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8-Bit Christmas (2021) [PG]

Featuring:
Winslow Fegley, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Zahn

Written by:
Kevin Jakubowski

Directed by:
Michael Dowse


Release Date:
November 24, 2021

Original Title:
8-Bit Christmas

Alternate Titles:
8-битова Коледа
8-비트 크리스마스
8비트 크리스마스
Natal em 8 Bits
Navidad en 8 bits
Un Noël en 8 bits
Weihnachtsjagd - Das Fest der Spiele (2021)

Genres:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
New Line Cinema
Star Thrower Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BR: 10  DE: 6  ES: 7  GB: 12  IE: 12  KR: ALL  MX: B  NL: 12  NZ: PG  PR: PG  RU: 18+  SE: 15  SG: PG  US: PG 

Runtime: 98

How far would you go to score the ultimate gift?

Overview from TheMovieDB

In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

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Overview from Open Movies

Jake Doyle (Neil Patrick Harris) has come home for Christmas. He tells his daughter the story of how he got a Nintendo Entertainment System on Christmas Day in 1988 and his sister got a "real" Cabbage Patch doll. Telling him that video games are bad for kids will not stop young Jake and his friends. How far will they go?

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Rankings and Honors

8-Bit Christmas (2021) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes 84%
Metacritic 66/100
Awards Won: 4 nominations total

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Production

Book:
Kevin Jakubowski

Casting:
Rich Delia

Conductor:
Susie Bench

Costume Design:
Avery Plewes

Director:
Michael Dowse

Director of Photography:
Samy Inayeh

Editor:
Trevor Ambrose

Executive Producer:
Celia Khong
Richard Brener
Nikki Ramey
Whitney Brown
Kevin Jakubowski

Makeup Artist:
Aaren Perrier

Makeup Department Head:
Sarah Craig McEathron

Original Music Composer:
Joseph Trapanese

Producer:
Trevor White
Allan Mandelbaum
Tim White
Jonathan Sadowski
Nick Nantell

Production Design:
Andrew M. Stearn

Screenplay:
Kevin Jakubowski

Set Decoration:
Mike Leandro

Set Decoration Buyer:
Michael Vanderteems

Set Designer:
Epiphany Karopoulos
Mira Apci

Sound Designer:
Adam Stein

Sound Effects Editor:
Claudia Pinto

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gavin Fernandes
Mark Zsifkovits

Still Photographer:
Sabrina Lantos

Stunt Coordinator:
Dan Skene

Supervising Sound Editor:
Mark Dejczak
Adam Stein

Unit Publicist:
Mario Tassone

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