Scrooged

Scrooged
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Donner
Produced by	Richard Donner Art Linson
Screenplay by	Mitch Glazer Michael O'Donoghue
Based on	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Starring	Bill Murray Karen Allen John Forsythe Bobcat Goldthwait Carol Kane Robert Mitchum Michael J. Pollard Alfre Woodard
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Michael Chapman
Edited by	Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp
Production company	Mirage Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 23, 1988 (1988-11-23)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$32 million
Box office	$60.3 million

Scrooged
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	1989
Length	37:50
Label	A&M
Singles from Scrooged
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" Released: October 1988 "The Love You Take" Released: December 1988 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" Released: December 1988 "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" Released: 1988 "A Wonderful Life" Released: 1988 "Sweetest Thing" Released: 1988 "Christmas Must Be Tonight" Released: 1988

Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. The original music score was composed by Danny Elfman.

The film stars Bill Murray, with Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, John Houseman, and Robert Mitchum in supporting roles. Murray's brothers Brian, John, and Joel also appear in the film.

The film was marketed with references to Ghostbusters which had been a great success four years earlier. In the USA, the tagline was, "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one."

Frank Cross is an inconsiderate and arrogant executive in the IBC television network headquarters. He is preparing an extravagant live production of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve, forcing the network's staff, including his assistant Grace Cooley, to work on the holiday. He also fires the meek Eliot Loudermilk for disagreeing with him, denies his employees their Christmas bonus, and gives everyone on his Christmas list, including Grace and his brother James, a monogrammed towel. Meanwhile, Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander has hired Brice Cummings, who is transparently after Frank's job.