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who played the ghost of christmas present in scrooged Carol Kane what is 'scrooged'? Christmas comedy film is it animated? No when was it released? November 23, 1988 who are the characters? Frank Cross, Eliot Loudermilk, Preston Rhinelander, Lew Hayward, etc. what are their real life names? Bill Murray as Frank Cross, Bobcat Goldthwait as Eliot Loudermilk, Robert Mitchum as Preston Rhinelander, and John Forsythe as Lew Hayward. is this a comedy movie? Yes, a Christmas comedy. what is the name of the soundtrack? Put a Little Love in Your Heart, The Love You Take, hristmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire),to name some. who composed it? The first one was composed by Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. how much money did it make in the box office? Worldwide total of $100.3 million how was the movie received? It received mixed reviews, wherein Roger Ebert called it one of the most "disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time", saying that it portrays pain and anger more than comedy. did the movie win any awards? No, Make up artists Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman were responsible for the film's single nomination at the 61st Academy Awards for Best Makeup, losing to "Beetlejuice". were there any other critics apart from ebert? Yes, "Empire"s William Thomas, "The Washington Post"s Joe Brown, "Los Angeles Times"s Sheila Benson, to name a few. are the awards you just mentioned given out annually? Yes who won the best picture award for that year? "Rain Man"
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61st Academy Awards [SEP] Introduction
The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988, and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis. Ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson.