Santa Buddies (2009) (V)

Director:

Robert Vince

Writers:

Kevin DiCicco (character "Air Bud")
Robert Vince (written by) ...
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Release Date:

24 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Tagline:

The Buddies Are Coming To Town!

Plot:

At the North Pole, Father Christmas and his chief dog Santa Paws worry as the whole toys processing...

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Party | Cage | Sequel | Bully

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Craig Anton	...	Bob
Andrew Astor	...	Mikey
Charisse Baker	...	Mural Painter
Danny Woodburn	...	Eli
Tom Bosley	...	Santa Paws (voice)
Field Cate	...	Buddha (voice)
Tim Conway	...	Sniffer (voice)
Chris Coppola	...	Comet (voice)
Josh Flitter	...	Budderball (voice)
Nico Ghisi	...	Bartleby
Ben Giroux	...	Clark
Skyler Gisondo	...	B-Dawg (voice)
Zachary Gordon	...	Puppy Paws (voice)
Ryan Grantham	...	Sam
Ellie Harvie	...	Pete's Mom (as Ellie Harvey)
Richard Kind	...	Eddy the Elf Dog (voice)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Stan Cruge
Quinn Lord	...	Pete
Sophia Ludwig	...	Alice
Kaitlyn Maher	...	Tiny (voice)
Isabella Montes	...	Mexican Girl
Gig Morton	...	Billy
Liliana Mumy	...	Rosebud (voice)
Nic Novicki	...	Ellis
Ty Panitz	...	Mudbud (voice)
Mikey Post	...	Elpert
Paul Rae	...	Hank
William Samples	...	James the Butler
Michael Teigen	...	Sheriff Dan
George Wendt	...	Santa Claus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Andrew	...	Elf Helper (uncredited)
Patricia Cullen	...	Martha (uncredited)
Jonathan Morgan Heit	...	Mud Bud (singing voice) (uncredited)
James Ram Jattan	...	Elf (uncredited)
Aramis Knight	...	Budha (uncredited)
Brandon Nomura	...	Japanese Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Vince

Writing credits
Kevin DiCicco		(character "Air Bud")
Robert Vince		(written by) and
Anna McRoberts		(written by)
Paul Tamasy		(characters) &
Aaron Mendelsohn		(characters)

Produced by
Monica Goldstein	....	associate producer
Anna McRoberts	....	producer
Robert Vince	....	producer

Original Music by
Brahm Wenger

Cinematography by
Kamal Derkaoui		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Kelly Herron

Casting by
Lorna Johnson

Production Design by
Chris August

Art Direction by
Anneke Van Oort

Set Decoration by
Shirley Inget

Costume Design by
Stephanie Nolin

Makeup Department
Anne Carroll	....	key hair stylist
Vincenza Celentano-Smith	....	hair stylist (as Vincenza Celentano)
Tim Chappell	....	second assistant hair stylist
Joel Echallier	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Amanda Kuryk	....	second assistant makeup artist (as Mandy Kuryk)
Jennifer Latour	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Hayley Miller	....	key makeup artist
Vincenza Sharpe	....	first assistant hair stylist
Deborah Slonowski	....	first assistant makeup artist (as Deborah Lee Slonowski)

Production Management
Louisa Skinner	....	post-production supervisor (as Louisa Rees)
Darcy Wild	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Geoff Anderson	....	second unit director
Michael Bishop	....	trainee assistant director
Joanne Gerein	....	first assistant director
Rob Larson	....	second assistant director
Anna McRoberts	....	second unit director
Jeff Mosuk	....	first assistant director: second unit
Troy Scott	....	third assistant director
Nathan Valente	....	second assistant director: second unit
Eric Vince	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Sam Abahmed	....	greensperson
John Bayntun	....	lead dresser
Jocelyn Brotherston	....	paint crew
Wendy Brotherston	....	paint coordinator
Michelle Cebrowski	....	dresser
Arlene Craig	....	props buyer
Roger Dole	....	assistant set decorator
Marcus Endean	....	storyboard artist
Ryan Fehr	....	dresser
Jason Geisbrecht	....	dresser
Murray Gibs	....	paint crew
C. Ryan Hazenboom	....	on-set constructor (as Ryan Hazenboom)
Christine Houtman	....	paint crew
Mark Jones	....	dresser
Mike McCarthy	....	construction buyer
Charles Newson	....	on-set dresser (as Chuck Newson)
Trevor Oleksy	....	head greensperson
Derek Pineo	....	assistant property master
Myron Ruth	....	buyer
Baron Shaver	....	paint foreman
Michelle Sturley	....	paint crew
Nevin Swain	....	property master
Chris Thompson	....	construction coordinator
Billy Thomson	....	paint crew
Michael Toby	....	model maker
Tyler Vince	....	art department assistant
Tyler Vince	....	props assistant

