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The Santa Clause

Plot

Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is a divorced father and ad executive with a young son, Charlie. On Christmas Eve, Charlie comes over to spend the night with Scott before going back to his mother’s for Christmas Day. That night, they are awakened by a clatter on the roof. Going outside to investigate, Scott can see someone on the roof. He yells at the trespasser, which causes the man to lose his balance and fall to his death. The trespasser appears to be Santa Claus.

He magically disappears, but his suit remains. They find a letter in a pocket stating that if something should happen to him, someone should put on the suit, and the reindeer will know what to do. They find a sleigh and eight reindeer perched atop the house. Scott puts on the Santa suit to please Charlie, and begins delivering toys from rooftop to rooftop.

Their final stop is the North Pole. The head Elf, Bernard (David Krumholtz), shows him a tiny inscription on the card which says that, upon the death of the previous occupant, whoever wears the suit assumes the identity of Santa Claus and all the responsibilities that go with it. This is the “Santa Clause,” as stated by Bernard: “You put on the suit, you’re the big guy.” He also gives Charlie a snow globe. Then, he meets an elf named Judy who tells Scott that he only has eleven months, until the next Thanksgiving to get his affairs in order before becoming Santa Claus full time, which he tries to refuse. Charlie and he spend the night at the factory. The next morning they awake back in Scott’s home, where the only indication of their previous night’s adventure is Scott’s new silk pajamas with “SC” (Santa Claus) monogrammed on them. Scott dismisses it all as a dream.

Soon, however, Scott starts gaining weight and his boss Mr. Whittle (Peter Boyle) likens him to the Pillsbury Doughboy. He develops a ravenous taste for Christmas treats, like Christmas cookies and hot cocoa. He grows a long gray beard, and shaving it off has no effect; it regrows instantly. His hair whitens, despite all attempts to dye it. He somehow knows who has been “naughty” and “nice”. Children (who somehow know he’s Santa despite Scott not dressing like Santa) approach him with gift requests. Scott’s rapid transformation worries his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her new husband, psychiatrist Dr. Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold), who try to terminate his visitation rights to Charlie. They question Scott’s mental stability, and believe that Scott’s changes are attempts at getting his son to like him.

Eventually, Scott’s visitation rights to Charlie are taken away. Disheartened, Scott begins to lose some of his certainty about his job as Santa. While visiting Charlie on Thanksgiving, Charlie’s insistence that Scott is Santa re-awakens Scott’s magic and he, with Bernard’s help, whisks Charlie away to the North Pole. Laura and Neil, who think Scott has kidnapped Charlie against his will, call the police, who make a massive investigation.

Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Charlie helps Scott and the elves perfect a new sled and communication devices. He calls occasionally, but this only reinforces Laura and Neil’s belief that he is being held against his will. Eventually, Scott, as Santa Claus, goes on with his Christmas Eve trip, but is arrested while delivering presents to his son’s home, and is accused of kidnapping Charlie. A team of rescue-elves, the ELFS, free Scott from jail by tying up the front desk guard, and fly Scott and Charlie home to his mother and stepfather, to whom Scott/Santa gives the presents they always wanted since childhood but never got: Laura gets a vintage Mystery Date game and Neil gets an Oscar Mayer “Wienie Whistle”. (It was because of them not getting these presents that they became convinced Santa didn’t exist.)

Laura, realizing finally that Scott really is the new Santa, tosses the custody papers into the fireplace and welcomes Scott to come see Charlie any time he wants. Bernard tells Charlie that the snow globe is magic. Anytime he wants his father to visit, all he has to do is shake it. After ten minutes, he shakes it and Scott comes back, says he was off to Cleveland, and takes Charlie with him.

Cast

Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus

Judge Reinhold as Dr. Neil Miller

Wendy Crewson as Laura Miller

Eric Lloyd as Charlie Calvin

David Krumholtz as Bernard the Head Elf

Larry Brandenburg as Detective Nunzio

Mary Gross as Miss Daniels

Paige Tamada as Judy the Elf

Peter Boyle as Mr. Whittle

Kerrigan Mahan and Frank Welker as Reindeers (voices)

Production

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Reception

Commercial

The Santa Clause grossed over USD $144 million in the United States alone and over $189 million worldwide.

