- Surviving Christmas
Infobox Film
name = Surviving Christmas
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caption = Promotional poster for "Surviving Christmas"
director = Mike Mitchell
producer =Betty Thomas
writer =Deborah Kaplan Harry Elfont Jeffrey Ventimilia Joshua Sternin
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starring =Ben Affleck James Gandolfini Christina Applegate Catherine O'Hara Josh Zuckerman Bill Macy Jennifer Morrison
music =Randy Edelman
cinematography = Peter Lyons Collister
Tom Priestley Jr.
editing = Craig McKay
distributor =
released =October 22 , 2004
runtime = 91 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0252028"Surviving Christmas" is a
2004 comedy film , directed by Mike Mitchell and starringBen Affleck . Despite being aChristmas movie, DreamWorks SKG released the movie towards the end of October. This was due to it being advanced fromDecember 2003 to avoid clashing with Affleck's other film, "Paycheck" (a co-production of DreamWorks and its current sister studioParamount Pictures ). "Surviving Christmas" fared poorly at the box office and was listed among the 10 worst films of 2004 by everyone fromEntertainment Weekly to People magazine. The movie was released on DVD just two months after its theatrical release. Fact|date=February 2007 The movie was also a box office bomb, grossing around $4 million in its opening weekend and about $11 million five weeks after its release. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252028/business]Plot
Drew Latham is a wealthy advertising executive, driven by money, which results in him living a shallow, pointless life. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he faces the prospect of another Christmas alone, so he decides to visit his childhood home to rekindle his old holiday memories. Once there, he discovers that the house is now owned by another family, the Valcos. Not to be deterred, Latham offers them $250,000 if they will allow him to spend Christmas with them and pretend to be a member of their family. They accept and then have to put up with his annoying insistence upon doing traditional Christmas activities. After a while, Latham starts to care about the Valcos, and he attempts to repair their marriage. He also develops an attraction for his 'sister.'
Tagline: "Share the warmth"
Cast
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Ben Affleck – Drew Latham
*James Gandolfini – Tom Valco
*Christina Applegate – Alicia Valco
*Catherine O'Hara – Christine Valco
*Josh Zuckerman – Brian Valco
*Bill Macy – Doo-Dah
*Jennifer Morrison – Missy Vanglider
*Udo Kier – Heinrich
*David Selby – Horace Vanglider
*Stephanie Faracy – Letitia Vanglider
*Stephen Root – Dr. Freeman
*Sy Richardson – Doo-Dah Understudy
*Tangie Ambrose – Kathryn
*John 'B.J.' Bryant – Cabbie
*Peter Jason – Suitee also
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2004 in film External links
* [http://www.survivingchristmas.com/intro.html Official site]
*imdb title|id=0252028|title=Surviving Christmas
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