Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American family-oriented comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi and Robert Conrad. The plot focuses on two rival fathers, workaholic Howard Langston and postal worker Myron Larabee , both desperately trying to retrieve a Turbo-Man action figure for their respective sons on a last minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve. Inspired by real-life Christmas toy sell-outs for products such as the Cabbage Patch Kids and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the film was written by Randy... Kornfield. Producer Chris Columbus 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 reboot 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. Jingle All the Way was set and filmed in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota at a variety of locations, including Bloomington's Mall of America.
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| Release date: | November 22, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Brian Levant |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe |
| Editor: | Kent Beyda |
| Music by: | David Newman |
| Cinematography: | Victor J. Kemper |
| Screenplay by: | Randy Kornfield |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Children's |