Jack Frost (1998)

Director:

Troy Miller

Writers (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (story)
Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 December 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Jack Frost is getting a second chance to be the world's coolest dad... if he doesn't melt first.

Plot:

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Plot Keywords:

Snowman | Car Accident | Singer | Promise | Friendship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michael Keaton	...	Jack Frost
Kelly Preston	...	Gabby Frost
Joseph Cross	...	Charlie Frost
Mark Addy	...	Mac MacArthur
Andrew Lawrence	...	Tuck Gronic (as Andy Lawrence)
Eli Marienthal	...	Spencer
Will Rothhaar	...	Dennis
Mika Boorem	...	Natalie
Benjamin Brock	...	Alexander
Taylor Handley	...	Rory Buck
Joe Rokicki	...	Mitch
Cameron Ferre	...	Pudge
Ahmet Zappa	...	Snowplow Driver
Paul F. Tompkins	...	Audience Member
Henry Rollins	...	Sid Gronic

Also Known As:

Frost

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-6 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #36427) | South Korea:12 (original rating) | South Korea:All (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (VCD rating) | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Moon Unit Zappa]a schoolteacher early in the film who says, "No running, feet are for walking." Her brothers Dweezil and Ahmet are also in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Despite the fact that they advanced ahead 1 year, everybody looks exactly the same (hairstyles, etc.)

Quotes:

Jack: Three balls, two sticks, one corked nose. Snowman? No. Much, much more. I am the Wizard of Blizzard! Hahahahahaha! Now run you little mountain goats!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.11)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Hot in the City

'Rocker' Keaton...

What I thought was essentially a kids' movie turned out to be a much more pleasurable experience. I know, I may be biased a bit towards anything MK-related, however even my best friend (who was with me at the time when we saw it) liked it a lot, even if we saw it closer to Summer rather than Christmas (it came out in Malta, Europe - where I was still living at the time - like some 6 months after it came out in the US!). Anyway, Michael Keaton yet again gives a great performance as a 'snow'man trying quite desperately to make up for lost time. Kelly Preston is good too as his wife and the kid is ok-ish (we've seen much better kid actors, in my opinion). It's only Mark Addy who seems like a fish out of water and looks like he's only in it either because he's a friend of the director or something! He just doesn't seem to gel! All in all, a very cute and neat movie, with good work from Keaton and a rocking good soundtrack, with tracks from the boys Hanson, among others, and Keaton himself raunchily singing a couple of tracks penned by someone from Yes. Great for a night in with the family.