Plus it was about 4 in the morning and i had nothing better to do. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of scrooged. 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. Released in 1988, scrooged was a darkly comedic take on charles dickens. It stars jamie foxx as max, a cab driver, and tom cruise as vincent, a professional contract killer. The many ghosts of a christmas carol past horror land. Sep 29, 2011 the ghost of christmas past has some advice to bad drivers in new york. 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. 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. Scrooged 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The ghost of christmas present a horribly screechy performance by carol kane is like an insane sugar plum fairy with a nasty habit of punching frank repeatedly. The meter is actually a calender that shows the year murray is in. Not just any cab driver hes the ghost of christmas past, and his taxi meter. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on christmas eve.
Jun 18, 2012 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 film took murray from battling ghosts in ghostbusters to learning. Cross was supposed to go to the toy store, and franks father snarls that frank should buy. Deck the halls scrooged, the holiday classic starring bill murray, turns 30 this month.
Among his more prominent roles are that of the wisecracking ghost of christmas past in scrooged, as well as the part of looney in the movie let it ride, playing opposite richard dreyfuss. 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. Rent scrooged 1988 starring bill murray and karen allen on dvd and bluray. Scrooged 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Checker cab featured in the movie ghostbusters starring. The movie marked bill murrays return to starring in comedies after a fouryear hiatus, incorporating the actors trademark sarcasm and deadpan. Amazons choice recommends highly rated, wellpriced products available to ship immediately. The ghost of christmas past is a grizzled new york cab driver. Haunted checker cab takes over nyc in the movie ghostbusters. Dec 22, 2017 david johansen plays the cigar smoking, cab driving, ghost of christmas past in the 1988 film version, scrooged. Scrooged gets by with bill murray and a dash of holiday spirit, although its. Using the framework of a christmas carol, scrooged sees murray as frank cross a coldhearted tv exec trying to put on a live version of the classic tale to boost christmas ratings.
The ghost of christmas past has some advice to bad drivers in new york. From overworked executives to ghosts of christmas past, the dark. Jul 17, 2016 haunted checker cab takes over nyc in the movie ghostbusters. The movie is set in the 23rdcentury and is a story about a cab driver who becomes responsible for the survival of planet earth. Scrooged the 1988 comedy movie featuring bill murray and karen allen at the award winning 80s movies rewind. The paramount logo at the start of the film zooms in and transforms into a. Ghostbusters 58 movie clip the keymaster 1984 hd duration. Scrooged has gradually developed into the holiday film of choice for those select few. Bryce cummings played by john glover seems really nice but is really gunning for franks job. Taxi tvs sandy kenyon shares his favorite movie cab scenes. Scrooged 1988 richard donner synopsis, characteristics. The cab driver becomes the hostage of the hitman in this movie. Cross will be visited by a maniacal cab driver from the past, a sweetly sadistic fairy.
Lee majors, playing lee majors in scrooged, who is playing lee majors in the film within a film the night the reindeer died. 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. Here he sees his childhood, his early career and the love of his life played by karen allen. They couldnt have picked a better person to play the role of a maniacal new york city cab driver ghost. Mar 10, 2020 cast of scrooged cab driver francis xavier cross is a cynical, mean spirited television executive, he treats his loyal assistant with contempt. Speaking of ghosts of the past, one other thing i have to point out is that the references in scrooged are incredibly dated. Bill murray in scrooged 1988 bill murray and karen allen in scrooged 1988. 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. 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. Checker cab salvage operation in lawrence, the fuss duration. With bill murray, karen allen, john forsythe, john glover.
The ghost of christmas past appears as a loudmouthed new york city cab driver, and takes frank back to his childhood in 1955 where his mother doris cross is watching the lone ranger with him, until his drunk and angry father earl cross comes home after a hard day of working at the meat packing plant, and gives him a side of veal for a christmas present when frank wanted a train set. The ghost of christmas past appears as a taxi driver, who takes frank back to his. Classic checker marathon nyc taxi in the movie scrooged with bill murray. Checker cab featured in the movie scrooged with bill. The ghost of christmas past appears as a loudmouthed new york city cab driver, and takes frank back to his childhood in 1955 where his mother doris cross is watching the lone ranger with him, until his drunk and angry father earl cross comes home after a hard day of working at the meat packing plant, and gives him a side of veal for a christmas. He starred opposite hulk hogan and sherman hemsley in mr. A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of charles dickenss a. Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written by mitch glazer and michael odonoghue. Scrooged 510 movie clip taxi ride from hell 1988 hd. The 1988 film features quite a few familiar faces, including one of the. The best taxi scenes in movie history yellow cab arizona. Oct 20, 2019 cast of scrooged cab driver download lee majors as himself. Scrooged 1988 david johansen, lead vocalist for the new york dolls, plays a cab driver in this one. See the full list of scrooged cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways. Finally, the scrooged script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the bill murray movie. The night before the show, frank is visited by the ghost of his mentor lew hayward, who died from a heart. Scrooged is, indeed, phenomenally loud, and also very mean, and somehow also ultimately heartening, in a loopy yuletide sort of way. Greenlight hollywood scrooged 19881978 checker taxi cab. Like i mentioned above, you very, very rarely get into a cab with a female driver, and if you do, chances are she is nowhere near as goodlooking as winona ryder. The top five cab drivers in movie history tvovermind.
Scrooged is a 1988 american christmas comedy film directed by richard donner and written. Highspirited high jinks on christmas eve put frank cross in a ghostly time warp in this takeoff of charles dickens a christmas carol. Oct 07, 2011 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. Checker cab featured in the movie ghostbusters starring bill murray.