Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy film directed by Terry Zwigoff and written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on November 26, 2003.
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Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy film directed by Terry Zwigoff and written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It received positive reviews and was a commercial success. An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004, and on Blu-ray Disc on November 20, 2007, as Bad Santa. A sequel, Bad Santa 2, was released on November 23, 2016. The epilogue is told through a letter from Willie in the hospital to Thurman, who is recovering from the police chase to his house, ignoring their orders to freeze him. The movie was Ritter’s last live-action film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003 ; the film was dedicated to his memory. It was also the last film to be made by the Coen Brothers, who are credited with co-writing and co-directing the film.
The plot involves Willie T. Soke, a sex-addicted alcoholic, and his dwarf assistant Marcus Skidmore, a professional thieves. Every year, Willie gets a job as a department store Santa Claus and Marcus as an elf to rob shopping malls at night, with Marcus’ wife Lois as their getaway driver. Willie and Marcus’ partnership begins to falter, further exacerbated when Willie shows up to work drunk and destroys the Santa attraction, to Marcus’ and Gin’s shock. At the mall, Willie is visited by Thurman Merman, a friendly but exceedingly gullible, dimwitted overweight young boy who assumes Willie is really Santa, and is constantly bullied by a teenage gang of skateboarders. Willie tricks Thurman into letting him rob the house safe and steal Roger’s BMW 740iL. He then gives Thurman a ride home, where he lives with his senile grandmother. Thurman reveals that his mother died and his father, Roger, is actually in jail for embezzlement.
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