For the basketball player known as "Bad Santa", see Kenny Brunner.
Bad Santa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Terry Zwigoff
Written by
Glenn Ficarra
John Requa
Story by
Ethan and Joel Coen
(uncredited)
Produced by
John Cameron
Sarah Aubrey
Bob Weinstein
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Tony Cox
Lauren Graham
Brett Kelly
Lauren Tom
John Ritter
Bernie Mac
Cinematography
Jamie Anderson
Edited by
Robert Hoffman
Music by
David Kitay
Production companies
Columbia Pictures
Dimension Films
Triptych Pictures
Distributed by
Miramax Films[1]
Release date
November 26, 2003 (2003-11-26)
Running time
92 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$23 million[2]
Box office
$76.5 million[2]
Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy crime film directed by Terry Zwigoff, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and starring Billy Bob Thornton in the title role, with a supporting cast of Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. It was Ritter's last live-action film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003. The film was dedicated to his memory. The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers. The film was released in North America on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It received positive reviews and was a commercial success.
An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004, and on Blu-ray on November 20, 2007, as Bad(der) Santa. A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version. A sequel, Bad Santa 2, was released on November 23, 2016, and failed to match the critical and commercial success of the original.
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