Ms. Scrooge

TV Movie
1997
G
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

510

YOUR RATING

Katherine Helmond and Cicely Tyson in Ms. Scrooge (1997)

Drama Fantasy

A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

Director
- John Korty
Writers
- Charles Dickens
- John McGreevey
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

510

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Korty
Writers
- Charles Dickens
- John McGreevey
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Quotes
Maude Marley: I always did like a big entrance, didn't I? How's tricks, Ebenita?
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Maude?
Maude Marley: You haven't said a word about my outfit.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Oh, it can't be Maude. She's dead. I buried her.
Maude Marley: And rather hastily, I might add. Afraid I might come back to life? Reclaim my possessions? Now I can't.
[Ebenita reaches for the phone]
Maude Marley: No! That line is dead, darling. Save us both time, Ebenita. I'm dead, I'm here, and I'm talking to you. Now, I'll cut to the chase. I actually need your help to rest in peace. That's all anybody ever talks about in the afterlife, how they do things differently. The grass is forever greener, but when I was alive, I lived by one question only: What's in it for me? I'll admit I was a little self-centered then, cared not a whit for the little people. That's why every year, on the anniversary of my death, I have to roam the world and see the happiness I can never share unless...
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Yes?
Maude Marley: Unless you listen to me and turn your little life around.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: What's so little about my life? Business has never been better. I own three buildings and a house with ten rooms.
Maude Marley: And how many rooms in your heart and how long will your chain of grief be when you join our miserable band?
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: I don't have to do anything.
Maude Marley: No, you don't. Not if you change. My fellow ghosts will show you how.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: More ghosts?
Maude Marley: Yes, but tightly organized on the other side. Actually, you'd probably love it for a while. Tight schedules, time clocks, the works. However, the only problem is it never ends. It goes around, and around and around!
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Get away!
Maude Marley: Anyway, expect your first visitor when the clock strikes midnight, your second visitor at one, and your third at the stroke of two. Regular as clockwork.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: What is the point of all of this?
Maude Marley: Change, Ebenita, for your sake as well as mine. Either get me out of this or join the crowd forever!
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Ghosts, you can have this place. I'm going to be someplace else!