Scrooge & Marley (2012)

Interesting facts

Scrooge & Marley is 2012 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which is retold from a gay perspective, co-directed by Richard Knight Jr. and Peter Neville, and co-written by Knight, Ellen Stoneking, and Timothy Imse. It also features David Pevsner as Ebenezer "Ben" Scrooge, Tim Kazurinsky as the ghost of Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley, Ronnie Kroell as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Megan Cavanagh as the Ghost of Christmas Present, David Moretti as Bob Cratchit, and JoJo Baby as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The film adaptation received a mixed critical reception.

Production

The filming occurred in Chicago in May 2012. Man's Country bathhouse was used to portray the disco club.

The film was partially crowdfunded through an Indiegogo campaign, which ended on August 15 of the same year. One of Chicago's film critics Richard Knight Jr. and Peter Neville co-directed the film adaptation. Neville was also the film editor. Ellen Stoneking, Knight and Timothy Imse co-wrote the screenplay. Tracy Baim and David Strzepek were the executive producers. Andrew Parrotte was the cinematographer.

Co-writer Richard Knight Jr. was inspired by watching a gay couple in a 2005 film The Family Stone for an idea of creating a gay-themed holiday film, which later evolved into adapting Dickens's A Christmas Carol and retelling it in a modern gay perspective.

Actor Bruce Vilanch, who portrayed Fezziwig, said, "Fezziwig is the end of that party that was going on in the gay community in the '70s, that was ended by the AIDS epidemic."

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