Technically, the iconic yellow cab is a checker marathon, which retained the same basic design during its 22. His scenes reveal some of the softest memories in franks life, including his tumultuous relationship with his father actually his brother, brian doyle. A 1988 comedy film directed by richard donner and starring bill murray, scrooged is a moderately loose modern retelling of a christmas carol, with the twist of taking place in a world where everyones already familiar with dickens tale murray plays frank cross, a cynical, selfish tv executive who is planning a live adaptation of a christmas carol for a holiday special. Frank bill murray hops in a cab, but realizes that the driver is the ghost of christmas past david johansen who takes him on a wild ride back to his childhood. The film was produced and directed by richard donner, and the cinematography was by michael chapman. Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written. The ghost of christmas past is a loud, showyourteethlaughing cab driver, portrayed by david johansen aka buster poindexter. Scrooged 1988 david johansen, lead vocalist for the new york dolls, plays a cab driver in this one. Bill murray playing frank cross is a mean, nasty, uncaring and inconsiderate television executive.
With the car still racing forward through red lights and toward a body of water, the taxi driver whose face is significantly scarred jumps and rolls into. This taxi driver is really an employee of the cryptic company consumer recreation services csr who locks nicholas van orton in the back seat of his cab. The solid gold dancers who are in the scrooged program are seen in their outfits that include bottoms that are close to gstrings in their size. The ghost of christmas present is insanely irritating. Scrooged 1988 we put this on after setting up the christmas tree last night. Scrooged bluray disc columbus metropolitan library. Released in 1988, scrooged was a darkly comedic take on charles dickens. His cartoonishly evil father gives him five pounds of veal as a present. You may remember david johansen from scrooged, in which he played the cigar chomping, cabdriving ghost of christmas past. Personally, if i were to be visited by the ghost of christmas past, i would want it to look and sound exactly like david johansen. Bill murrays memorable film roles hollywood reporter. Taxi tvs sandy kenyon shares his favorite movie cab scenes.
Frank bill murray hops in a cab, but realizes that the driver is the ghost of christmas past david johansen who takes him on a wild ride back. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym buster poindexter. However, on christmas eve, three ghosts arrive in the night and challenge him. Scrooged bd highspirited high jinks on christmas eve put frank cross bill murray in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious takeoff of charles dickens a christmas carol. The ivan reitmandirected film featured murray in the role of a cab driver who, aimless after losing his job and getting dumbed by his girlfriend, decides to join the u. It is a modern adaptation of a christmas carol, a novel written by charles dickens. Top 10 films about taxi drivers top 10 films what to watch.
This entire production seems to be in dire need of visits from the ghosts of christmas. Scrooged donner, usa, 1988 bill murray gets more than he bargained for when he catches a cab in new york city. The film took murray from battling ghosts in ghostbusters to learning. He showed him scenes from his past that occurred on or around christmas, in order to demonstrate to him.
The movie stars bill murray as frank cross, a tormented tv. The first ghost to arrive is the ghost of christmas past johansen, and in this version of the story he takes the form of a new york city cab driver. Not just any cab driver hes the ghost of christmas past, and his taxi meter. Ghost of christmas pasts 1970s checker taxi cab in scrooged 1988 in scrooged, david johansen scares the hell out of bill murray which is exactly the point by taking him on a wild ride in a 1970s checker taxi cab.
Cross will be visited by a maniacal cab driver from the past, a sweetly sadistic fairy from the. Bill murray is scrooged in this eighties festive classic. Its the christmas season and what a better way to celebrate than to talk about my very favorite christmas films of my youth. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band the new york dolls. The ghost of christmas present theghost of christmas future the ghost of christmas past the ghost of lew hayward answer. He takes bill murray back to christmas 1955 when he was 4 years old. Johansen still acts, sometimes under his alter ego, buster poindexter. Scrooged the 1988 comedy movie featuring bill murray and karen allen at the award winning 80s movies rewind. In this modern take on charles dickens a christmas carol, frank cross bill murray is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, claire phillips karen. A heartless tv executive is cruel to his employees and just sees the festive season as an opportunity to make money. Scrooged 1988 is an average bill murray film and a poor acc adaptation. A smokin cabbie smokin there are several cab drivers in night on earth after all, its a movie about cab drivers but the most memorable for me was corky. The first finds him as he leaves his office and hails a cab.
The screenplay was written by mitch glazer and michael odonoghue. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on christmas eve. Or you may remember him as the lead singer of the legendary punk band the new york dolls or from his solo musical persona buster poindexter. Christmas past johansen is a chainsmoking cab driver, present kane, a. Scrooged 1988 bill murray takes the stage in this 1980s retelling of charles dickens a christmas carol. Francis frank xavier cross is a conceited, cynical. The ghost of christmas past is a new yawk cab driver.
