A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 8, 1996
Original Title:
Santa with Muscles
Genres:
Action | Comedy | Family
Production Companies:
Cabin Fever Entertainment
Cineplex Odeon Films
Hit Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 98
Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun fight that goes too far. Blake escapes the cops by running into a shopping mall, quickly donning a Santa Suit and pretending to be St. Nick. A head injury causes Blake to suffer amnesia, and an opportunistic "elf" decides to convince Blake that he is indeed Santa. This leads "Santa" to help save an orphanage, filled with adorable moppets, from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor.
ADR Editor:
Mike Rodriguez
ADR Recordist:
Maxim Carl
ADR Voice Casting:
Joan Ryan
Toby Stone
Additional Photography:
George Hosek
Additional Script Supervisor:
Lori Grabowski
Art Direction:
Chase Harlan
Assistant Editor:
Keith Henderson
Assistant Location Manager:
Nancy Moss Ephron
Kevin W. Cochran
Assistant Production Coordinator:
Jon Joseph Glover
Assistant Property Master:
Tom Wages
Assistant Set Decoration:
Mark Steger
Assistant Set Dresser:
Michelle Moore
Best Boy Grip:
Steven Pehl
Boom Operator:
Ryan Ferro
Peter Darehuk
Camera Loader:
Dale Geurts
Casting:
Tom McSweeney
Casting Assistant:
Bardene Klein
Casting Associate:
Fred Mata
Co-Producer:
David Silberg
James R. Rosenthal
Michael C. Cuddy
Color Timer:
Chuck Winston
Construction Foreman:
H. Max Flannery
Costume Designer:
Cathryn Wagner
Dialogue Editor:
Keith Burhans
Jesse Pomeroy
Mike Rodriguez
Director:
John Murlowski
Director of Photography:
Michael Gfelner
Dolly Grip:
Steve Ruffing
Editor:
Stephen R. Myers
William Marrinson
Executive Producer:
Jordan Belfort
Danny Porush
Harry Shuster
Scotty Gelt
First Assistant "B" Camera:
David Goldenberg
Dan Auerbach
Richard Benda
Collin S. Colberg
First Assistant Camera:
David DeForest Keys
Van Flesher
First Assistant Director:
David Rimer
Foley Artist:
Cynthia Merrill
Foley Recordist:
Michael McCarty
Gaffer:
Ali Farboud
Giovanni Zelko
John Pedone
Jeff Barco
Grip:
Jim Carlton
Rafael Peregrina
Chris Soronen
Randolph J. Verdigo
Daniel Tesco
Ryan Patterson
John Linares
Hairstylist:
Mary Ann Valdes
Key Grip:
Michael Pizzuto
Jack Serino
Alec Shepherd
Brent Bye
Leadman:
Christopher Hannawalt
Line Producer:
Paula F. Major
Location Manager:
Kai Ephron
Makeup & Hair:
Pam Phillips
Makeup & Hair Assistant:
Francie Hart
Suzi Haydon
Original Music Composer:
James Covell
Post Production Coordinator:
Maui Holcomb
Producer:
Brian Shuster
Production Coordinator:
Shelly Bovert
Dee Dee Irwin
Production Design:
Chuck Conner
Property Master:
Dort Clark
Rigging Gaffer:
Craig Bernstein
Robert Chavez
Rotoscoping Artist:
Larry Arpin
Script Supervisor:
Chris Smernes
Nancy Kamowitz
Cristina Maria
Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Elizabeth Algieri
Morgan Susser
Second Assistant Camera:
Vicki Brinkman
Jennifer Bell
David Schreiber
Mary Kasparian
Second Assistant Director:
Michelle LeDoux
Aaron Penn
Second Second Assistant Director:
Peter Stevens
Joshua Newkirk
Second Unit Director:
David MacKay
Second Unit Director of Photography:
David MacKay
Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Brian Bettwy
David Allen Cluck
Keenan Robinson
Set Costumer:
Marissa Borsetto
Anita Louise Brown
Set Decoration:
Michelle Harding Hollie
Set Dressing Buyer:
Nick Sternberg
Sound Effects Editor:
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Lisa Hannan
Jeff King
John Kohlbrenner
Michael Jonascu
Wayne Scott Joness
Debby Van Poucke
Mark Allen
Eric Jaffe
Sound Mixer:
Linda Coffey
Craig Schlattman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Moore
Special Effects Assistant:
Steve Newquist
Special Effects Coordinator:
Albert Lannutti
Still Photographer:
Sam Urdank
Storyboard Artist:
Brandon Scott Peterson
Stunt Coordinator:
Chuck Zito
Stunt Double:
Craig Shugart
Stunts:
Pete Antico
Johnny Airtime
Charlie Brewer
Eddie Braun
Frank Ferrara Sr.
Ellis Edwards
Stephen Dunn
Brian J. Williams
Ed Donno
Anita Hart
Vinnie Curto
Rudolf Weber
Don McGovern
Steve Hart
Jeff Jensen
Chad McQueen
Chris Colombo
Jim Hardy
Roger Wells
John Cenatiempo
R.J. Chambers
Andy Gill
J.J. Perry
Chris Cenatiempo
Steve Santosusso
Carl Ciarfalio
Bill Reid
Pat Romano
Joey Nelson
Steve Picerni
Ed Leslie
Chris Howell
Terry Leonard
Richard Malchar
Supervising Sound Editor:
Patrick M. Griffith
Unit Production Manager:
Dee Dee Irwin
Visual Effects Art Director:
Will Paguntalan
Visual Effects Supervisor:
David L. Hewitt
Dale Fay
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Christina Mongini
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