Bill Murray stars as
miserly TV executive Frank Cross in this humorous retelling of Charles Dickens'
“A Christmas Carol”.
The classic tale in
which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit
him, revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what
opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and
the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.
Scrooge is faced with
his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own
future will hold, death or redemption.
The Spirits are played
by David Johansen (Past), Carol Kane (Present) and Robert Hammond (Future)
The other key
characters and portrayed by John Forsythe (Lew Hayward i.e. Marley), Karen
Allen (Claire Philipps i.e. Belle), Alfre Woodard (Grace Cooley i.e. Bob
Cratchit), Nicholas Phillips (Calvin Cooley i.e. Tiny Tim), and John Murray
(James Cross i.e. Fred).
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