bad santa
View company contact information for Bad Santa on IMDbPro. [1]
Bad Santa is a 2003 comedy film directed by Terry Zwigoff, produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Billy Bob Thornton as the title character and Tony Cox as his partner in crime. [2]
Terry Zwigoff ’s fearlessly vulgar Bad Santa produces big laughs from some of the most repulsive behavior ever put on screen. [3]
“By the end of Bad Santa, you may no longer believe in Santa Claus, but you certainly will believe in Billy Bob.” [4]
The film begins in a bar on a December night in Milwaukee, where the viewer is introduced to Willie Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton), a bitter, lonely alcoholic. [2]
Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a con man and a thief who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox), a midget, for a very special scam each year during the holiday season. [3]
This holiday season the traditional Christmas tale will never be the same with the cleverly twisted, merrily irreverent story of a Santa so bad he’s wickedly funny. [5]
Willie gets a job as Santa Claus at a shopping mall, his pal tags along as an elf, and they use their employee status to crack mall security and rob stores blind just before Christmas. [3]
Willie T. Stokes is a washed-up, wise-cracking Department Store Santa who can’t help but be more naughty than nice. [4]
Inspired by a mix of movie classics including the outrageous one-liners and outcasts of “The Bad News Bears” and the riotous impertinence of “South Park,” with a dash of the holiday spirit of “A Christmas Carol,” albeit one that would make Dickens wince, BAD SANTA is a Christmas comedy unlike any other. [5]
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. [1]
Laughing riotously all the way, the film skewers such classic holiday traditions as rampant commercialism, smart-mouthed mall rugrats and Santa’s saintly image. [5]
Every Christmas Eve, the two of them disable the security alarm after the mall closes and rob the mall safe; afterwards, Marcus returns to living with his wife (who Willie finds very ugly and annoying), Lois (Lauren Tom), while Willie goes to Miami and spends all his money on booze. [2]
Continuity: When Willie returns to the house with the stuffed elephant and is being chased by the cops, the bags of sand with the candles in them on the sidewalks are no longer present (he had just put them out before going to the mall). [1]
He then gets a low-grade report card (all Cs, with the exception of one B), hoping to make Willie happy (from this, Willie learns the Kid’s name: Thurman Merman). [2]
Sources:
[1] Bad Santa (2003)
[2] Bad Santa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Bad Santa 2003: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[4] Bad Santa (2003) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies
[5] Bad Santa Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes