Ms. Scrooge (1997)
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by the ghost of her dead partner Maude Marley and then by other spirits who remind her of her happy past and chronicle the bitterness and greed that have taken over her life. At last, she is shown her own death and funeral. No one is there to mourn her. This revelation shocks her into opening her heart and her checkbook.
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Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by the ghost of her dead partner Maude Marley and then by other spirits who remind her of her happy past and chronicle the bitterness and greed that have taken over her life. At last, she is shown her own death and funeral. No one is there to mourn her. This revelation shocks her into opening her heart and her checkbook.
Rating:G
Genre:Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie
Written By:John McGreevey
In Theaters:12/10/1997
Box Office:
Runtime:87 minutes
Studio:Power Pictures, Wilshire Court Productions, USA Network
Cast
John Korty
Director
Cicely Tyson
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
Katherine Helmond
Maude Marley
Michael Beach
Reverend Luke
John Bourgeois
Bob Cratchit
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Young Ebenita
Karen Glave
Teenage Ebenita
Ken James
Sam Catherwood
Arsinée Khanjian
Libba Cratchit
William Greenblatt
Tiny Tim
Michael J. Reynolds
Ghost of Christmas Past
Shaun Austin-Olsen
Spirit Present
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