Chasing Christmas Page #2

Synopsis: In a world where the holidays are run by the efficient Bureau of Yuletide Affairs, a bitter and burned-out Ghost of Christmas Past decides to go AWOL while on a "mission" and leave his "target" stranded in 1965.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Ron Oliver
Production: Lionsgate
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.4
PG
Year:
2005
120 min
57 Views


- All of them.

All 79 workers

came in your office

and asked if they could

leave early today?

Sir, I volunteered to come in

and ask because, you know--

What is so special

about today?

Um, it's...

Christmas Eve?

Yeah, but besides that.

- Um, people want to shop.

- Uh-uh. See, as you know,

today is just like

any other day around here.

We all work our regular shifts,

and when we're done,

we can go home.

Yes, sir.

Also, the homeless shelter

called,

asking what time

they should stop by

to pick up the coats.

What coats?

The irregulars,

of course.

Oh, oh, yeah.

We're not doing that

this year.

What?

But this company has donated

the irregular coats

to the homeless

since your father

founded it in 1941.

Actually, I don't need

a Cameron Coat Company

history lesson right now.

We found a paying customer

for the irregulars.

The Guatemalan Army.

They bought 'em all.

They don't care if the epaulets

are upside-down or not.

They're not a very good army.

They'll probably only

wear 'em once.

So they get some decent coats,

we get a bucket of money.

Everybody wins.

Except

the freezing homeless.

Ms. Creed,

I am not heartless.

I'm gonna donate some coats

on the Fourth of July.

But it'll be

90 degrees in July!

Thank you!

Thank you.

As usual, you have

until midnight tonight

to complete the assignment.

Sounds pretty simple.

We make an appearance,

we show him the error

of his ways, and poof!

By morning he'll be singing

"Fa la la la la."

I hope it's that easy.

We need a success

on this assignment.

The head office

has been threatening

to close the Ghosts

of Christmas program,

due to ineffectiveness.

Ineffectiveness?

When have we been

ineffective?

Hello! The Miami incident?

Ah! Hey, look, he could swim

when he was a kid.

Look, just stay sharp

this year.

The last thing we need

is to look bad.

Past, here's your

candy cane chronometer.

It's been preprogrammed

to take you back in time

to key points

in Jack's history.

Here are your

spectral snowflakes,

which will allow

you and the target

to remain transparent

while on the journey.

Ohh! I really need a smoke.

Do you have any

cigarettes in there?

- Ghosts can't smoke.

- Oh, please, Trevor.

What's it gonna do,

kill me again?

All right, then.

Twelve-hour countdown

begins...

now.

Uh, you haven't told us

who the point person is

on the assignment.

Matthew Preston,

Jack's ex-business partner.

Died one year ago

in a freak accident

while on vacation.

What exactly do you mean

by "freak"?

Hey, what was I

supposed to do, huh?

For one thing,

keep your eye on the fish!

I looked away for one second,

I mean, come on!

Okay.

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Todd Berger

Todd Berger (born April 5, 1979) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist most prominently known for writing, directing, and appearing in the films It's a Disaster, Cover Versions, and The Scenesters. Berger has also appeared as an actor in films such as Southland Tales and on the television shows Parks and Recreation and Maron. Berger also wrote the novel Showdown City, published in 2016 by Diversion Books. Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review and called it a "terrific debut novel." Berger is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where he worked for the student television station KVR-TV and wrote and directed the nationally syndicated comedy show Campus Loop.Berger also wrote The Happytime Murders, an upcoming noir-comedy puppet film being directed by Brian Henson and starring Melissa McCarthy, and is currently writing a screenplay for a film adaptation of Where's Waldo. more…

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