Sound Department
Steven Bigras	....	sound effects editor (as Steve Bigras)
Blair Dykes	....	boom operator
Chris Fairfield	....	adr recordist
Chris Fairfield	....	backgrounds editor
Patrick Haskill	....	sound effects editor (as Pat Haskil)
Brad Hillman	....	re-recording mixer
Brad Hillman	....	sound designer
Brad Hillman	....	supervising sound editor
Andre Iwanchuk	....	dialogue editor
Michael Jesmer	....	sound recordist
Matt Kunau	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Matthew Kunau)
Samuel Lehmer	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Luke Martin	....	foley editor
Luke Martin	....	foley mixer
Jonathan McCleery	....	technical supervisor (as Jon McCleery)
Jean-Édouard Miclot	....	sound effects editor (as Jean-Edouard Miclot)
Maureen Murphy	....	foley artist
Harley Paul	....	walla editor
Justine Percy	....	sound assistant
Brody Ratsoy	....	sound supervisor
Peter Sartwell	....	technical supervisor
Hank Shih	....	assistant dialogue editor
Graham Timmer	....	sound mixer
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
Richard Walz	....	sound assistant
Nathan Clark	....	adr artist (uncredited)
Graeme Duffy	....	walla director (uncredited)
Chris Fairfield	....	walla recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Phil Davis	....	special effects
Eric Lemay	....	special effects (as Eric John Lemay)
Darren Marcoux	....	special effects coordinator
Glen Marcoux	....	special effects (as Glenn Marcoux)
Mark Mentiply	....	special effects
Christopher Schreiber	....	special effects (as Chris Schreiber)

Visual Effects by
Geoff Anderson	....	visual effects producer
Geoff Anderson	....	visual effects supervisor
Melissa Lee Anderson	....	visual effects production manager
Denny Bigras	....	animator (as Denny 'Dennion' Bigras)
Patricia Binga	....	senior animator (as Patricia 'Buspass' Binga)
Paola Chavez	....	matte painter (as L. Paola Chavez)
Louis Cox	....	senior matchmover
Paxton Gerrish	....	senior rigging technical director
Gary Hsu	....	animator
Ayumu Ishii	....	compositor
Sam Johnston	....	compositor
Tia Keri	....	visual effects coordinator
Sara Jane Kramer	....	senior shading technical director
Pavel Ledin	....	senior shader writer (as Ledin Pavel)
Ryan Letourneau	....	systems administrator
Sean Macrae	....	technical supervisor
Saybian Morgan	....	digital effects supervisor
Lisa Nolan	....	effects technical director
Shawn Patapoff	....	senior tools developer
Jason Pielak	....	visual effects editor
Barry Poon	....	lighting lead
Matt Pursley	....	technical supervisor
Ricardo Quintero	....	compositor
Michael Ranalletta	....	compositing lead
Mark T. Reid	....	senior compositor (as Mark Reid)
John Silander	....	modeler
Vicki Silva	....	senior compositor (as Vicki Silva Weber)
George Taylor	....	senior matchmover
Jenn Taylor	....	senior animator
Donald Tse	....	compositor
Kelsey Wagner	....	senior animator
Sebastian Weber	....	animation lead
Bernie Wempe	....	modeling lead

