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Scrooged
Sign in to saveScrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, the film is a metafictional modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who, while prepping for a live broadcast adaptation of A Christmas Carol, is visited on Christmas Eve by a succession of ghosts intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The supporting cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane,
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6.8Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Cast
- Bill Murray as Francis Cross
- Karen Allen as Claire Phillips
- John Forsythe as Lew Hayward
- John Glover as Bryce Cummings
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Eliot Loudermilk
- Robert Mitchum as Preston Rhinelander
Themes
- holiday
- tv ratings
- ghost
- duringcreditsstinger
- christmas music
- christmas
- christmas eve
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Key facts
- Film.image
- Scrooged film poster.JPG
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Richard Donner
- Film.cinematography
- Michael Chapman
- Film.music
- Danny Elfman
- Film.distributor
- Paramount Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 100 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $32 million
- Film.gross
- $100.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 657155
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- publication date
- 1988-00-00
- title
- Scrooged
- review score
- 38/100
- box office
- 60328558
- capital cost
- 32000000
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17 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Development
- Casting
- Soundtrack
- Release
- Box office
- Home media
- Reception
- Critical response
- Awards
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, the film is a metafictional modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who, while prepping for a live broadcast adaptation of A Christmas Carol, is visited on Christmas Eve by a succession of ghosts intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The supporting cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard.
Scrooged was filmed on a $32 million budget over three months in New York City and Hollywood from December 1987 to March 1988. Murray returned to acting for the film after taking a four-year hiatus following the success of Ghostbusters, which he found overwhelming. Murray worked with Glazer and O'Donoghue on reworking the script before agreeing to join the project. The production was tumultuous, as Murray and Donner had different visions for the film. Murray described his time on the film as "misery", while Donner called Murray "superbly creative but occasionally difficult". Along with Murray's three brothers, Brian, John and Joel, Scrooged features numerous celebrity cameos.