Fred Claus
2007 American Christmas comedy film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fred Claus is a 2007 American Christmas comedy film directed by David Dobkin, screenplay and a story by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, and Kevin Spacey. The film was first announced in October 2005 with Mike Mitchell attached to direct.[4] The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2007 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is loosely based on the poem "A legend of Santa and his brother Fred" written by Donald Henkel.[5] It received negative reviews from critics and grossed $97 million worldwide against the production budget of $100 million.
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Directed by | David Dobkin |
Screenplay by | Dan Fogelman |
Story by | Jessie Nelson Dan Fogelman |
Produced by | Joel Silver Jessie Nelson David Dobkin |
Starring | Vince Vaughn Paul Giamatti Miranda Richardson John Michael Higgins Elizabeth Banks Rachel Weisz Kathy Bates Kevin Spacey |
Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
Edited by | Mark Livolsi |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $100 million[2] |
Box office | $97.8 million[3] |