A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- Mitch Glazer
- Michael O'Donoghue
- Charles Dickens(suggestion)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilming began in December 1987. With Christmas approaching, director Richard Donner asked if the production could have Christmas Day off. But Paramount Pictures executives refused, insisting that filming should continue on Christmas Day. However, Donner outwitted them. At the end of the day on December 24th he fired the entire cast and crew. Two days later, on December 26th, he re-hired everyone. The break allowed the cast and crew members to spend Christmas with their families.
- GoofsAfter the encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Frank decides to visit Claire at work. The business card she gave him says "Operation Reach Out" but the doors Frank walks into say "Operation Outreach".
- Quotes
Frank Cross: It's Christmas Eve! It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we... we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a... miracle. It's really a sort of a miracle. Because it happens every Christmas Eve. And if you waste that miracle, you're gonna burn for it, I know what I am talking about. You have to do something. You have to take a chance. You do have to get involved. There are people that are having... having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people that don't have enough to eat, or people that are cold. You can go out and say hello to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "Here!", you can make them a sandwich and say "Oh, by the way, here!" I... I get it now! And if you... if you give, then it can happen, then the miracle can happen to you! It's not just the poor and the hungry, it's everybody's who's gotta have this miracle! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of these bastards who says "Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud", it's NOT! It can happen every day, you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it, you'll get greedy for it! You'll want it every day of your life and it can happen to you! I believe in it now! I believe it's going to happen to me now! I'm ready for it! And it's great. It's a good feeling, it's really better than I've felt in a long time. I, I, I'm ready. Have a Merry Christmas, everybody.
[Calvin steps forward]
Frank Cross: Did I forget something, big man?
Calvin Cooley: [nods, speaks his first words in five years] God bless us, everyone.
- Crazy creditsAbout a third of the way through the closing credits, Bill Murray appears with the word "Scrooged" across the screen in front of him. He looks down and brushes the front of his jacket a few times, with each brush a couple of the letters in the title chase off the screen as if he's brushing them off his jacket.
- Alternate versionsTBS runs an "edited for content" version of this film, that deletes or changes profanity and questionable dialog.
- SoundtracksBrown Eyed Girl
Written by Van Morrison
Performed by David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter)
Produced by Hank Medress, David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter)
Courtesy of RCA Records
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
- Filming locations
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Exterior)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $32,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,328,558
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,027,842
- Nov 27, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $60,329,001
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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