QIs 'Scrooged' based on a book?
AYes. Scrooged is a modernized spoof of English author Charles Dicken's classic 1843 novella A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas). The novella was adapted for the movie by American screenwriters Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue.
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Scrooged can be found here.
AJust as IBC's Scrooge (Buddy Hackett) tosses the coin out the window to buy a goose, Frank walks into the scene and catches the coin. He then turns to camera and delivers a monologue about the importance of family, friends, and helping those less fortunate. At first, Mr Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum) is angered, but he can't get Frank off the air because Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait) is holding the control room personnel at gunpoint. Also listening to the broadcast is Frank's brother James (John Murray) and his family as well as Claire Phillips (Karen Allen), who hails a cab and rushes to the studio. As his monologue winds down, Calvin tugs on Frank's sleeve and reminds him to say, 'God bless us everyone,' amazing his mother that he has gotten back his voice. In the final scene, Frank kisses Claire, and the entire studio breaks out in a round of 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart.'
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