Stunts
Brett Armstrong	....	stunt performer
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt performer (as Scott Ateah)
Devyn Dalton	....	stunt double: Alice
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt performer
Randy Lee	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Trevor Berry	....	best boy electric
Simon Bookless	....	gaffer: second unit
Che Chomolok	....	dolly grip: second unit (as Che Cheomolok)
Bill Corbett	....	grip (as Bill Corbitt)
Rob Cotroneo	....	lighting technician
Enrique del Rio	....	digital imaging technician: second unit (as Enrique X. Del Rio)
Tony Derkach	....	best boy grip: second unit
Mark Evans	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Courtney Gillen	....	camera trainee
April Hall	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
April Hall	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jesse Harris	....	grip
Bruno Huber	....	generator operator
Tim Johnson	....	lamp operator
James Kantola	....	key grip: second unit
Ben Lumsden	....	grip
Larry Lynn	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Larry Lynn	....	director of photography: second unit
Tom MacNeill	....	lamp operator
Brian Maxwell	....	grip
Rod McDonald	....	generator operator: second unit (as Rod MacDonald)
mark mcIntosh	....	dolly grip (as Mark McIntosh)
Nicholas McKenzie	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Nicholas Mckenzie)
Nicholas McKenzie	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Nicholas Mckenzie)
Todd Mikolas	....	rigging gaffer
Josh Moody	....	camera: EPK
Doug Nolin	....	rigging grip
Farah Nosh	....	still photographer
Jeff Plecas	....	key grip
John Poliquin	....	grip
Dave Roughley	....	lamp operator
Rod Rushka	....	grip (as Rod Ruska)
Dave Saklofsky	....	best boy grip
Mike Sankey	....	digital imaging technician
Elie Smolkin	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Richard Walden	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Michael Wale	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Shannon Wright	....	lamp operator
Calen Zantolas	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Stephanie Boeke	....	extras casting
Renee Henry	....	casting (as Renee Good)
Jackie Lind	....	casting: Canada
Steve Maisel	....	casting associate: US
Troy Daniel Smith	....	casting assistant: US (as Troy Smith)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Derek J. Baskerville	....	truck costumer (as Derek Baskerville)
Jenny Bernice	....	set supervisor: second unit
Patricia Galbraith	....	assistant designer
Jody Leanne Petford	....	truck costumer
Kate Pierpoint	....	set supervisor

Editorial Department
Kelly Herron	....	on-set editor
Will Kosman	....	post-production coordinator
Erin Mohs	....	assistant editor
Brae Norwiss	....	on-set editor (as Brae Norwis)
Marcus Onischak	....	assistant editor (as Marcus Todd Onischak)
Jason Pielak	....	on-set editor
Sevé Schelenz	....	on-line editor
Jonathan Stamp	....	post-production assistant
Seán Travers	....	colorist
Seán Travers	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Thomas Bowes	....	orchestra leader
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jenny O'Grady	....	choral coordinator: boys'
Gregory Prechel	....	composer: additional music
Gregory Prechel	....	music editor
Gregory Prechel	....	orchestrations
Casey Stone	....	scoring mixer
David Temple	....	chorus director: Crouch End Festival Chorus
John Tobin	....	choir master: boys'
Brahm Wenger	....	orchestra conductor
Brahm Wenger	....	orchestrations
Lucy Whalley	....	assistant orchestra contractor
Danita Ng	....	music transcription (uncredited)
Jason Poss	....	music transcription (uncredited)
Robert Puff	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Anton Ali-Moffat	....	driver
Suki Ardawa	....	transportation
Amanda Coletsis	....	driver: cast
Kam Dhesi	....	transportation captain
Larry Fedyk	....	driver
Dean Fitzpatrick	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Harris	....	driver: cast
Mike Heagle	....	driver
Alexander Mandra	....	picture car wrangler
Paul Medeiros	....	driver (as Paul Madeiros)
Andrew Moore	....	driver: cast (as Andrew M. Moore)
Chris Mullen	....	driver
Amar Sangha	....	driver
Jason Swetlikoe	....	driver: cast
Chris Wild	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Erin Bilderback	....	additional trainer
Luke Bradshaw	....	script supervisor: second unit
Genevieve Bridges	....	first assistant production coordinator
Chelsea Carlson	....	craft service
Chelsea Carlson	....	first aid
Nathan Clark	....	adr artist
Sarah Cole	....	additional trainer
Darius de Andrade	....	production assistant
Claire Doré	....	additional trainer (as Claire Dore)
Linda Dubuc	....	production insurance: Globalex
Nicole Emery	....	chef
Jordan Fines	....	additional trainer
Meghan C. Fraser	....	additional trainer (as Meghan Fraser)
Chris Garbasauskas	....	production assistant (as Chris Garbasuska)
Veronique Geller	....	production assistant
John Genzel	....	production banking: Royal Bank of Canada
Andrea Gold Robinson	....	additional trainer (as Andrea Gold)
Sean Hanlin	....	security coordinator
Kirsten Hansen	....	script supervisor
Alan Homma	....	assistant production accountant
Ken Hovgaard	....	location scout
Trish Judd	....	additional trainer (as Trisha Judd)
Daniel Kredell	....	development executive
Wayne Kulachkowski	....	production assistant
Shelley Lampman	....	additional trainer
Jennifer Lewis	....	assistant location manager
Suvasa Mantyla	....	production accounting clerk
Joseph McCarter	....	additional trainer (as Joe McCarter)
Jill McQueen	....	production coordinator
Glenn Moore	....	craft service: second unit
Glenn Moore	....	first aid: second unit
Chris Obonsawin	....	on-set monitor: AHA
Trina Ogryzek	....	production assistant (as Katrina Ogryzek)
Jennifer Osborne	....	first assistant production coordinator (as Jennifer Aichholz)
Peter Pantages	....	location manager
Holly Pinder	....	production assistant
Christine Reyes	....	chef
Tracy Roberson	....	unit publicist (as Tracey Roberson)
Lisa Rowson	....	chef
Eddy Santos	....	extras wrangler
Gail H. Schacht	....	business affairs (as Gail Schacht)
Eva B. Schmieg	....	legal services: Heenan Blaikie (as Eva Schmieg)
Ryan Schroeder	....	production assistant (as Ryan Shroeder)
Amy Scott	....	production assistant
Natalie Zara Smith	....	set tutor
Julie Strang	....	additional trainer
Paige Strouts	....	craft service
Paige Strouts	....	first aid
Jason Taylor	....	office production assistant
Ann Troyer	....	chef (as Anne Troyer)
Tiffany Wall	....	additional trainer
Laurie Watt	....	production accountant
Annie Wilkinson	....	tutor coordinator: ABC On Set Tutoring Company Inc.
Mark Wilmot	....	production assistant (as Mark Kilmot)
Nicole Zuehl	....	animal coordinator
Michael Bendner	....	background coordinator (uncredited)
Evan Chan	....	set decoration trainee (uncredited)
Justine Percy	....	post production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (presents)
• Keystone Entertainment (producer) (as Key Pix)
• Key Pix Productions
• Santa Buddies Productions

