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* The costumed characters seen in the parade include {{w|Barbie}}, a {{w|Cabbage Patch Kid}}, [[the Cat in the Hat]], [[Ernie and Bert]], {{w|Gumby}}, {{w|Hello Kitty}}, [[Leonardo]], {{w|Madeline}}, {{w|Paddington Bear}}, {{w|Raggedy Ann and Andy}}, [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Snoopy]], and {{w|the Tick}}. |
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Revision as of 19:25, 3 October 2019
“ | PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN! NOW!! | ” |
— Howard delivering the film's most famous line |
Jingle All The Way is a Christmas comedy film released in 1996, directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi, and Robert Conrad. Inspired by real-life Christmas toy sell-outs for products such as the Cabbage Patch Kids and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it was written by Randy Kornfield. Producer Chris Columbus of Home Alone fame rewrote the script, adding in elements of satire about the commercialization of Christmas, and the project was picked up by 20th Century Fox. Delays on Fox's remake of Planet of the Apes allowed Schwarzenegger to come on board the film, while Columbus opted to cast Sinbad ahead of Joe Pesci as Myron. It was set and filmed in Minneapolis-St. Paul at a variety of locations, including the Mall of America. After five weeks of filming, production moved to California where scenes such as the end parade were shot. Its swift production meant merchandising was limited to a replica of the Turbo Man action figure used in it.
Synopsis
Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a hard-working employee at a mattress company, and is stuck doing extra work on the day his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), is earning a purple belt in karate. Despite his promise to make it, he runs into trouble with a traffic jam and Officer Alexander Hummel (Robert Conrad), a sadistic cop who forces him to do a sobriety test after catching him speeding on the shoulder. Because of all this, he ends up missing the karate class. In order to make it up to Jamie, he promises to get him anything he wants for Christmas. What he wants is the immensely popular "Turbo Man" doll, based on the Saturday-morning live-action TV show of the same name. Unfortunately, Howard had promised to buy it earlier in the year and, as is the habit with him, promptly forgotten about it. To add further salt to the wound, his wife, Liz (Rita Wilson), informs him that since the dolls are the must-have gifts of the season, they are virtually impossible to find, especially this close to Christmas.
Desperate to not disappoint his family again, Howard sets off on a wild goose chase all over Minneapolis-St.Paul to find the doll. At the first store he gets to, he meets Myron Larabee (Sinbad), a post office worker who son wants one too. It is eventually revealed that this is going to be a "no holds barred" scavenger hunt, with lots of shoving, fighting, arguing, and worse. Throughout Howard's quest, the many stores he hits and the chaos that ensues at each one ultimately results in nothing, and at one point he has another run in with Officer Hummell when he accidentally knocks over his squad motorcycle. During a stopover at the Mall of America, Howard is lured into buying a doll from a con Santa (Jim Belushi), who is the leader of a large counterfeit toy-making operation. Unsurprisingly, he pays $500 for a Spanish speaking doll that falls apart the moment he opens the box. Angered at being ripped off, he accuses the Santas of undermining the values of Christmas and ends up in a brawl with them. The police show up to bust the ring, and Howard manages to get out of trouble by posing as an undercover cop using a toy badge.
Later, Howard arrives at Mickey's Diner and uses their pay phone to call home. Jamie answers, and Howard unintentionally scolds him over Turbo Man when he tries to get him to hand the phone to Liz. In turn, Jamie rebukes Howard for never keeping his promises and hangs up. Liz overhears the conversation and becomes disappointed in Howard. Howard encounters Myron at the diner, and they attempt to patch things up by sharing their woe stories; Myron explains that when he was young, his father was unable to buy him a Johnny Seven OMA action figure on Christmas. Their conversation is interrupted when they hear on the KQRS radio station that the disc jockey is holding a Turbo Man competition, and whoever can name all eight of Santa's reindeer wins it! Resuming their rivalry, they barge into the studio (prompting the freaked-out disc jockey to call the police) and give the correct answer, only to discover that the prize is just a gift certificate. Enraged, Myron threatens the disc jockey with a small package from his mailbag which he claims is a mail bomb, but it turns out to be a fake. The police soon arrive (along with Officer Hummell), and Myron bluffs them into backing off by pulling out a much bigger package and claiming it to be a bomb too (unaware that it actually is one). Officer Hummell inspects it and declares that it is harmless, only for it to explode in his face when he tries to open it.
