Scrooged
Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooged is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard.
Plot
On December 23, Frank Cross, the ruthless and cynical president of IBC television, is preoccupied with ensuring the success of his extravagant live broadcast of A Christmas Carol scheduled for Christmas Eve. He launches a violent, fear-mongering advertisement for the show, and fires meek executive Eliot Loudermilk for questioning its content.
Cast
- Alfre Woodard
- Amy Hill
- Anne Ramsey
- Bill Hart
- Bill Murray
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Bruce Jarchow
- Buddy Hackett
- Carol Kane
- David Johansen
- J. Mills Goodloe
- Jack McGee
- Jamie Farr
- Jean Speegle Howard
- Joel Murray
- John Forsythe
- John Glover
- John Houseman
- John Murray
- Karen Allen
- Kathy Kinney
- Lee Majors
- Mabel King
- Maria Riva
- Mary Ellen Trainor
- Mary Lou Retton
- Michael J. Pollard
- Mitch Glazer
- Pat McCormick
- Peter Onorati
- Robert Goulet
- Robert Mitchum
- Roy Brocksmith
- Steve Kahan
- Wendie Malick
More details
| author | Michael O'Donoghue Mitch Glazer |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp |
| events | careerism Christmas egoism empathy love for fellow humans show business upward social mobility |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | a christmas carol cast and crew christmas carol christmas eve christmas party christmas tradition control room cumming first time follow good deed grim reaper homeless shelter large family live broadcast question sing taxi driver television show young adult |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| producer | Art Linson |
| productionCompany | Mirage Enterprises |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City Toronto |
| theme | black comedy ghost romantic comedy time |