Distributors

• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Romain Bayle Pictures (additional matte paintings)

Other Companies

• Steve Martin's Working Wildlife  animals provided by
• A.B.C. On Set Tutoring Company  tutor coordination (as ABC On Set Tutoring Company Inc.)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at (as Air Lyndhurst Studios - The Hall, London England)
• American Humane Association, The  animal action monitoring (AHAD 01404)
• Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople (ACFC)  acknowledgment (as ACFC West, Local 2020 CEP)
• Fanfare Music  music preparation
• Getty Images  footage supplied by
• GlobalEx Risk Management  production insurance (as Globalex)
• Heenan Blaikie Lawyers  legal services (as Heenan Blaikie)
• InkTip  screenplay facilitation
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• PS Production Services  acknowledgment (as PS)
• Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit  with the participation of
• Reigate St. Mary's Oratory School  boys' choir (as Reigate St Mary's Choir School)
• Royal Bank of Canada  production banking
• Tivoli Moving Pictures Caterers  catering company (as Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers)
• Truffles Catering Group  catering company: second unit (as Truffles)
• Union of B.C. Performers  acknowledgment (as UBCP Union of BC Performers)
• Wallapalooza  walla group
• Western Post Productions  HD post-production services (as Western Post)
• Western Post Productions  post production services (as Western Post)

Also Known As:

"Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws" - USA (long title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:G | Canada:G (Canadian Home Video rating) | UK:U | Singapore:PG | Australia:G | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Walt Disney Home Entertainment

Trivia:

Actor George Wendt's fourth time as Santa Claus.

Quotes:

Puppy Paws:[after he breaks the vase] Did I bust some moves?
B-Dawg:You busted something, alright!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Live from Studio Five: Episode #1.53" (2009)

Soundtrack:

We Hear Angels

Like too much pudding,very very sickly!

Trying to write a review as a six year old is not easy,because any body much over this age will almost despise this film.If you have seen the buddy films you will know what i mean but this takes sickly sweet to a new level,don't get me wrong ,im not a killjoy and its a wonderful life is one of my favourite films of all time but as an adult this really did make me cringe.Yes i know its a kids film but most kids today a a little more critical of what they see than we probably were as kids.Would rate this 5 for young children and 3 for everybody else,Watch out for the pup singing a Christmas song,the most cringe-worthy moment of all the Christmas films i have ever seen,I hope that is not considered a spoiler as it doesn't give anything away.