After returning to the diner to find that his car has been stripped and spray-painted by thieves, Howard decides to give up the search and returns home to explain everything to Liz, only to discover his next door neighbor, Ted (Phil Hartman), (who always seems to be homing in on Liz when he is not around) in his house putting his star on his tree! His blood boiling with anger, Howard exacts revenge by breaking into Ted's house and stealing the Turbo Man doll he bought for his son, Johnny. However, he has a change of heart at the last minute as he could not see himself stealing from a child. Before he has a chance to replace it and escape, he is confronted by Ted's pet reindeer and he unintentionally sets some stuff on fire in the ensuing chaos. This causes him to be caught by Ted and a distraught Liz, who both leave to attend the Holiday Wintertainment Parade with Jamie and Johnny.
Broken, Howard decides to to keep the one promise he can, by making his way to the parade to be with his family. Meanwhile, Ted attempts to make a pass at Liz, only to be hit with a thermos of eggnog after she sees who he really is. Upon arriving at the parade, Howard runs into a bandaged Officer Hummell and accidentally drenches him with hot chocolate. In the ensuing chase, Howard escapes into a preparations room for the parade where he is mistaken for a replacement for the actor who will play Turbo Man on the so-themed float, where he gets the opportunity to pick a child to present a coveted limited-edition Turbo Man doll! Naturally, he picks Jamie, but before Jamie recognizes him, Myron shows up dressed as Turbo Man's archenemy, Dementor (having bound and gagged the real actor), and chases Jamie all around the street, with the crowd thinking that this is part of the act. Howard does his best to keep up, but has little skill in controlling the Turbo Man suit. In the end, he defeats Myron and saves both Jamie and the doll. Jamie is sad that his dad wasn't there to see it… until Howard removes his helmet to reveal his true identity!
Meanwhile, Myron is being hauled off by the police, dismayed by his ultimate failure to retrieve the doll and give it to his son for Christmas. Touched by his words, Jamie gives it to him, saying that he no longer needs it since his father is the real Turbo Man. Myron and Howard apologize and become friends, and Howard apologizes to a shocked Officer Hummell for everything. He is declared a hero and is crowd-surfed away. At home, Christmas Eve is finally spent right, as the star is mounted on the tree, and everyone's happy. Liz is so happy that Howard was willing to do so much to get a present for Jamie, that it has her wondering what he got for her. The shocked expression on his face tells the whole story.
Songs
Soundtrack
TVT Records released the film's soundtrack album on CD on November 26, 1996. It features only two of composer David Newman's pieces from the film score, but features many of the songs by other artists that are included in it, as well as other Christmas songs and new tracks by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. The track listing is as follows:
# | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1 | Jingle Bells | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | 2:18 |
2 | So They Say It's Christmas | Lou Rawls and the Brian Setzer Orchestra | 4:05 |
3 | Sleigh Ride | Darlene Love and the Brian Setzer Orchestra | 2:36 |
4 | Run Rudolph Run | Chuck Berry | 2:44 |
5 | It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Johnny Mathis | 2:47 |
6 | Merry Christmas Baby | Charles Brown | 4:47 |
7 | Back Door Santa | Clarence Carter | 2:09 |
8 | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | 3:10 |
9 | Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms | 2:12 |
10 | Father and Son | David Newman | 3:00 |
11 | Finale | David Newman | 4:02 |
12 | Deep in the Heart of Christmas | The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Darlene Love | 2:52 |
Of the songs featured on the soundtrack album, "Deep in the Heart of Christmas" does not actually appear in the film. Conversely, the soundtrack album does not include the Turbo Man theme, "Christmas All Over Again" (performed by Tom Petty) or "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" (performed by Jim Belushi and the Santa chorus), the last of which appears only in the extended cut.
Score album
On November 3, 2008, Intrada Records released a CD of David Newman's full score for the film, as the 80th volume of the Intrada Special Collection album series. It was a limited edition of 10,000 units. Prior to this release, only "Howard & Jamie" and "Rescue Jamie and Finale" had appeared on the soundtrack album, titled "Father and Son" and "Finale", respectively.
# | Title | Length |
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1 | Main Title | 1:58 |
2 | Traffic | 1:48 |
3 | Howard & Hummel | 1:34 |
4 | Turbo Man Commercial | 0:32 |
5 | Howard & Jamie* | 3:07 |
6 | Abusing the Help | 2:08 |
7 | Late Delivery | 0:47 |
8 | Nutcracker Mall | 2:09 |
9 | Riot in the Workshop | 5:27 |
10 | Here's To You Dad | 2:53 |
11 | Music Box Bomb | 2:01 |
12 | Bomb #2 | 1:24 |
13 | Breaking & Entering | 2:57 |
14 | Drinking With Reindeer | 1:48 |
15 | Howard in the Taxi | 1:40 |
16 | Show Time | 1:33 |
17 | Turbo Tom Marching Band #1 | 2:05 |
18 | Turbo Tom Marching Band #2 | 2:10 |
19 | Dementor Arrives | 1:31 |
20 | Howard Saves the Day | 5:01 |
21 | Rescue Jamie and Finale** [Original Version] | 4:01 |
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22 | Turbo Tom Marching Band #1 [With Guitar] | 2:05 |
23 | Rescue Jamie and Finale [Revised] | 3:59 |
Home media releases
Notes
- The costumed characters seen in the parade include Barbie, a Cabbage Patch Kid, the Cat in the Hat, Ernie and Bert, Gumby, Hello Kitty, Leonardo, Madeline, Paddington Bear, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Sonic the Hedgehog, Snoopy, and the Tick.
