Scrooged (1988)

The Scrooged trailer is for the 1988 comedy that updates A Christmas Carol for the TV age. Frank Cross, played by Bill Murray, is a selfish, cold-hearted television executive producing a live Christmas Eve version of Charles Dickens' story. He fires an employee on Christmas Eve and runs a terrifying ad that scares viewers. Then three ghosts come to visit him: a cab driver from his past, a slapstick fairy who smacks him around, and a silent, shadowy figure who shows him his future. Along the way he reconnects with Claire, played by Karen Allen, the woman he left. Bobcat Goldthwait and Alfre Woodard co-star. Richard Donner directed. It is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital.