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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Slapstick Violence Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 06/22/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: Dimension Total Copies: 14 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Crime Comedy, Holiday Film See Also: Badder Santa: The Unrated Version, Bad Santa [Director's Cut], Badder Santa [Blu-ray]

The Christmas season just got a lot less joyous in this very dark comedy. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a con man and a thief who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox), a midget, for a very special scam each year during the holiday season. Willie gets a job as Santa Claus at a shopping mall, his pal tags along as an elf, and they use their employee status to crack mall security and rob stores blind just before Christmas. However, there's one flaw to this plan -- Willie is a bitter, foul-mouthed and perpetually grouchy alcoholic who doesn't care for kids, and it's all he can do to keep himself from getting fired while on the job. The mall's manager (John Ritter, in his last film appearance) is certain something's wrong with the Santa he's hired, so he asks the mall's chief of security (Bernie Mac) to do some research on Willie. Meanwhile, one of the kids Willie is forced to talk to becomes a regular customer; overweight, awkward, and the frequent target of bullies, the boy manages to arouse something like sympathy from Willie, who tries to give him some advice and develops something vaguely resembling Christmas sprit along the way. Bad Santa was directed by Terry Zwigoff, who enjoyed previous success with Crumb and Ghost World. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Billy Bob Thornton - Willie T. Stokes
Tony Cox - Marcus
Brett Kelly - Thurman Merman
Lauren Graham - Sue
Lauren Tom - Lois

Terry Zwigoff's biting holiday comedy Bad Santa makes its debut on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Both the image and the sound do a fine job of replicating the cinematic experience. Supplemental materials include four deleted scenes, a four-minute blooper reel, and a making-of featurette. This is a by-the-numbers release of one of the sleeper hits from the end of 2003. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide