Rent Scrooged (1988)
3.6 of 5 from 154 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross (Bill Murray) in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humour - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he'll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who's into pratfalls and, finally, a ghoulish, seven-foot headless messenger from the future...
- 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
- Directors:
- Richard Donner
- Producers:
- Richard Donner, Art Linson
- Voiced By:
- Don LaFontaine
- Writers:
- Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue, Charles Dickens
- Others:
- Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
- Aka:
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
- 12 Films of Christmas Past, 12 Scrooges of Christmas, A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 2, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Bill Murray, Holidays Film Collection, Santa's Film Wishlist for Grown-Ups, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Ron Howard, The Ultimate Christmas Films Collection, What to Watch Next If You Liked Scrooge
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/10/2012
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/11/2023
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Parisian Dolby Digital 2.0, German Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French Parisian, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Director Richard Donner
- A Christmas to Remember
- Updating Ebenezer
- Bringing the Ghosts to Life
- The Look of 'Scrooged'
- On the Set with Bill Murray
- ShoWest Clips with Bill Murray
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Reviews (1) of Scrooged
Dickens, But Make It Corporate - Scrooged review by griggs
If you’ve ever thought Dickens would be improved by an 80s yuppie barking orders, Scrooged has you covered. It’s a modern, aggressively ’80s riff on A Christmas Carol, swapping Victorian misery for studio lights. Bill Murray is in peak snark form as TV exec Frank Cross, a Scrooge stand-in who treats goodwill like a programming slot.
When it works, it’s properly funny: sharp, a bit mean, and saved from sourness by Murray’s flicker of decency. Karen Allen is the romantic anchor and the warm centre, so the sentimental moments don’t feel fake. The supporting cast is stacked — Robert Mitchum doing calm authority, David Johansen bringing scruffy edge, with Michael J. Pollard and Anne Ramsey adding extra flavour.
Carol Kane steals scenes as the Ghost of Christmas Present: tiny, festive, and cheerfully violent. It wobbles between satire, slapstick and sincerity, but it finds its heart when it needs to. A proper holiday keeper.
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