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Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy 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 ...
Dec 24, 2023 · “When we first turned in the script, one executive called and said, ‘He’s just so unlikable,’” laughs Mitch Glazer, co-writer of 1988’s dark festive favorite Scrooged, a film where Bill...
Dec 20, 2018 · Part of the reason for Scrooged’s staying power is the stellar writing by Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue. Updating Dickens’ scenario from Scrooge as miserly banker to soulless television executive whose interests are only his own is especially relevant today, where an equally vapid reality star is the president of the USA.
Dec 20, 2018 · ART & SCIENCE. ·. 5 min read. ·. Dec 20, 2018. In the mid 1980s, when Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue were asked to write an updated version of A Christmas Carol, they knew they had a...
Dec 19, 2014 · Scrooged (1988, USA) Directed by Richard Donner; written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue, based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, Alfre Woodard, and John Glover.
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Apr 5, 2012 · The series is a creation of Mitch Glazer, the screenwriter ( The Recruit, Scrooged) and occasional V.F. contributor, who, with Magic City, is returning to TV for the first time since a stint...
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But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk 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. Written by. Mitch Glazer , Michael O'Donoghue , and Charles Dickens. Film. Comedy.
