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Scrooged (1988)
Scrooged is a Christmas comedy film by director Richard Donner, released in 1988. In this modernized take on Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, Bill Murray stars as a narcissistic and selfish television executive named Frank Cross, who looks to put on a big-budget Christmas show for his network while trampling anyone in his way. However, his plans are interrupted when three ghosts of Christmas visit him to coax him to change his ways.
Scrooged
- Release Date
- November 23, 1988
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Cast
- Bill Murray , Carol Kane , Karen Allen , Alfre Woodard , Bobcat Goldthwait , Robert Mitchum , Michael J. Pollard , John Forsythe , John Glover , David Johansen
- Runtime
- 100 Minutes
- Writers
- Mitch Glazer , Michael O'Donoghue
- Creator
- Charles Dickens
- Budget
- $32 Million
- Studio(s)
- Mirage Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
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