The muppets had a good stab at it, and bill murray was. Bill murray told the new york times that his personal favorite version of scrooge was the old mr. Murray is funniest when the big, laidback, goodnatured slob gives in to the furious minimisanthrope, scrooged, an updated variation on dickenss christmas carol, is best. Scrooged is a headon crash of two family faves, a christmas carol and ghostbusters, neither one quite winning out. Murray returned to acting for the film after taking a 4year hiatus following the success of ghostbusters, which he found overwhelming. Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written by mitch glazer and michael odonoghue. Murrays contemporary scrooge is a joy as long as hes making life miserable for everyone around him.
In scrooged bill murray plays a mean spirited television executive who was born and bred in new york despite having a thick chicago. Bill murray comes back to the silver screen this christmas as frank cross, a television industry ebeneezer scrooge, and his tale of redemption is scrooged. The movie, releasing in 1988, is a dark and twisted take on the classic christmas story. Kevin hart has reportedly teamed up with paramount pictures for a scrooged remake. Give him a decent setup and youve got yourself a classic. Bill murray isin my honest opinion brilliant as a scrooge character. Based on the 1843 novella a christmas carol by charles dickens, scrooged is a modern retelling that follows bill murray as frank cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on christmas eve intent on helping him regain. Murray and alfre woodard in scrooged 1988 bill murray and anne ramsey. Bill murray and john forsythe star in the hilarious christmas comedy scrooged.
In perhaps the only family aspects of this film, actor bill murray included all of his brothers in the cast of this movie. About a third of the way through the closing credits, bill murray appears with the word scrooged across the screen in front of him. Bill murray american actor born on september 21, 1950, william james bill murray is an american actor, comedian, and writer. And lets face it, when it comes to good plots, you dont get much. I dont think anyone watching any of the actual films of a christmas carol or even reading the story would say they could relate to scrooge or see any hope for him. Bill murray based frank cross outlook on the new york posts headlines. Claus june chandler june cleaver mary ellen trainor ted bruce jarchow wayne sanford jensen executive. Christmas spot memory lane mickeys christmas carol scrooge mcduck as.
Scrooged cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. The scrooged stars on improvising with bill murray, the ballbreaker suite, and the meaning behind the classic christmas film. Whenever bill murray is in a film, theres always one simple rule. Cross is truly scroogelike, reveling in the death of an old woman caused by. And if youre not welling up by the time put a little love in your heart kicks in. In the early 1980s, he starred in a string of boxoffice hits, including caddyshack, stripes, and tootsie. High quality bill murray scrooged gifts and merchandise.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Featuring some of murrays best comedic work, the movie is also a rich slice of 1980s american film and culture. Scrooged is an entertaining christmas comedy with a great lead performance from bill murray and some memorable ghost sections and funny slapstick and situational gags and a cheesy but fitting ending. The movie is a wonderful retelling of charles dickens classic scrooge. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Three decades later, bill murrays dark turn on ebenezer scrooge remains as adored by its fans as it was a nightmare to make. Heres where you can watch this zany christmas movie this holiday season. Scrooged gets by with bill murray and a dash of holiday spirit, although its hampered by a markedly conflicted tone and an undercurrent of meanspiritedness. A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of charles dickenss a christmas carol, this effectsheavy bill murray holiday vehicle from. Murray landed his first starring role with the film meatballs in 1979.
Scrooged clean trailer bill murrays first film in four years excluding his cameo in little shop of horrors, this only partly successful comedy updates charles dickens a christmas carol. Its a strange, moodswingy blend of mistletoe and graveyard mold that doesnt hang. Its loud, cartoonish, and misanthropic, but the 1988 bill murray vehicle. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on christmas eve. Scrooged stars bill murray, bobcat goldthwait, david johansen, and carol cane. After the failure of his dramatic turn in razors edge, murray walked away from hollywood to spend time with his family both his own wife and children as well as taking care of his mother during a long illness and his siblings. Scrooged is still the perfect christmas movie 30 years later the. All actors bill murray, karen allen, john forsythe, john glover, bobcat goldthwait, david johansen, carol. Murray was the first guest on nbcs late night with david letterman on february 1, 1982. Frank trying to get the audience in the movie theatre to participate was entirely adlibbed by bill murray. The most notable of these appearances is john murray who plays james, the on screen brother to bills character.
