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Revenue: $28,202,109
Budget: $6,000,000
Profit: + $22,202,109
Movie Details
Tag Line: A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!
Status: Released
Average Rating: 5
Release Date: Nov 11, 1988
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1h 35m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Emshell Producers , Touchstone Pictures , Silver Screen Partners III
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Synopsis
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Producer |
Doug Claybourne
Stacy Williams
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Executive Producer |
Martin Erlichman
Joseph L. Akerman Jr.
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Unit Production Manager |
Justis Greene
Carol Sue Byron
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Co-Producer |
Justis Greene
Coke Sams
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Associate Producer |
Ed Turner
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Sound | Music |
Mark Snow
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Directing | Second Second Assistant Director |
Todd Turner
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Director |
John Cherry
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Second Unit Director |
Coke Sams
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Second Assistant Director |
Douglas A. Raine
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First Assistant Director |
Patrice Leung
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Writing | Screenplay |
Ed Turner
Bosco Kline
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Story |
Ed Turner
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Camera | Key Grip |
Terry Arthur
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Department | Role | Name |