Movie
Fred Claus
Overview
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-11-09
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jessie Nelson Productions, Silver Pictures, David Dobkin Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Vince Vaughn as Fred Claus
- Paul Giamatti as Nick (Santa) Claus
- John Michael Higgins as Willie
- Miranda Richardson as Annette Claus
- Rachel Weisz as Wanda Blinkowski
- Kathy Bates as Mother Claus
- Trevor Peacock as Papa Claus
- Ludacris as DJ Donnie
- Elizabeth Banks as Charlene
- Jeremy Swift as Bob Elf
- Elizabeth Berrington as Linda Elf
- Kevin Spacey as Clyde Archibald Northcutt
Crew
- David Dobkin - Director
- Dan Fogelman - Screenplay
- Dan Fogelman - Story
- Jessie Nelson - Story
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