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Scrooged (1988)

Directed by Richard Donner

Comedy | Holiday | Fantasy

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Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 101 minutes

Actors

Bill Murray | Karen Allen | John Forsythe | John Glover | Bobcat Goldthwait | David Johansen | Carol Kane | Robert Mitchum | Nicholas Phillips | Michael J. Pollard | Alfre Woodard | Mabel King | John Murray | Jamie Farr | Robert Goulet | Buddy Hackett | John Houseman | Lee Majors | Pat McCormick | Brian Doyle-Murray | Mary Lou Retton | Al 'Red Dog' Weber | Jean Speegle Howard | June Chandler | Michael Eidam | Mary Ellen Trainor | Bruce Jarchow | Sanford Jensen | Jeffrey Joseph | Peter Bromilow | Bill Marcus | Cal Gibson | Damon Hines | Tamika McCollum | Koren McCollum | Reina King | Paul Tuerpe | Lester Wilson | Ron Strang | Kate McGregor-Stewart | Jack McGee | Bill Hart | Kathy Kinney | Ralph Gervais | Alvin Hammer | Tony Steedman | Lisa Mende | Ryan Todd | Rebeca Arthur | Selma Archerd | Jay Byron | Harvey Fisher | C. Ransom Walrod | James R. Miller | Jennie Lew Tugend | Roy Brocksmith | Shawn Michaels | Stella Hall | Sachi Parker | Delores Hall | Anne Ramsey | Logan Ramsey | Sydna Scott | Wendie Malick | Joel Murray | Mitch Glazer | Susan Isaacs | Lauri Kempson | Chaz Conner | Miro Polo | Ralph Bruneau | Maria Riva | James Kindelon | Raphael Harris | Wayne A. Finkelman | Susan Barnes | Lynne Randall | Gilles Savard | Michael O'Donoghue | Dick McGarvin | Tom Doak | Sam Drummy | Winfred Tennison | Steve Kahan | Norman D. Wilson | Henry Brown | Jeanine Jackson | Amy Hill | Miles Davis | Larry Carlton | David Sanborn | Paul Shaffer | Dick Blasucci

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Really sorry that I waited so long to finally watch this in its entirety. Had I known it was really this good I would’ve seen this ages ago. Of course I’ve seen bits of this on cable or whatever but never the whole movie beginning to end. So good!

I will say that Frank’s final segment with the grim reaper does push him a little too easily from bad to good but everything up that is gold. Murray is excellent and I love how the finale basically turns into a SNL sketch.

I don’t think Frank Cross is all that bad since he gives VCRs as Christmas gifts. Also Karen Allen is so adorable. She’s like a beaming light. Oddly she resembles a anime character because of her eyes. Delightful.

I can see myself spinning this every couple years at Christmas.

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