Majors was given a real minigun to hold, which he found difficult due to its weight. “I got such a kick out of the game between me and Bill, which bugged the s--t out of him. Billy called me and told me and I said, ‘What?’ And he said, ‘Yes, I got you an opportunity to play with Miles Davis.’, Miles Davis taught Schaffer how to perform jazz differently during the soundtrack recording. We didn't get a word in edgewise. "Buster Poindexter" has a track as well -- he's also known as David Johansen aka "The Ghost of Christmas Past.". In the 1993 interview "Triumph of the Bill," Murray told Entertainment Weekly he and Donner had conflicts over direction and tone. Beelzebub – Lord of Darkness Mrs Cratchit – Bob’s wife Tiny Tim – Cratchit’s frail son Belinda – Cratchit’s daughter Rebecca – Cratchit’s daughter Peter – Cratchit’s son John – Cratchit’s son Scrooge as a Boy – Our hero aged 10. Anne Ramsey (the homeless woman) died on Aug. 11, 1988. And I think my feeling was when we were doing it is that she believes that underneath all of that is this sort of true heart that kind of hasn't shown up. ", “LeRoy Neiman is painting The Wall for us.”, Claire's Ghost of Christmas Future look is pure "Dynasty.". Personalities chosen to receive awards are typically people powerful enough to fill a room. Although Paramount promoted the "Yule Love It!"
[52] The Radio Times' John Ferguson appreciated the film, calling it a "joyously black Christmas treat", but once the "sentimentality starts seeping in", it seems like a misstep. Murray said to Starlog: "She really hurt me, but it was my idea to be physical and it was her idea just to hit me as opposed to - pulling the punches." AllMusic’s Heather Phares’ review of the soundtrack reads: “The album's sound, as well as its roster of artists, give it the feel of a time capsule buried in the late '80s, for better or worse. Kinisen was publically displeased about losing the role, complaining on Howard Stern’s popular radio show. “Really, truly. A kid in the ‘80s may have found “Buster Poindexter” a novelty act with his "Hot, Hot, Hot" pop hit, but Johansen had been the lead singer of the glam rock band New York Dolls. Anne Ramsey (the homeless woman) died on Aug. 11, 1988. Retiring to his office, Frank finds Eliot waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to kill Frank for the loss of his job and family. Kane reacted by beating his wife, and attempting suicide by jumping from a third-story window. Donner filmed Scrooged in between the Gibson-starrers Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2. At the end of Murray's speech, Dennis Perrin wrote O'Donaghue said, "What was that? John Houseman (the “Scrooge” narrator) died Oct. 31, 1988. Most assume it's product placement, but the cocktail is in the script - a Stoli & Tab is called a "Stab. '", Frank's Stolichnaya and Tab drink is not product placement, it's character insight. He told the Mohave Daily Miner in March 1989: "I wish they'd snap out of having rock songs in films to try and sell the film, and go back to writing good scripts and making good films. I just got this gun they gave me, and this gun they gave me… I mean, it was so heavy. In fact, it’s a remake of a Jackie DeShannon song from 1969.
Dr. Rosenblum says, “My god, you’re doing a TV show about a man who's visited by ghosts. Maybe he'd work for one of those big financial firms. [49][56] Falk said that Murray is a comic genius at his best, and Brown said that he created a credible, comic character. Perhaps Scrooged's ability to survive and thrive for three decades is a commentary on how the world has devolved, because now, it feels less mean and more accurate. Green had left mainstream music in 1980 to become a pastor and had dedicated himself to making gospel music.
", Reimaging Ebenezer Scrooge as a network president was spot on in the 1980s. He told Starlog Magazine, "Scrooged was a miserable gig. [16][4], Murray said that "being the meanest person in the world" as Frank Cross was fun. [61] O'Donoghue disavowed the film before his death, stating that the script was much funnier than what ended up on screen. "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969-72) aired when he was 18 to 21 and the homecoming episode of "Little House on the Prairie (1974-83), which was titled "Mr. Edwards' Homecoming" first aired Oct. 4, 1974, when Frank was 23. Only in the '80s would greed be used as a way to inspire people to be kind. Plenty of '80s to catch in this film, starting with IBC's network programming: "The Night the Reindeer Died," an uber-violent, action film version of the day "psychos seized Santa's workshop" starring TV star Lee Majors, who was on two loved TV series: the iconic "The Six-Million Dollar Man" and the stuntman series "The Fall Guy.". [59] In 2016, Empire listed Scrooged as the seventh-best Christmas film, and in 2017, Time Out and Consequence of Sound listed it as, respectively, the 12th-best and 23rd best. He had learned them.
I get to throw you in the pool.' Bill Murray tried to create a set filled with friendly faces and the best of the best. She’s not Frank’s conscience — she’s an independent voice of reason.”. Asked if he would consider teaming with Kane again in the future, Murray chuckles, and in a sly does-he-really-mean-it tone, he replies, "Over my dead, lifeless body." hich was titled "Mr. Edwards' Homecoming" first aired Oct. 4, 1974, told the New York Times about his preference for. Pastorek said that the film is "both crude and sentimental, resonant and ludicrous...Scrooged is the perfect holiday movie for bitter, reluctant, closet Christmas lovers". While staying true to the original story, and using lots of the original Dickens dialogue, the script includes plenty of snappy banter, knockabout humour and slick, modern comedy routines.
