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Synopsis:

A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-heavy Bill Murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former SNL funnyman assuming the role of television executive Frank Cross, the meanest and most depraved man on earth. Cross will stoop to unheard of levels to increase his network's ratings -- even if it means mounting outrageous programs to retain an audience, such as "Robert Goulet's Cajun Christmas" and Lee Majors in "The Night the Reindeer Died," with an AK-47-toting Santa. Cross plots his foulest move, however, for the Christmas holiday, when he will force his office staff to mount a live production of A Christmas Carol on national television -- and thus work through Christmas Eve.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Richard Donner
  • Studio: Mirage Productions, Paramount
  • Year: 1988
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG13
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1988 11 23 (USA)

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