Scrooged on DVD (1988)

Average rating: 70%

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3 Critics reviews
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Starring:	Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David Johansen, Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robert Mitchum, Alfre Woodard, Michael J. Pollard
Director:	Richard Donner
Studio:	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	97 mins
Certificate:
Collections:	100 Eighties Greats
User collections:	Super Stuff Starting with S, Sheer Perfect Films You HAVE To Watch!, Xcellent Xmas!, Your funny bone won't make it through in tact!, Christmas Flicks, Lord Murray's Finest, Christmas Movies, Christmas Treats, Comedy Gold, this is the only Christmas List you need
Genres:	Comedy
Languages:	English
Dubbed:	French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired:	English
Subtitles:	Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released:	04/12/2000

Brief synopsis of Scrooged

Frank (Bill Murray) is a network TV President and modern-day Scrooge. Always looking out for number one, the stingy, uncaring curmudgeon places everyone else's needs last. But his holiday spirit is about to get a rude awakening when he is visited by three zany ghosts, who force him to re-examine his life.

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Critics Reviews

Radio Times

For the opening quarter, this is a joyously black Christmas treat with Bill Murray at his sour-faced best as a monstrous TV executive preparing for the festive break by sacking staff, planning a season of violence and ordering mini antlers to be stapled on the heads of mice. However, being an update of A Christmas Carol, it is not long before sentimentality starts seeping in, as Murray is shown what a miserable heel he is by unconventional ghosts John Forsythe, Carol Kane and David Johansen. It's a missed opportunity, but some gags still hit the mark and there's a stream of starry cameos: Robert Mitchum, John Houseman, Buddy Hackett, Lee Majors and Mary Lou Retton.

Time Out

In update on the Dickens classic, with Murray as a miserly TV network president who rejoins the human race following... Read more on www.timeout.com

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