetable: Hey, I'm being stolen! Hey, help me! Help me!

Ghost of Christmas Past: Let us see another Christmas in this place.::Ebenezer Scrooge: They were all very much the same. Nothing ever changed.::Ghost of Christmas Past: You changed.

Fozziwig: At this time in the proceedings, it is a tradition for me to make a little speech.::Jacob Marley: And it's a tradition for us to take a little nap!

Fozziwig: My speech! Here's my Christmas speech. Ahem. "Thank you all, and Merry Christmas."::Jacob Marley: That was the speech?::Robert Marley: It was dumb!::Jacob Marley: It was obvious!::Robert Marley: It was pointless!::Jacob Marley: It was... short!::[turns to Robert]::Jacob Marley, Robert Marley: I loved it!

Rizzo the Rat: Mother always taught me: "Never eat singing food."

Ebenezer Scrooge: You're a little absent-minded, spirit.::Ghost of Christmas Present: No, I'm a LARGE absent-minded spirit!

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas (1984)

Actors: Jack Elam (actor), Mike Love (actor), Mike Love (actor), Mike Love (actor), Kelly Sandefur (editor), Dean Torrence (actor), Dean Torrence (actor), Bobby Goldsboro (actor), Lee Benton (actress), Paul Revere (actor), Paul Revere (actor), The Association (actor), The Association (actor), Lou Tedesco (director), Three Dog Night (actor),

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A Christmas Carol (1979)

Actors: Alvy Moore (director), Kent Kimball (actor), Jim Bullock (actor), Jim Bullock (writer), Jim Bullock (producer), Kirk Hanson (actor), Lee Amber (actor), Gaynor MacLaren (producer), Don Torcerson (actor), Sheila Carter (actress), Carol Lee Doring (actress), Olive Horan (actress), Carolyn Moore (actress), Ed Doring (actor), Van Crain (actor),

Genres: Musical,

The Honeymooners (1977)

Actors: Audrey Meadows (actress), Jackie Gleason (actor), Art Carney (actor), Audrey Meadows (actress), Jackie Gleason (actor), Art Carney (actor), Jackie Gleason (director), Art Carney (actor), Johnny Olson (actor), Johnny Olson (actor), Gale Gordon (actor), Jane Kean (actress), Jane Kean (actress), Walter Stone (writer), The June Taylor Dancers (actress),

Plot: Ralph's agrees to produce, direct & star in his Boss, Mr. Marshall's wife's annual fund raising Christmas benefit show, "A Christmas Carol". Problems arise when Ralph realizes he has promised to take Alice to Miami the same weekend as the show. Hilarity ensues when Ralph rewrites the Dickens classic & with Norton directing it's bound to be hit. When the show is a hit, all is forgiven.

Keywords: christmas
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Ralph Kramden: Okay Norton, you'll be Tiny Tim.::Ed Norton: [sings] Tiptoe, thru the tulips...::Ralph Kramden: [shouts] Not *that* Tiny Tim!

The Merry Christmas (1955)

Actors: Hugh Griffith (actor), Charles Dickens (writer), Edmund Willard (actor), George Murcell (actor), Peter Reeves (actor), Peter Reeves (actor), Douglas Hurn (producer), Norman Tyrrell (actor), Eira Heath (actress), Michael O'Halloran (actor), John Gower (actor), Martin Lawrence (actor), Irene Byatt (actress), Donald Cotton (writer), Tom Twigge (writer),

Genres: Drama, Musical,

Scrooge (1922)

Actors: H.B. Parkinson (producer), Charles Dickens (writer), W. Courtney Rowden (writer), George Wynn (director), H.V. Esmond (actor),

Genres: Drama, Fantasy,

Tense Moments with Great Authors (1922)

Actors: Charles Dickens (writer), H.B. Parkinson (producer), Clive Brook (actor), Cameron Carr (actor), W. Courtney Rowden (director), H.B. Parkinson (director), Victor Hugo (writer), Alphonse Daudet (writer), Douglas Munro (actor), Milton Rosmer (actor), J. Fisher White (actor), Sybil Thorndike (actress), Lyn Harding (actor), George Wynn (director), Cosmo Kyrle Bellew (actor),

Plot: A series of twelve short films re-enacting highlights from famous novels. Individual titles are: #1: Trilby; #2: Les Miserables; #3: Sappho; #4: Nancy; #5: Fagin; #6: La Tosca; #7: Scrooge; #8: Vanity Fair; #9: East Lynne: #10: A Tale of Two Cities; #11: Moths; #12: David Garrick.

Keywords: based-on-novel
Genres: ,