- Joe Pesci was considered for the role of Myron Larabee, but Levant chose Sinbad to play Myron instead.
Cast
Actor(s)/actress(es) | Character(s) |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger | Howard Langston |
Sinbad | Myron Larabee |
Phil Hartman | Ted Maltin |
Rita Wilson | Liz Langston |
Robert Conrad | Officer Hummell |
Martin Mull | D.J. |
Jake Lloyd | Jamie Langston |
James Belushi | Mall Santa |
E.J. de la Pena | Johnny |
Laraine Newman | First Lady |
Justin Chapman | Billy |
Harvey Korman | President |
Richard Moll | Dementor (TV) |
Daniel Riordan | Turbo Man (TV) |
Jeff Deist | Booster (TV) Puppeteer |
Nada Despotovich | Margaret |
Ruth Hjelmgren | Judy (Single Mother) |
Caroline Kaiser | Mary (Single Mother) |
Samuel Morris | Sensei |
Shawn Hamilton | Sensei's Assistant |
Lewis Dauber | Toy Store Manager |
Bill Schoppert | Father at Toy Store |
Courtney Goodell | Little Girl at Toy Store |
George Fisher | Daring Shopper |
Chris Parnell | Toy Store Sales Clerk |
Patrick Richwood | Toy Store Co-Worker |
Kate McGregor-Stewart | Toy Store Customer |
Marcus Toji | Little Boy with Car Remote |
Steve Hendrickson Peter Syvertsen |
Fathers on Phone |
Mo Collins | Mother on Phone |
John Rothman | Mall Toy Store Manager |
Christopher Slater Robert Southgate |
Mall Toy Store Employees |
Allison & Hayley Benner | Toddlers |
Sandra Horner | Toddler's Angry Mom |
Phyllis Wright Marvette Knight |
Angry Moms |
Danny Woodburn | Tony the Elf |
Bruce Bohne | Santa at Warehouse Door |
Paul 'The Giant' Wight | Huge Santa |
Ron Browne Robert Clark James Riddle Bill Wilson |
Santa in warehouse |
Alan Blumenfeld | Cop at Santa's warehouse |
Traci Christofore | Little Girl (Petting Reindeer) |
Sandy Thomas | Mother in neighborhood |
Martin Ruben | Father in neighborhood |
Nick La Tour | Counterman |
Peter Breitmayer | Sparky |
Phil Morris | Gale Force |
Marianne Muellerleile | Tow Truck Driver |
Amy Pietz | Liza Tisch |
Judy Sladky | Snoopy |
Walter von Huene | Taxi driver |
Steve Van Wormer | Turbo Man float parade worker |
Curtis Armstrong | Chain-smoking Booster |
Jim Meskimen | Police officer at parade |
Martin Valinsky | Police officer escorting Myron |
Rochelle Vallese | Girl at parade |
Deena Driskill | Barbie |
Spencer Klein Danny Pritchett |
Kid in Turbo Man commercial |
Rick Johnson | Kareem |
Uncredited actors/actresses | |
Marc Ambrose | Balloon wrangler |
Greg Bronson | Toy store shopper |
Sarah Cameron Anthony Fitzgerald Brian Johnson David Nash Jane Plank Heidi Tungseth |
Christmas carolers |
Susan Chambers | Frantic shopper |
Clint Childers | Shopper |
Kevin Deon | Crazy Shopper |
Matthew Feeney | Curious man |
Trish Gates | Store clerk |
Dan Griffin | Spectator |
Tracy Lines | Turbo shopper |
John Murray | Video camera dad |
Phaedra Neitzel | Santa's helper |
Lori J. Ness | Nun |
Maridean Shepard | Grandstand parade watcher |
Yeardley Smith | Woman (Flirts with Howie) |
Bobby Sussman Carl Washington |
Parade watchers |
Joel Thingvall | Toy store shopper |
Verne Troyer | Mini Santa |
Ryan Wotherspoon | Playground attendant |
See also
External links
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