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the santa clause (1994)

Disney's The Santa Clause follows Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), a marketing director for a toy company, who, after a recent divorce, is spending Christmas with his young son, Charlie (Eric Lloyd). When he startles an intruder off of his roof on Christmas Eve, Scott accidentally volunteers to be the new Santa, then spends the following year undergoing a magical transformation into jolly old St. Nick.

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The Santa Clause
PG
Fantasy
Family
Comedy
Drama

Director
John Pasquin
Release Date
November 11, 1994
Studio(s)
Disney
Distributor(s)
Disney
Cast
Wendy Crewson , Judge Reinhold , David Krumholtz , Eric Lloyd , Tim Allen
Writers
Steve Rudnick , Leo Benvenuti
Runtime
97 minutes
Budget
$22 million

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