Bah Humbug! It’s Scrooged!

 

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[/one_fourth][three_fourth_last] “Scrooged” is a Christmas comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, with an original score by Danny Elfman. The film stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical television programming executive. Cross has found great success and wealth, but only by becoming cold-hearted and cruel. The film also features Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Forsythe and Robert Mitchum in supporting roles. Murray’s brothers Brian, John, and Joel also appear in the film.

The film was marketed with references to “Ghostbusters” which had been a great success four years earlier. In the USA, the tagline was, “Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it’s three against one.”