Bad Santa
He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice.
Country
Budget
$23 000 000
Box office
$76 488 889
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Jamie Anderson
Composer
David Kitay
Artist
Sharon Seymour, Ray Yamagata
Audition
Mary Vernieu, Felicia Fasano
Editing
Robert Hoffman, Haley Sweet
Whole Team (174)
Whole Team (174)
Short description
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
What's left behind the scenes
- Bill Murray was originally supposed to play the role of Willie, but he had to decline due to his involvement in "Lost in Translation." Jack Nicholson also expressed interest in the role, but was unable to participate in the filming due to "Something's Gotta Give."
- The role of Bob Chipeski was the last in the career of the famous actor John Ritter. Ritter died on September 11, 2003.
- In the initial version of the film, the word 'fuck' was spoken 170 times, but after revisions, the number of uses of the profanity was reduced to 147.
- The full version of “Bad Santa” has a runtime of 98 minutes.
- Filming took place in New York from July 8, 2002 (originally scheduled to start at the end of March) to September 2002.
- Originally, the role of Willy was intended for Bill Murray, but he had to decline due to his involvement in 'Lost in Translation'. Jack Nicholson also expressed interest in the role, but was unable to participate in filming because of the movie 'About Schmidt'.
- The role of Bob Chipeski was the final one in the career of renowned actor John Ritter. Ritter passed away on September 11, 2003.
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