Scrooged
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Scrooged is a 1988 film based on the original A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It was written by Michael O'Donoghue and Mitch Glazer and directed by Richard Donner.
The main character is played by Bill Murray, a programming executive for a major television network. He is set the task of organising a live broadcast of A Christmas Carol but his life soon starts to mirror the story.
It is worth noting that writer O'Donoghue loathed the theatrical release of Scrooged, insisting until his death that he and co-writer Mitch Glazer had written a much more brilliant film, far in sensibility from the popular mainstream film that was produced.
The end theme, "Put a Little Love in your Heart" was written and performed by Al Green with Annie Lennox.
Cast
- Bill Murray as Francis Xavier Cross
- Karen Allen as Claire Philips
- John Forsythe as Lew Hayward
- John Glover as Bryce Cummings
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Eliot Loudermilk
- David Johansen as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Carol Kane as Ghost of Christmas Present
- Robert Mitchum as Preston Rhinelander
- Michael J. Pollard as Herman
- Alfre Woodard as Grace Cooley
- Jamie Farr as Himself
- Robert Goulet as Himself
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Earl Cross
- John Murray as James Cross
- Joel Murray as Party Guest
John Murray, Joel Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray are Bill Murray's siblings.
