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View larger Bad Santa Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, Bernie Mac, Lauren Tom Directed by: Terry Zwigoff Screenplay by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Terry Zwigoff, Arnie Marx Release Date: December 26, 2003 Running Time: 105 minutes MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, strong sexual content, some violence. Studio: Dimension Films  Box-Office Totals Domestic: $60,060,328 Foreign: $16,428,561 Total: $76,488,889 (Worldwide) Box-Office Charts   Subscribe to Movies Central by Email  Subscribe in any reader  Check out Feed Central

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Billy Bob Thornton is Willie T. Stokes, a washed-up, wise-cracking Department Store Santa who can’t help but be more naughty than nice. Underneath his ill-fitting red suit, Willie is actually a safecracker who makes one big score every year – on Christmas Eve. As shoppers head home from the mall, this Santa and his ingenious Elf – Willie’s midget partner-in crime Marcus (Tony Cox) – crack the store safe and make off with their own holiday stash. But then comes Phoenix. Here Santa and his Elf find their annual heist endangered by a pesky store manager (John Ritter), a savvy mall detective (Bernie Mac), a sexy Santa fan (Lauren Graham) and an innocent but beleaguered 8 year-old misfit (Brett Kelly) who decides to believe that Willie – as intoxicated, acid-tongued and felonious as he seems to be -- is the real Santa he’s been seeking. Many have been the portraits of down-and-out Santas and Christmas Scrooges in the movies. Yet never has the world seen a Santa who has started out in quite such a hilariously rock-bottom place as Willie T. Stokes. He drinks like a fish, swears like a sailor and spreads a lot more Christmas sarcasm than holiday cheer. He’s completely politically incorrect, not to mention he’s only in the Santa business for the criminal opportunities.  Full Production Notes

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