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''Scrooged'' is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol''. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. The original music score was composed by Danny Elfman. The film stars Bill Murray, with Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, John Houseman, and Robert Mitchum in supporting roles. Murray's brothers Brian, John, and Joel also appear in the film. The film was marketed with references to ''Ghostbusters'' which had been a great success four years earlier. In the USA, the tagline was, "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one." == Plot == Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a successful but cynical television programming executive for the IBC network headquartered in New York City. He has demanded the network put on an extravagant live production of ''A Christmas Carol'' on Christmas Eve to seize the ratings opportunity, forcing the network's staff including his direct assistant Grace Cooley (Alfre Woodard) to work on the holiday. When some of his decisions are questioned, he fires timid yes-man Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait) on the spot. Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum) takes the liberty of hiring an assistant for Frank, Brice Cummings (John Glover), who is transparently after Frank's job. Hours before the show is set to start, Frank is alone in his office when he is visited by the ghost of his mentor Lew Hayward (John Forsythe), who warns him of the errors of his ways and that three ghosts will visit him over the course of the night. Before he leaves, Lew causes Frank's phone to call Claire Phillips (Karen Allen), Frank's true love who he had foregone when he became a television executive. Claire comes to visit Frank, but finds him too busy with preparations for the show, though leaves him the address of the homeless shelter that she helps out at. Frank encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past (David Johansen), who appears as a taxi driver. The Ghost takes him back to his past to see how his love of television came from the disinterested nature of his parents, and how he had met Claire and the highlights of their relationship before Frank's executive job, showing Frank that he has let his success overwhelm his life. Once returned to the present, Frank goes to the homeless shelter to apologize to Claire, though he still turns bitter when they are interrupted by other workers asking Claire for direction. Frank returns to IBC to observe the final preparations before the show goes live, when the Ghost of Christmas Present (Carol Kane), appearing as a pixie, arrives. She shows Frank how Grace struggles with the long hours he puts her through without being able to care for her family, including her son Calvin who has remained mute following the death of his father, and how his brother James (John Murray) is enjoying his Christmas with his wife and friends, which he had invited Frank to come to knowing that he would have declined. The Ghost leaves Frank in a utility space under a sidewalk, where he finds the frozen body of Herman, a homeless person whom he had met earlier at Claire's shelter but refused to give money. Frank realizes the impact that even a simple gift can have and struggles to escape through a locked door. He crashes through the door and appears on the ITC set during the final rehearsal. Preston puts Brice in charge fearing that Frank is losing it. Frank returns to his office where he is nearly shot at by a disgruntled Eliot, his firing causing a disastrous turn of events in his life for which he blames Frank. Frank dives into an elevator to find the Grim Reaper-like Ghost of Christmas Future waiting for him. The Ghost shows him that if Frank continues on this path, Claire will give up on the homeless, Calvin will be committed to a mental institution, and that Frank will die and be cremated at a ceremony attended only by James and his wife. Frank is shocked at this revelation, and when the Ghost returns him, he leaves the elevator in a celebratory mood, confusing Eliot. He rehires Eliot on the spot and gets his help to take over the directing of the live show by holding Brice and the production staff at gunpoint. Frank disrupts the show near the end to monologue what he has come to appreciate over the last few hours and criticizing his own decision to run a live show on Christmas Eve. He calls out to James and to Claire over the camera to apologize; Claire, at the shelter, decides to return to the studio, with help of the Ghost of Christmas Past. As he engages the cast and crew to sing, Calvin comes over and speaks for the first time, reminding Frank of the final lines of the show "God bless us, everyone." As Claire and Grace join him, he engages everyone (including the film's audience during the credits) in singing "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", while Lew and the other Ghosts look on, congratulating Frank. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scrooged」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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