Scrooged en 4K Ultra HD prochainement

Paramount annonce pour le 7 novembtre 2023, le film Scrooged en 4K Ultra HD. Réalisé en 1988 par Richard Donner, il met en vedette Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Robert Mitchum, John Forsythe et Bobcat Goldthwait.

Des pistes sonore anglaise et française seront disponibles.

Synopsis :

Le jeune directeur d’une chaîne de télévision, Frank Cross, carriériste effréné, est au sommet de sa gloire. Nul ne résiste à ses dictats et il terrorise tous ses collaborateurs. Quelques jours avant Noël, il décide d’adapter de facon provocante le fameux « Chant de Noël » de Dickens. C’est ce moment que choisit son ancien patron, Lew Hayward, mort depuis sept ans, pour le hanter. Le spectre le somme de s’amender sous peine de finir en enfer. Pour cela Frank recevra la visite de trois esprits de Noël qui l’aideront à faire son choix.

Voici la bande-annonce :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjrsSEEreY

Voici le communiqué (en anglais) :

Comedy legend Bill Murray stars in the uproarious classic SCROOGED, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and arriving for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount Home Entertainment on November 7, 2023 with never-before-released special features!

Originally released on November 23, 1988, SCROOGED is an outrageously funny take on a beloved Dickens tale that has become a perennial holiday favorite. The high-spirited and biting comedy follows a television executive with a heart of stone and features an all-star cast including Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, and Alfre Woodard.

This new release includes the remastered film in sparkling 4K Ultra HD, access to a Digital copy of the film, as well as over 50 minutes of never-before-released special features! Take a journey with the ghost of Christmas past to discover behind-the-scenes featurettes and an insightful commentary by director Richard Donner, now on disc for the first time. The full list of bonus content is below:

Commentary by director Richard Donner
A Christmas to Remember
Updating Ebenezer
Bringing the Ghosts to Life
The Look of Scrooged
On the Set with Bill Murray
ShoWest Clips with Bill Murray

Synopsis

Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is an uncaring and unforgiving television executive whose live production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is more important to him than any true meaning of Christmas. Before the night is over, he’ll take a hilarious journey through his past and into the future to find redemption and put a little love in his heart.