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Scrooged (1988)

Directed by Richard Donner

Holiday | Comedy

Most recently watched by sleestakk, schofizzy, CaptainBigTime, zombiefreak, noahphex, jenerator

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 | Dick Blasucci | 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

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

A movie about Scrooge certainly isn’t a new concept. There have been 1,345.3 renditions on film, according to my interwebs searching. SCROOGED is the best one.

The core elements are all here, but SCROOGED wins by being meta and hilariously funny at the same time. And, as an 8 year old kid, The Ghost of Christmas Future scared the bejesus out of me when he opened his cloak to show the people trapped inside me.

There is nothing wrong with this movie. It’s a perfect adaptation.

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