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Movie Description
A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by ghosts David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption. From a screenplay by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's "Mr. Mike," Michael O'Donoghue. Academy Award Nominations: Best Makeup.
Synopsis
A darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic, "A Christmas Carol," with the Scrooge of the 1980s -- the tv network executive -- played to the hilt by Bill Murray. Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption.
Film Notes
Color by Technicolor.
Available to buy on video in the UK.
Additional cast: Nicholas Phillips (Calvin Cooley); John Murray (James Cross); Pat McCormick (Ghost of Christmas Present/TV)
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