In the 1984 adaptation of a christmas carol, the ghost angela pleasence is portrayed as a middleaged woman with blonde hair and a white robe. Scrooged 1988 richard donner is known primarily for being the director who convinced you that a man could fly, but he also directed and produced the first christmas movie i ever saw where the lead character was something more than despicable. Scrooged is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to tv network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor perfect qualities for a. Murrays brothers, brian, john, and joel also appear in the film. The unscrupulous tv exec has made enough enemies during his selfish life that he has invited the wrath of dickens ghosts of christmas past, present and future.
Scrooge is a 1988 christmas comedy film remake of charles dickens a christmas carol. David johansen plays the cigar smoking, cab driving, ghost of christmas past in the 1988 film version, scrooged. Scrooged 510 movie clip taxi ride from hell 1988 hd. Rent scrooged 1988 starring bill murray and karen allen on dvd and bluray. Before the night is over, hell be visited by a maniacal new york cab driver from the past, a presentday fairy whos into pratfalls, and. The ghost of christmas past christmas specials wiki fandom. At some point roughly ghost 2, sentimentality starts to set in and the film doesnt quite have the edge on it that it did.
As rehearsals start, frank is visited by the ghost of christmas past, appearing as a taxi driver. Unlike the other ghosts in this list, this spirit is an unkempt, dirty looking cab driver, with a terrible oral routine. The top five cab drivers in movie history tvovermind. The original music score was composed by danny elfman. Christmas past johansen is a chainsmoking cab driver, present kane, a violenceloving. The ghost of christmas past appears as a taxi driver. Scrooged is a 1988 american comedy film, a modernization of charles dickens a christmas carol. Frank cross has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to tv network president. Before the night is over, hell be visited by a maniacal new york cab driver from the past, a presentday fairy whos into pratfalls and, finally, a.
David roger johansen sometimes spelled david jo hansen. He is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving, and has a sadistic sense of humor which are perfect qualities for a modernday scrooge. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movies overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger. With the ghost of christmas past being a taxi driver, the ghost of christmas present. Scrooged 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The original music score was composed by danny elfman the film stars bill murray, with karen allen, bobcat goldthwait, john. Magoos we see the story play out as magoo acts in the theatrical play, and this one follows that same sort of pattern, with murray experiencing the fantasy as his tv show is rehearsed and played out. Heres new york dolls frontman, david johansen, haunting bill murray as a deceased cab driver ghost of christmas past in scrooged 1988. Greenlight hollywood scrooged 19881978 checker taxi cab.
Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to tv network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor perfect qualities for a modernday scrooge. The ghost of christmas past scrooged scrooged is a christmas comedy movie that was released in 1988. The idea is not bad, but murray is the wrong man for the part. Based on the 1843 novella a christmas carol by charles dickens, scrooged is a modern retelling that follows bill murray as frank cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on christmas eve intent on helping him regain his christmas spirit. The 1988 film features quite a few familiar faces, including one of the. The film stars bill murray, with karen allen, bobcat goldthwait, john forsythe, carol kane, john houseman, and robert mitchum in supporting roles. The best taxi scenes in movie history yellow cab arizona. The ghost of christmas past is a crazy taxi driver played with scenery chewing zeal by david johansen. Scrooged gets by with bill murray and a dash of holiday spirit, although its hampered by a markedly conflicted tone and an undercurrent of meanspiritedness. Scrooged 1988 its december and you all know what that means, elves, holly, snow, jolly old saint nick, and of course, presents. The ghost of christmas past played by david johansen appears as a cigarsmoking cab driver who takes frank cross murrays character on a journey to his past. Highspirited high jinks on christmas eve put frank cross in a ghostly time warp in this takeoff of charles dickens a christmas carol. In the 1988 comedy film scrooged, the ghost of christmas past played by david johansen is portrayed as a cigarsmoking cab driver.
The ghost of christmas past was the first of the three spirits after the visitation by jacob marley that haunted the miser ebenezer scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. Highspirited high jinks on christmas eve put frank cross bill murray in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious takeoff of charles dickens a christmas carol. The ghost of christmas past is a character from the novel a christmas carol by charles dickens role in the story. Infobox film scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film, a modernization of charles dickenss a christmas carol. Scrooged is a 1988 film depicting a modernday adaptation of a christmas carol, produced and directed by richard donner. Speaking of ghosts of the past, one other thing i have to point out is that the references in scrooged are incredibly dated. Synopsis the spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways. Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written by mitch glazer and michael odonoghue. In this modern take on charles dickens a christmas carol, frank cross bill murray is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the.
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