‘Scrooged’: sentimental
remake of classic story
By Trevor McArthur
Staff Reporter
The present movie season has
gotten off to a profitable, and
maybe even respectable begin
ning. From the tortured genius
story of “Bird” to the warmly opti
mistic “Cocoon,” movie-goers have
plenty of choices during the com
ing vacation and holiday season.
But this is not just any holiday
coming up, it’s Christmas. Tis the
season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la and
all that. And of the two dozen or so
films due in the crass marketplace
of celluloid in the next month, we
already have at least two specifi
cally calling to the yule-tide spirit.
“Scrooged” is the best of the two
films, and this year’s token remake
of Dickens’ classic, yes, you
guessed it, “A Christmas Carol ”
Unlike what might be expected
from a Film starring Bill Murray, this
is not a trashing of the story but a
sentimental reworking. Ft also is not
a stale rehash, but updates the
story, quite conscious that what it is
doing is, by now, cliche ridden.
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Murray plays Frank Cross (as in a
bad mood or a thing they nail
people to), the youngest network
president in television history and
he will do, like he has done, any
thing to remain at the top. He is
producing a live television version
of the Dickens story for Christmas
eve starring John Houseman as
narrator, Buddy Hackett as
Scrooge, and the Solid Gold Danc
ers.
Murray is the Scrooge of the
larger film, except he loves Christ -
mas. He still believes it a humbug,
but it’s his humbug. He’s going to
keep everyone glued to their sets
for Christmas and get an 80 ratings
share. He doesn’t believe in the
season or the sentimentalities that
underlie it, but he will capitalize on
them.
With less than a day to go he is
visited by the ghost of his former
boss, played by John Forsythe and
benefiuing from all the advances in
film ghost technology. He gives the
Marley warning of the three more
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