Jingle All the Way (1996)

Director:

Brian Levant

Writer (WGA):

Randy Kornfield (written by)

Release Date:

22 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Family | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners.

Plot:

A harried father decides to dream the impossible dream, to get that year's hot toy for his son just before Christmas Day.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Toy | Neighbor | Parade | Superhero

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Howard Langston
Sinbad	...	Myron Larabee
Phil Hartman	...	Ted Maltin
Rita Wilson	...	Liz Langston
Robert Conrad	...	Officer Hummell
Martin Mull	...	D.J.
Jake Lloyd	...	Jamie Langston
James Belushi	...	Mall Santa
E.J. De La Pena	...	Johnny (as E.J. de la Pena)
Laraine Newman	...	First Lady
Justin Chapman	...	Billy
Harvey Korman	...	President
Richard Moll	...	Dementor
Daniel Riordan	...	Turbo Man
Jeff L. Deist	...	T.V. Booster / Puppeteer (as Jeff Deist)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence, mild language and some thematic elements.

Runtime:

89 min | USA:94 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #34908) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

7th Place Mall - St. Peter & Wabasha Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Company:

1492 Pictures

Trivia:

The Christmas parade was filmed at Universal Studios, Los Angeles, in the middle of May.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: There are references to radio/TV stations beginning with both "W" and "K" but the Mississippi river flows through the area, and there are stations on both sides.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Liz: Howard, I've been thinking... everything that you went through today for Jamie really shows how much you love him.
[Howard nods]
Liz: And if you're willing to go through all of that for him just for a present, well, that makes me wonder...
Howard Langston: What?
Liz: [smiling] What did you get me?
[the camera crash-zooms to Howard with a look of horror on his face]

Movie Connections:

References "Madeline" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Jingle Bell Rock

Plastic Action Figure

What can one say about Arnie's films? When he's in charge, they are horrid, dumb, usually bloated.

But you have to give him some credit. He is intelligent enough to have scripts written that emphasize a dual reality: a real guy and an imaginary superhero. Most of the projects he has initiated recently have this flavor, especially here and in `Last Action Hero.' So at least he aspires to do something intelligent.

But the problem is that he has neither the depth to really develop a concept, nor the skill as an artist to craft the product. Too bad.

As an aside, he seems to be an icon for extremists. When I said something mildly negative about him in another comment, I started getting disturbing email from skinheads.