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Jingle All the Way (1996)

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

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D.J.
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Mall Santa
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Storyline

Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, he tries hard to come up with a way to make it up to him, this is when his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son's television hero, Turbo Man. Unfotunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man figures, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else including a mail man named Myron to find a Turbo Man action figure, and to make it to the Wintertainment parade which will feature Turbo Man. Written by John Wiggins

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christmas | karate | toy | parade | neighbor | See more »

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Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners.

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Comedy | Family

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence, mild language and some thematic elements | See all certifications »

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22 November 1996 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El regalo prometido  »

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

JPY 65,946,600 (Japan) (13 December 1996)

Gross:

$60,573,641 (USA) (21 February 1997)
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Trivia

In March 2001, a U.S. District Court jury in Birmingham, Michigan, ruled that 20th Century Fox stole the script idea, "Jingle All the Way", from Detroit High School biology teacher, Brian Webster. The studio was ordered to pay $19 million, later reduced to $1.5 million. Webster submitted the script, then named "Could This Be Christmas?", to the studio in 1994 and never received payment or credit despite the film making $183 million. Fox appealed and the verdict was reversed, since Webster's script was submitted after the studio had already purchased a treatment (summary/outline) of what would become the film's script. The court acknowledged that it is not difficult to believe that two writers can independently create a plot using similar inspiration/experience. See more »

Goofs

When Howard is in the pay-phone booth at the diner, he was supposed to call "555-KQRS." He dials, "555" and then moves his finger to press the number "8" The letter "K" on a telephone is on the number "5." See more »

Quotes

Howard Langston: [as Howard is getting Ted on the phone, he hears Ted eating his wife's cookies and complimenting on them] Cookies?
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Howard Langston: Who told you you could eat my cookies?
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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, there is a brief heartwarming family scene, and a question from Liz. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Saturday Morning RPG (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

"Jingle Bell Rock"
Written by James Boothe (as James Ross Boothe) and Joseph Beal (as Joseph Carleton Beal)
Performed by Bobby Helms
Courtesy of MCA Records
by arrangement with MCA Special Markets & Products
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Critics are wrong!
5 February 2010 | by (Russian Federation) – See all my reviews

Sometimes critics mistake.This is definitely an example.You see some movies don't need to be reviewed,you just need to watch them first,and then judge your feelings. So idea of the movie is great,and its pretty familiar to EVERY father on Christmas.And that's why people like to associate themselves with Arnie's character.There are a lot of misadventures(you wont remember every after ending i promise),but they actually work out pretty entertaining,sometimes even laughably funny (Santa's gang scene). Also contains good soundtrack,that includes Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolf,Run". i also like casting choice for Ted.I don't like this type of sleazy scumbags,thats why he is so realistically annoying.

Not much else to say,WATCH IT NOW.


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