Overview:
Frank 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.| Status: | Released (1988-11-22) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $60,328,558 |
| Screen: | Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue, Charles Dickens |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Mirage Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1532: Bill Murray - Francis Cross
- 650: Karen Allen - Claire Phillips
- 24367: John Forsythe - Lew Hayward
- 5589: John Glover - Bryce Cummings
- 95024: Bobcat Goldthwait - Eliot Loudermilk
- 57116: David Johansen - Ghost of Christmas Past
- 10556: Carol Kane - Ghost of Christmas Present
Crews
- 7187: Richard Donner - Producer - Production
- 7187: Richard Donner - Director - Directing
- 10640: Fredric Steinkamp - Editor - Editing
- 1044: Michael Chapman - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1254: Art Linson - Producer - Production
- 2241: William Steinkamp - Editor - Editing
- 40437: Stephen J. Roth - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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Put a little love in your heart. This is a perfect vehicle for Bill Murray, his brand of sarcastic and caustic delivery is nailed on perfect for Frank Cross, the modern day scrooge in this tale. I have often found him to be an acquired taste, I mean don't get me wrong here, I'm a ....
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Surprisingly, I didn't enjoy <em>'Scrooged'</em> all that much. I never really clicked with this 1988 release whilst I was watching it. Bill Murray is fine, the Ghost of Christmas Past is good and the bits of the plot involving Alfre Woodard's character are decent. That's all I ha ....
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Does Bill break the 4th wall or is he talking to the TV audience? I mean, this movie and the argument my parents had after it was how I learned what the 4th wall was... and for the record, I side with Mom, he was clearly breaking it. You already know the plot, which is nice about ....
Continue reading ->viha
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Not this time Bill, not this time. This time, Bill's signature antics worked against him. I don't know what happened, maybe Bill just didn't want to play in this movie, but he overacted too much in all scenes, whether comic scenes or dramatic ones, it doesn't matter. There was ....
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