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  1. Nov 23, 1988 · Scrooged: Directed by Richard Donner. With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

    • (117K)
    • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
    • Richard Donner
    • 1988-11-23
  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ScroogedScrooged - Wikipedia

    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 ...

    • Scrooged marked Bill Murray's return to the big screen. Though it’s easy to remember the 1980s as a decade packed with Bill Murray comedies, Scrooged marked a reemergence of sorts of the in-demand comedian.
    • Bill Murray references Little Shop of Horrors in the movie's closing song. Scrooged concludes with the cast and crew singing “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.”
    • Bill Murray ad libbed many of his lines. In a 1988 interview with Philadelphia Daily News, Richard Donner discussed Murray’s penchant for improvisation and described the experience of directing Murray as follows: “It's like standing on 42nd Street and Broadway, and the lights are out, and you're the traffic cop.”
    • Bill Murray had originally been approached about the movie two years earlier. At that point, he wasn’t ready to jump back into the moviemaking fold just yet.
  3. Dec 24, 2019 · Somewhere between serving as the Executive Producer on The Lost Boys and declaring “Diplomatic Immunity” with Lethal Weapon 2, prolific director Richard Donner tackled one of the most beloved and timeless tales ever – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

  4. In this modern take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen).

    • (88.7K)
    • Paramount, Mirage Productions
    • Richard Donner
  5. Sep 10, 2012 · Scrooged 1988, directed by Richard Donner | Film review. Photograph: Paramount Pictures. Film. Scrooged. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by BC. Time Out says. In update on the Dickens...

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  7. In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the ...

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    • Holiday, Comedy, Fantasy
    • PG-13