Now that’s some irony!
Filming began in December 1987. With Christmas approaching, director Richard Donner asked if the production could have Christmas Day off, but Paramount Pictures executives refused, insisting that filming should continue on Christmas Day. However, Donner outwitted them. At the end of the day on December 24th, he fired the entire cast and crew. Two days later, on December 26th, he rehired everyone. The break allowed the cast and crew members to spend Christmas with their families.
asked if the production could have Christmas Day off,
asked? ASKED?!? Americans really need to start fighting for their rights as workers
These would be union workers too!
Which is why they asked and not told.
Huh?
WHICH IS WHY THEY ASKED AND NOT TOLD!!!
But for real, I don’t know what the commenter means either haha.
Did they somehow miss the plot point of the movie where a TV executive was forcing cast members to work Christmas Eve instead of being with their families?
I hope the 3 ghosts have since visited whoever was in charge and sorted their shit out
I’m guessing it was less missing the point and more, “since there’s no such thing as ghosts, it’s fine for me to be Scrooge. I’ll get away with it and fuck my family anyway.”
I haven’t seen this movie, but Jesus I didn’t know it was insestual
See the movie. It’s terrific.
idk I try to avoid films of rape or incest
I think he meant “fuck them” as in “who cares about them”, as there is not incest or anything like that in Scrooged!
What are you talking about? It’s a comedy version of A Christmas Carol with Bill Murray.
“I’ll get away with it and fuck my family anyway”
This isnt reddit, people cant take jokes here /s
I’ve been thinking of a few prominent people in real life who should be visited by three ghosts. What if we woke up on Christmas and all of the sudden Trump and Musk weren’t selfish and evil?
We’ll need the Luigi of Christmas past to help us out.
Does anyone have a source for this? The only place I’ve seen this story is IMDb, which anyone can edit, or other sites citing the same IMDb trivia paragraph. Nothing on Wikipedia or from direct quotes of actors/producers. I’m sure it’s true, but I’m eager for more details. Why were the executives so insistent that everyone work Christmas Day?
