Scrooged

Scrooged1988

Director: Richard Donner
Stars: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 101 minutes

Most critics couldn't get behind Bill Murray's modern retelling of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, finding it too unfocused at times and not nearly wicked enough. Still, if you're a Murray fan, you have to enjoy his deliciously nasty portrayal … more »



Lew:
Oh, Frank. Frank, you are in trouble. Big trouble.

Frank:
All right. Let's just say, for argument's sake, that you're right, that I am in big trouble. What exactly would that mean?

Lew:
Look at me. Look at your future. Now, if you don't change your ways, you're gonna wind up doomed, just as I am. [pats his chest, sending dust flying, and coughs] One minute, I'm on the 14th hole at Winged Foot, lining up a putt. A heart attack later, I'm a worm feast.

Frank:
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, you're not a worm feast. [pointing at him] You're a HALLUCINATION, brought on by alcohol! Russian vodka, poisoned by Chernobyl! I'm under a lot of pressure lately, I've been putting on a big--

Lew:
[grabs his hand] SILENCE!

Frank:
Ow...

Lew:
I had it all. I was a captain of industry, feared by men, adored by women.

Frank:
[almost laughing] ADORED?! Let's be honest, Lew! You paid for the women.

Lew:
I'm warning you, Frank: don't waste your life as I did mine.

Frank:
Waste? How can you say that?! You're a legend in this business! You're the man who invented the miniseries!

Lew:
Mankind should have been my business! Charity, mercy, kindness - that should have been my business. Don't wait. Get yourself involved. Now it's too late for me, but it's not for you. You can be saved!

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