Scrooged
1988
The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.
Directed by Richard Donner
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Richard Donner
- Written by
- Charles Dickens, Michael O'Donoghue, Mitch Glazer
- Produced by
- Art Linson, Richard Donner
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Cinematographer
- Michael Chapman
- Editors
- Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
- Makeup FX
- Bari Dreiband-Burman, Thomas R. Burman
- Studios
- Paramount Pictures, Mirage Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB
- 6.8/10 (1,749 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 72% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 38/100
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (123,842 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Makeup and Hairstyling(1989)
Cast
Bill Murray
Francis Cross
Karen Allen
Claire Phillips
John Forsythe
Lew Hayward
John Glover
Bryce Cummings
Bobcat Goldthwait
Eliot Loudermilk
Robert Mitchum
Preston Rhinelander
David Johansen
Ghost of Christmas Past
Carol Kane
Ghost of Christmas Present
Nicholas Phillips
Calvin Cooley
Michael J. Pollard
Herman
Alfre Woodard
Grace Cooley
Mabel King
Gramma
John Murray
James Cross
Jamie Farr
Jacob Marley
Robert Goulet
Self
Buddy Hackett
Self
John Houseman
Self
Lee Majors
Self
Crew
Richard Donner
Director
Michael O'Donoghue
Writer
Mitch Glazer
Writer
Charles Dickens
Novel
Art Linson
Producer
Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
William Steinkamp
Editor
J. Michael Riva
Production Design
Stephen J. Roth
Executive Producer
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