Critical reception

The film was generally well received by critics, and maintains a “fresh” rating of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 31 positive reviews from 39 counted and an average rating of 6.1/10. The consensus from the site is “The Santa Clause is utterly undemanding, but it’s firmly rooted in the sort of good old-fashioned holiday spirit missing from too many modern yuletide films.”

Soundtrack

The film’s soundtrack was released on November 11, 1994 in the United States.

Come Together

Immgrint Song

All I Want for Christmas is You

Let’s Go

Believing Is Seeing

Sash Completes the Ensemble

Flight

Weightless

Away to the Window

Bells of Christmas

Listen

Goodnight, Goodnight… Don’t Forget the Fire Extinguisher

Visitation – The Drifters

Rose Suchak Ladder

Give Me All Your Loving – ZZ Top

List – Loreena McKennitt

Elves with Attitude

Someone in Wrapping

Near Capture

Comfort and Joy

Not Over Any Oceans

Christmas Will Return

DVD and VHS

This film has been released on VHS in 1995 and standard DVD in 2002. The Santa Clause along with 2, and 3 were released in a 3-Movie DVD collection.

Sequels

The popularity of the film spawned two related sequels, The Santa Clause 2 in 2002 and Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause in 2006. Much of the character cast remains the same for each film, but with some additions.

In The Santa Clause 2, Tim Allen as Santa has been declared to be the best Claus ever, but with his son on the naughty list and the work becoming more hectic, Santa learns he must find a suitable wife or give up his duties as Santa Claus.

In The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, the North Pole and its holiday operation is threatened by the villainous Jack Frost (Martin Short), who plans to take over Christmas.

References

^ Quotes from The Santa Claus from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

^ “Box office / Business”. Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111070/business. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

^ a b “The Santa Clause”. Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/santa_clause/. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

^ The Santa Clause on LoveToKnow: Christmas

External links

The Santa Clause at the Internet Movie Database

The Santa Clause at Allmovie

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The Santa Clause

Films

The Santa Clause The Santa Clause 2 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Cast

Tim Allen Eric Loyd Wendy Crewson Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Judge Reinhold

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Films directed by John Pasquin

1990s

The Santa Clause (1994)  Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

2000s

Joe Somebody (2001)  Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)

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Christmas

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Christmas Eve  Christmas Day  History  Bringers of gifts  Decorations  Economics

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Folklore

Father Christmas  Santa Claus  Mrs. Claus  Santa Claus’ elves  Santa Claus’s reindeer  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  Sinterklaas  Pre Nol  Joulupukki  Ded Moroz  La Befana  Christkind  Black Peter  Krampus  Belsnickel  Le Pre Fouettard  North Pole  Santa’s workshop  Korvatunturi  Knecht Ruprecht

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Twelve Days of Christmas  Christmas trees  Wassailing  Yule log  Stockings  Ornaments  Lights  Crackers  Nutcrackers  Cookies  Christmas cards  Christmas music  Christmas films  Christmas stamps  NORAD Tracks Santa  Secret Santa  Advent calendars  Yule Goats  Santa Claus parades  Flying Santa  Christmas markets  Plants  Food  Feasts  Events  Parades  Worldwide: German  Irish  Philippine  Polish  Serbian  Ukrainian

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Christmas club  Christmas controversy  Christmas creep  Christmas Island  Christmas Mountains  Christmas truce  Christmas in various languages  Black Friday  Cyber Monday  Boxing Day  Super Saturday   White Christmas  Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004  Christmas and holiday season  Related holidays  List of winter festivals  SantaCon  Running of the Santas  Christmas in July  Christmas in August  Christmas in the American Civil War  Christmas in Puritan New England  Christmas in the post-War United States  Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus  Hollywood Christmas Parade

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