Bad Santa

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Christmas film black comedy film film

Bad Santa is a 2003 dark comedy film about a cynical, alcoholic conman who poses as a mall Santa to rob shopping centers during the holidays.

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Label Occurrences
Bad Santa canonical 19
Bad Santa 2 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas film ⓘ
black comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over $75,000,000 ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Bob Chipeska – John Ritter ⓘ
Bernie Mac ⓘ
surface form: Gin Slagel – Bernie Mac

Marcus Skidmore – Tony Cox ⓘ
Sue – Lauren Graham ⓘ
Thurman Merman – Brett Kelly ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
surface form: Willie T. Soke – Billy Bob Thornton
cinematographyBy Jamie Anderson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Terry Zwigoff ⓘ
distributedBy Dimension Films ⓘ
editedBy Robert Hoffman ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ
genre Christmas comedy ⓘ
crime comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
hasSequel Bad Santa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bad Santa 2
mainCharacter Gin Slagel ⓘ
Marcus Skidmore ⓘ
Sue ⓘ
Thurman Merman ⓘ
Willie T. Soke ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy David Kitay ⓘ
notableFor darkly comic portrayal of a misanthropic mall Santa ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A conman and his partner pose as a mall Santa and elf to rob department stores on Christmas Eve ⓘ
portrays a cynical alcoholic conman posing as a mall Santa ⓘ
producer Bob Weinstein ⓘ
Harvey Weinstein ⓘ
John Cameron ⓘ
Sarah Aubrey ⓘ
productionCompany Dimension Films ⓘ
Triptych Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 2003-11-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 2003 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter Glenn Ficarra ⓘ
John Requa ⓘ
Terry Zwigoff ⓘ
setDuring Christmas season ⓘ
starredActor Bernie Mac ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
Brett Kelly ⓘ
John Ritter ⓘ
Lauren Graham ⓘ
Tony Cox ⓘ
storyBy Glenn Ficarra ⓘ
John Requa ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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Billy Bob Thornton → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton → starredIn → Bad Santa ⓘ
Bill Block → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Glenn Ficarra → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Glenn Ficarra → coWrote → Bad Santa ⓘ
Bernie Mac → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
John Requa → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
John Requa → coWriterOf → Bad Santa ⓘ
John Requa → wroteFor → Bad Santa ⓘ
William Robert Thornton → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Bob Thornton
Bad Santa → hasSequel → Bad Santa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bad Santa 2
Lianne Halfon → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Lianne Halfon → produced → Bad Santa ⓘ
Terry Zwigoff → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Terry Zwigoff → directed → Bad Santa ⓘ
Lauren Graham → starredIn → Bad Santa ⓘ
Jonathan Southworth Ritter → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Ryan Pinkston → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Tony Cox → notableWork → Bad Santa ⓘ
Tony Cox → appearedIn → Bad Santa ⓘ