The Santa Clause Page #3

Synopsis: Divorcee Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex and her husband have tried - and failed - to break it easy to their 6-year-old son Charlie that Santa isn't real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads The Night Before Christmas... then receives an unexpected visitor on his roof. When he's startled by Scott's calling out and falls, the Santa impersonator disappears, leaving only an 8-reindeer sleigh and a suit with instructions to put it on if he's involved in an accident. Scott does, and is transported around the town dropping gifts through chimneys until he's taken to the North Pole and informed by a group who claim they're elves that he is now Santa. Charlie is proud of his dad's new job, though Scott's convinced it's a dream. Until his hair turns white, his beard refuses to stay shaved, he gains weight inexplicably, even for his sudden love of junk food... Now he's accepted it, there's just one problem: how to keep it secret from his disbelieving family?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): John Pasquin
Production: Buena Vista Distribution Compa
  2 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
1994
97 min
5,123 Views


Whatever. | Their, uh, antlers give them--

You know, ther-- ther-- there's | a slipstream effect-- The air go--

T-They move fa-- | They're weightless.

- But if Santa's so fat, how | did he get down the chimneys? | - He sucks it in like Grandpa.

But what about people | who don't have fireplaces? | How does he get into their house?

Charlie, sometimes believing | in something means you--

means you just | believe in it.

Santa uses reindeer to fly because | that's how he has to get around.

But you do believe | in Santa, right, Dad?

Of course I believe in Santa. | Now, please, go to sleep.

- Dad? | - What is it, Charlie?

Maybe you better leave some cookies | and milk out, just in case, okay?

Great. I'll just go | preheat the oven.

And don't forget | the fire extinguisher.

Good night, Charlie.

Ho!

Now, settle down there.

Dad! Dad!

- W-What? | - I heard a clatter.

- What, Charlie? | - There! A clatter!

- Charlie, what are you talkin' about? | - You know, "it came a big noise."

It's coming from outside.

Charlie, it's just | the wind or somethin'.

Come on. | Let's go back to bed.

- Somebody's on the roof. | - Maybe it's Santa.

Not now, Charlie. | I want you to sit here, | and I want you to stay right there.

- Charlie, do you know how to call 911? | - Sure. 911.

Yeah. Great. Stay there.

- Hey, you! | - What's that--

Whoa! Whoa! Wh-Whoa!

Whoo-hoo! | Hey, buddy.

All right, you should | just stay still. Perfect.

- You got him! | - Charlie, stay where you are.

Charlie, would you listen to me? | Stay up there!

It is Santa! | You killed him.

Did not. | And he's not Santa.

Well, he was.

He's got some l.D. | on him, I bet.

Fella, if you can hear me, I'm just | lookin' for your identification.

Once I figure out who ya are, I'll-- | I'll give you a lift back to the mall.

"lf something should | happen to me, put on my suit. | The reindeer will know what to do."

Yeah, right.

Whoa.

- Dad! | - Hey.

He disappeared.

- Whoa! | - He's naked somewhere.

- You gonna put on the suit | like the card said? Are you? | - No. No.

- Come on, Dad. I wanna go too. | - Stop it, Charlie. | We're not goin' anywhere.

- You never do what I wanna do! | - Would you please be quiet for a minute | so I can figure this out?

Reindeer up on the roof. | Santa suit layin' on the ground.

Guy fell. Not my fault.

Reindeer on the roof. | That is hard to explain.

It's the ladder.

Where the hell'd | this come from?

Look here, Dad. | "The Rose Suchak Ladder Company."

- Huh? | - "Out by the roof | there's a Rose Suchak ladder."

- Just like the poem. | - Just like the poem?

Charlie, come on down from there. | Charlie, get down from there!

Dad! You gotta see this!

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Leo Benvenuti

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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