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Scrooged is an appallingly unfunny comedy, and a vivid illustration of the fact that money can't buy you laughs. Its stocking spilling with big names and production values galore, this updating of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into the world of cutthroat network television is, one episode apart, able to generate only a few mild chuckles.
Frank Cross is a mean TV executive with perfect qualities of a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he’ll be visited by three ghosts from the past, present and future. IMDb 6.9 1 h 37 min 1988. PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Dark · Fantastic. This video is currently unavailable.
Permalink. Scrooged (1988): Dir: Richard Donner / Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Bob Goldthwait, John Forsythe, Carol Kane: A parody of the Charles Dickens classic with a modern take on the tale. Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a cynical program executive who is the modern day Scrooge.
Apr 27, 2024 · Scrooged is a 1988 American comedy film about a selfish, cynical T.V. executive who is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. Directed by Richard Donner. Written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue, based on Charles Dickens ' novella, A Christmas Carol. The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways. taglines.
High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross (Bill Murray) in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge.Before the night is ...
Niagara Falls. A 1988 comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Bill Murray, Scrooged is a moderately loose modern-day retelling of A Christmas Carol, with the twist of taking place In a World… where everyone is already familiar with Dickens's tale. Murray plays Frank Cross, a cynical, selfish network executive who's putting ...
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.