Bill murray and director richard donner reportedly did not enjoy working together, creating a lot of tension onset. Scrooged gets by with bill murray and a dash of holiday spirit, although its hampered by a. As network exec frank cross, murray oversees vulgar and idiotic holidaythemed programming while ignoring his family and overworking his putupon assistant. Based on the 1843 novella a christmas carol by charles dickens, scrooged is a modern retelling that follows bill murray as frank cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on christmas eve intent on helping him. With bill murray, karen allen, john forsythe, john glover. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Magoos we see the story play out as magoo acts in the theatrical play, and this one follows that same sort of pattern, with murray experiencing the fantasy as his tv show is rehearsed and played out. A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of charles dickenss a christmas carol, this effectsheavy bill murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former snl funnyman assuming the role of. This is seen in everything from the interior design of cross manhattan office to the placement of former olympian mary lou retton and the solid gold dancers in the selfishly scheduled christmas eve live television special. Actor bill murray left portrays a network president who hates christmas and plans to exploit the holidays for every rating point theyre worth until he is visited by.
Scrooged 1988 is an average bill murray film and a poor acc adaptation. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Scrooged 810 movie clip the truth is painful 1988 hd. Some early snl folk worked on it bill murray most obviously, but also writer michael odonahue, whose style of humor was often brutally dark. Scrooged is still the perfect christmas movie 30 years. John murray james cross jamie farr jacob marley buddy hackett scrooge john houseman himself brian doylemurray earl cross mary lou retton herself regina king lanell cooley pat mccormick ghost of christmas past tv jean speegle howard mrs. Scrooged starring bill murray is a great movie to watch. In this modern take on charles dickens a christmas carol, frank cross bill murray is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the. He first gained exposure on saturday night live, for which he earned his first emmy award and later went on to star in comedy films, including meatballs, caddyshack, stripes, tootsie, ghostbusters, scrooged, what about bob. The christmas classic starring bill murray turns 30 this month. The movie stars bill murray as frank cross, a tormented tv network. The idea is not bad, but murray is the wrong man for the part. Scrooged 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Scrooged was bill murrays first film in four years.
Scrooged script transcript from the screenplay andor. Murray worked with glazer and odonoghue on reworking the script before agreeing to join the project. A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of charles dickenss a christmas carol, this effectsheavy bill murray. In this modern take on charles dickens a christmas carol, frank cross bill murray is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, claire phillips karen allen. Carol cane is wonderful, shes so funny, and buster poindexter aka david johansen is superb. He looks down and brushes the front of his jacket a few times, with each brush a couple of the letters in the title chase off the screen as if hes brushing them off his jacket. Surprisingly, there isnt a film version of the dickens novella which merits the imprimatur classic. There is a scene near the end where scrooge bill murray ends up in christmas present and it is a cold frozen dark dank area. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of scrooged. Scrooged written by kelly stitzel december 24, 2011 film, soundtrack saturday kelly stitzel revisits another post from a soundtrack saturday christmas, this time the bill murray classic, scrooged. He and his brother brian were seen frequently at mets games.
Eve production of a christmas carol by terrorizing everyone in sight. Bill murray is pretty bad and the film is an unfunny mess of meanspirited humor. Scrooged starring bill murray is an old tale with a modern twist. But after firing a staff member, eliot loudermilk bobcat goldthwait, on christmas eve, frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to. The 1988 christmas movie originally starred bill murray and was directed by richard donner.
When asked by film critic roger ebert if he had any disagreements with donner, murray replied. Based on the 1843 novella a christmas carol by charles dickens, scrooged is a modern retelling that follows bill murray as. Its superbly cast, from bill murrays modern scroogey frank cross to carol kanes adorably sadistic fairy. Bill murray yet again carries a comedy, this time as scrooge, being cruelly despotic, and hilariously funny, often at the same time. Scrooged is still the perfect christmas movie 30 years later its loud, cartoonish, and misanthropic, but the 1988 bill murray vehicle is remarkably wellsuited for our fraught present moment.
Also, bill murray is a fantastic actor and he really pulls off the scrooge character in the guise of a modernday tv producer who puts profits ahead of things like, oh, his own life. In december of 2015, netflix aired a very murray christmas, an original holiday special hosted by bill murray, who at some point in the past fifteen years or so was upgraded from a likable comedic actor to an. Finally, the scrooged script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the bill murray movie. Bill murray, karen allen, john forsythe, bobcat goldthwait, carol kane, robert mitchum. Scrooged 1988 we put this on after setting up the christmas tree last night. Though its easy to remember the 1980s as a decade packed with bill murray comedies, scrooged marked a reemergence of sorts of the in. Bill murray will sing christmas carols in upcoming sofia coppola tv special.
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