Murray said one year, he was particularly bad at giving gifts - although his heart started in the right place. We kind of played around. While Natalie Cole's "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" fares the best, most of the album, including Annie Lennox and Al Green's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"; Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, and Paul Shaffer's "We Three Kings of Orient Are"; and New Voices of Freedom's "Sweetest Thing" bring back bad memories of the cold, brassy sound that dominated the decade's pop. Director Richard Donner told movie critic Roy Faires, "Mitchum wasn't going to play that small part. Brian Doyle Murray, who plays the dad who gives the terrible holiday present, is actually “the worst” at Christmas gifts in real life, according to brother Bill. TV tie-ins: "The Toy Parade" (which you know as the theme to "Leave it to Beaver), Robert Goulet's crooning clip of "Silver Bells" to promote his IBC special "Robert Goulet's Cajun Christmas," "The William Tell Overture" used as "The Lone Ranger" theme song, and "It's Howdy Doody Time!" Lew Hayward may be a legit zombie, but the ghosts are very unghostlike. Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. When back in the present, Frank goes to see Claire, hoping to make amends. The Ghost of Christmas Past – A scary spirit.
Grace Cooley is written as a black woman and played with sincerity by Alfre Woodard, is the real heart of Scrooged. I feel real weird about tonight.” was improv. Murray felt the pressure of carrying a film alone, and alone is how he felt. And if you like it and you want it, you'll get greedy for it! Frank's promo for "A Christmas Carol" features fears of the day: “Acid rain, drug addiction, international terrorism, freeway killers. As the series was canceled earlier in the year, Scrooged was the Solid Gold Dancers last performance. She dropped to the deck, gaping, but Billy reminded her that a bargain was a bargain, and he slipped his hands under her, rolling her - furs and all - into the water. Sezin Koehler writes, "The real kinds of Fae folk, mean ones with sharp teeth and claws and fists. “She’s a saint, that character,” Allen said. Another one of 'life's bitter pills'...Oh well." The Jim Jones hour?". It's what Dickens really wrote about: That underneath all of Scrooge's self-centered behavior and greed and unwillingness to care about other people is this person who is capable of it, who's really kind of lost his way. I'm ready for it!
Reviews from 1988 kept coming back to the same word: "mean." The Ghost of Christmas Present – A generous spirit. And it can happen tonight for all of you. If you look closely, you’ll see that the Ghost of Christmas Past (David Johansen) has pointy ears. Their review said that his deadpan, cutting style was hilarious, but that he layers the character's histrionics with inner sensibility that makes his eventual redemption believable and uplifting. He'd be one of those people who is constantly insider trading and screwing everybody out of their retirement funds. Scrooged was filmed on a $32 million budget over three months in Hollywood. I had fun. David Johansen was a bonafide music star. She remembers the boy that he was before he became the man he became. The production requires a very large cast with lots of parts for children. ", Murray blamed director Richard Donner for the film's bad reviews. Gene Siskel was one of the few major critics that recommended the film, calling Bill Murray "absolutely hilarious." That is, until she hits the railing and bangs Frank’s head. Part of his success is knowing who he is and how he’s cast. I don't think it was as fun for Bill, because he was the victim! That scene was not in the script. “Suddenly, there’s a little knock knock knock on the trailer door. Miles Davis taught Schaffer how to perform jazz differently during the soundtrack recording. [8] He also admitted to feeling pressure from being the solo star of a film compared to previous productions like Ghostbusters, as he was on set mostly every day where some actors would make brief cameos requiring only a day or two of work. One of the IBC holiday specials is missing from the film. “There is a whole bunch of religious people having such frustrations with love and happiness. Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donaghue worked with him on SNL. It’s like Claire’s version of Frank Cross.
[3] The Los Angeles Times's Sheila Benson said the film's opening is its high-point, featuring the parody IBC lineup of "Robert Goulet's Cajun Christmas" and "The Night the Reindeer Died," but as the film progresses the laughs become more sporadic and the tone becomes darker.
It was the highest earning film that weekend, ahead of The Land Before Time ($8.1 million) and Oliver & Company ($6.3 million), both in their second weekend,[40][41] and made Scrooged the fourth highest-opening weekend of the year. Finally, the Ghost shows Frank's cremation ceremony, with only James and his wife in attendance.
She takes him to Grace's apartment, showing his assistant's struggles to support her large family, including her youngest son Calvin who has remained mute since seeing his father murdered. The reason Murray sparked to the script is that it has a takeaway message. [17] Murray was concerned with how he should portray the scene, with Glazer telling him to follow the script. Co-workers call him 'The Smiling Viper. "Because Mr. Murray is funniest when the big, laid-back, good-natured slob gives in to the furious mini-misanthrope, ''Scrooged,'' an updated variation on Dickens's ''Christmas Carol,'' is best when Mr. Murray is allowed to be his secret self. That's what was appealing to me about it.". MARLEY is a ghost dressed in rags and wearing chains that drag along the ground. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. The minute you get around Bill, you're swooning - everybody is. That could have been a really, really great movie.
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