Scrooged

Scrooged

  • Director: Richard Donner
  • Writer: Mitch Glazer,Michael O'Donoghue,Charles Dickens
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 23, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
  • "Scrooged" is a fantasy comedy directed by Richard D. Schwartzberg and starring Bill Murray and Karen Allen .
    The film is adapted from the novel " A Christmas Carol " by the British writer Charles John Huffam Dickens . It tells the story of Christmas Eve when three elves visited Frank, a cold and ruthless miserly rich man, and let him see his past, present and future. Frank is so touched and determined to be good . The film was released in the United States on November 23, 1988. 

    Details

    • Release date November 23, 1988
    • Filming locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures, Mirage Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $32,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $60,328,558

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $13,027,842

    Gross worldwide

    $60,329,001

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dakota 2022-09-29 18:17:41

      The dark side of the moon

      Bill Murray is a senior actor with a little sadness in his bones, but he has been inserted into too many shoddy comedies, which in itself constitutes a staggering tragedy.

      Two-thirds of the film is moving towards such a tragedy. Only at the end, the small universe exploded, and Bill Murray began a fifteen-minute long speech, which was boring. Uncle Sao successfully revealed the dark side of the moon in a third-rate comedy, inspiring the burning of the gods in the depths of human...

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    • By Eliane 2023-09-28 10:36:07

      Bill Murray has an annoying...

    • By Kathryne 2023-09-15 22:18:13

      I think it looks good...

    • By Sincere 2023-09-04 10:23:56

      Bill Murray, KING of the...

    • By Ericka 2023-08-12 21:28:37

      show me the...

    • By Guillermo 2023-08-10 07:00:03

      Unhinged media mogul, co-worker who froze to death in Trump Tower sewer on Christmas night, childhood trauma, family torn apart, blacks and the poor watched from the iron fence, hysterical choreography and special effects , 2020 is even more realistic and ironic. Thanks to the cheap surprise 2020, the 996 carnival has slowed down! Of course all this never and will never give people a...

    Movie plot

    Frank ( Bill Murray ) , a TV tycoon with a cool personality , does everything for profit. In order to increase the ratings of the show, he does not hesitate to scare the audience to death. On Christmas Eve, the boss who had been dead for seven years came back to warn Frank with his decaying body and announced that he would be visited by three uninvited guests, including the taxi driver who took him to visit his old life and future...
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    Evaluation action

    In this "Scrooged", Richard D. Schwartzberg's shooting techniques are exaggerated and bold, adding a modern TV background and lively special effects shots to the famous novel. The wonderful stunts and Bill Murray's special comedy performance turned the film into a New Year comedy with alarming effects   . (Sina Entertainment Review)
    Punishing evil and promoting good is the usual theme of Dickens's works. "Scrooged" inherits the theme...
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    Movie quotes

    • Frank Cross: It's not too late on Christmas Eve to have fun, you can call an old college roommate, call, you know an old army buddy, call your personal banker. HEY! I don't hear any partying in that booth, Elliot!

      Elliot: Great!

      [fires shotgun, silent pause down below on the set]

      Elliot: You heard him, party!

      Frank Cross: Now why wasn't I invited?

      Elliot: Now that was just an innocent window and you saw what I did to that! Ugh! You don't know who you're dealing with!

      Frank Cross: It's a night, you gotta party hardy Marty!

    • Frank Cross: It's Christmas Eve! It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we... we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a... miracle. It's really a sort of a miracle. Because it happens every Christmas Eve. And if you waste that miracle, you're gonna burn for it, I know what I am talking about. You have to do something. You have to take a chance. You do have to get involved. There are people that are having... having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people that don't have enough to eat, or people that are cold. You can go out and say hello to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "Here!", you can make them a sandwich and say "Oh, by the way, here!" I... I get it now! And if you... if you give, then it can happen, then the miracle can happen to you! It's not just the poor and the hungry, it's everybody's who's gotta have this miracle! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of these bastards who says "Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud", it's NOT! It can happen every day, you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it, you'll get greedy for it! You'll want it every day of your life and it can happen to you! I believe in it now! I believe it's going to happen to me now! I'm ready for it! And it's great. It's a good feeling, it's really better than I've felt in a long time. I, I, I'm ready. Have a Merry Christmas, everybody.

      [Calvin steps forward]

      Frank Cross: Did I forget something, big man?

      Calvin Cooley: [nods, speaks his first words in five years] God bless us, everyone.

    • Frank Cross: [about Calvin] He's a bright little guy. What's wrong with him?

      Ghost of Christmas Present: He hasn't spoken since he saw his father killed five years ago. He just drifted away, like Sleeping Beauty.

      Frank Cross: I didn't know Grace's husband died.

      Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh Frank, don't you remember the time she wore black for a year?

      Frank Cross: I remember her wearing black... I thought it was a fashion thing. Everybody was wearing black!

      Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh Frank.

      Frank Cross: Well, is he going to be okay?

      Ghost of Christmas Present: It's his choice, only he can break the spell.