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Director:
Ron Underwood
Writers (WGA):
Larry Wilson (teleplay) and
Tom Martin (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 December 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy more
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. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
'Santa Claus' Is No Big Deal on NBC
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 December 2006)
User Comments:
Low budget more (40 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Mitchel Baker

Hunter Ballard ... School Boy

Aaron Beelner ... Ring Announcer

David Blackwell ... Dr. Broadbeam

Dodie Brown ... Festival booth owner

Marcus Lyle Brown ... Officer Jefferson

Delta Burke ... Mrs. Claus
Matthew Carroll ... Dog catcher

Mellinda Craig ... Wife of Officer Varmit

Namaiya Cunningham ... Toddler at festival

John F. Daniel ... Christmas Festival Worker
Brooke Devenney ... Craft booth worker in festival
Laine Dubroc ... Festival Goer

Fred Ellis ... Drunk santa (as Fred E. Ellis)
Dustin Estis ... North Pole Elf
Dorcas Everette

Harvey Fierstein ... Heat Miser

Travis Fontenot ... Festival Goer

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
Amber Dawn Landrum ... Blonde Jingle Jangle Girl
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
Tina Parker ... Artemis

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
Taylor Vosbury ... Girl Student

Maya Waterman ... Medusa
Jack Watkins ... Boothe

Amanda Weisner ... Heat Miser Boxing Fan

Brent Weisner ... Snow Miser Boxing Fan
Cheryl Ariaz Wicker ... Elf

Lesley Wright ... Girl in Stocking Booth
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Runtime:
USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the Christmas specials that is shown on Jingle's TV is the original The Year Without A Santa Claus. more
Movie Connections:
Features Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
The Heat Miser Song more

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User Comments

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Low budget, 11 December 2006
5/10
Author: SAW-3 from United States

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.

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