Bad Santa

Bad Santa (2003)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Release date

2003-11-26

Country

United States, Germany

Production

Columbia Pictures, Dimension Films, Miramax, Mike Zoss Productions, Triptych Pictures

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Crime

Budget

$23 000 000

Revenue

$76 488 889

Website

http://www.miramax.com/movie/bad-santa

Director

Terry Zwigoff

Actors

Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, Bernie Mac, Ajay Naidu, Alex Borstein, Lorna Scott
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Scenario

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Producer

Bob Weinstein, John Cameron, Sarah Aubrey, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Operator

Jamie Anderson

Composer

David Kitay

Artist

Ray Yamagata

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Felicia Fasano

Editing

Robert Hoffman, Haley Sweet
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• 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.