The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006) (TV)

Director:

Ron Underwood

Writers (WGA):

Larry Wilson (teleplay) and
Tom Martin (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

11 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa (Goodman) opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps his rediscover the meaning of the holidays. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Cartoon | Live Action Remake | Remake | Christmas | Santa Claus

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Mitchel Baker
Hunter Ballard	...	School Boy
Aaron Beelner	...	Ring Announcer
John T. Billingsley	...	Heatmiser Double
David Blackwell	...	Dr. Broadbeam
Dodie Brown	...	Festival booth owner
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Officer Jefferson
Delta Burke	...	Mrs. Claus
Matthew Carroll	...	Dog catcher
Andrei Constantinescu	...	Snow Miser Fan
Mellinda Craig	...	Wife of Officer Varmit
Namaiya Cunningham	...	Toddler at festival
John F. Daniel	...	Christmas Festival Worker
Amber Dawn	...	Blonde Jingle Jangle Girl
Brooke Devenney	...	Craft booth worker in festival
Fred E. Ellis	...	Drunk santa
Dustin Estis	...	North Pole Elf
Harvey Fierstein	...	Heat Miser
Chris Freihofer	...	Sparky's Attorney
Eric Gipson	...	Power Elf #1
John Goodman	...	Santa Claus
Lara Grice	...	Rachel Thistlewhite
Eddie Griffin	...	Jingle
Mya Holloway	...	Toddler girl in snow at festival
Parker Holloway	...	Boy with clown at festival
Rebecca Holloway	...	Mom at arcade - Token Town
Denver Houghton	...	Child in Gift Wrapping Booth
Pamela Houghton	...	Gift wrap booth owner
Deborah R. Jones	...	Journalist
Carol Kane	...	Mother Nature
Chris Kattan	...	Sparky
Lori Knighton	...	Festival visitor
Carson Kressley	...	Elf Costumer
Daniel Lachman	...	Southtown Citizen
Jack LaLanne	...	Hercules
Chelsea Lewis	...	Girl at festival
Daniel Magill	...	Elf
Mike Martindale	...	Festival / Restaurant Patron
Jay Martin	...	Christmas Festival Kid
John McConnell	...	Dog catcher
Michael McKean	...	Snow Miser
Yolanda Mercadel	...	John Goodmen / Eddie Grifin
Dylan Minnette	...	Iggy Thistlewhite
Steven Miramontz	...	Pinstripe Elf
Noelle Monteleone	...	Gleam
Rebecca Newman	...	Festival shopper
Ashley-Anne Parker	...	Token Town Employee / Festival Patron
Andrea Powell	...	Julie Kadlubowski-Sanchez
Laura Schlessinger
Raleigh L. Shelton II	...	Teddy Bear Buyer
Kayla Shoemaker	...	Girl at festival
Billy Slaughter	...	Nerd Elf
Alexis Smith	...	Festival Goer
Nicholas Smith	...	Gift wrapper
Ethan Suplee	...	Jangle
Odessa Sykes	...	Reporter
Todd Terry	...	Wilkes
Jody Thompson	...	Clop
Lana Underwood	...	Female tv reporter
Maya Waterman	...	Medusa
Jack Watkins	...	Boothe
Amanda Weisner	...	Heat Miser Boxing Fan
Brent Weisner	...	Snow Miser Boxing Fan
Cheryl Ariaz Wicker	...	Elf

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

'John Goodman ' has also played Santa on "Futurama (1999)" and in the Animated remake of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Movie Connections:

Features The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Snow Miser Song

Low budget

Not unwatchable, but definitely low budget. The movie had potential, but most of the performances were flat. The only person who remotely kept my interest was Eddie Griffin, playing jingle. It put my kids to sleep in the first hour. I usually like John Goodman, but his acting was almost forced. AS was most of the person's acting in this show. It reminded me of someone simply reading a teleprompter. Chris Kattan was OK, but even he seemed to be holding back from being funny. Harvey Fierstein did play a good Heatmiser and he definitely had the better looking groupees vs those with his brother, Coldmiser! I finished watching it, but won't go out of my way to see it again next year. Believe me, its not a modern classic.