Editing Bad Santa (section)

{{short description|2003 film directed by Terry Zwigoff}}
{{For|the basketball player known as "Bad Santa"|Kenny Brunner}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Bad Santa
| image          = Bad Santa film.jpg
| alt            = A scruffy dishevelled Santa Claus, standing beside a scowling man in a yellow suit, and a fat child and an Santa helper elf standing in front of them.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Terry Zwigoff]]
| producer       = {{ubl|John Cameron|Sarah Aubrey|[[Bob Weinstein]]}}
| writer         = {{ubl|[[Glenn Ficarra]]|[[John Requa]]}}
| story          = {{ubl|[[Coen brothers|Ethan and Joel Coen]]}} (uncredited)
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
* [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]]
* [[Lauren Graham]]
* [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]]
* [[Lauren Tom]]
* [[John Ritter]]
* [[Bernie Mac]]
}}
| music          = [[David Kitay]]
| cinematography = [[Jamie Anderson (cinematographer)|Jamie Anderson]]
| editing        = Robert Hoffman
| production_companies = {{ubl|[[Dimension Films]]|[[Triptych Pictures]]}}
| distributor    = {{ubl|[[Miramax|Miramax Films]] (Worldwide)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Santa (2003) - Financial Information|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=20 May 2021|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Santa#tab=summary|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520071531/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Santa#tab=summary|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Columbia Pictures]] (though [[Sony Pictures Releasing|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]]; select international territories)}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|11|26}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Bad Santa'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/bad-santa-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndm1otq|access-date=May 29, 2025|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $23 million<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badsanta.htm |title=Bad Santa (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-date=2011-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909104717/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badsanta.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross          = $76.5 million<ref name="boxofficemojo"/>
}}

'''''Bad Santa''''' is a 2003 American [[Christmas film|Christmas]] [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Terry Zwigoff]], written by [[Glenn Ficarra]] and [[John Requa]], and starring [[Billy Bob Thornton]] in the title role, with a supporting cast of [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]], [[Lauren Graham]], [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]], [[Lauren Tom]], [[John Ritter]], and [[Bernie Mac]]. It was Ritter's last live-action film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003. The film was dedicated to his memory. The [[Coen brothers]] are credited as executive producers. The film was released in North America on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4197317/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Bad Santa |access-date=2009-12-05 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=2012-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015103202/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4197317/year/2004.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It received positive reviews and was a commercial success.

An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004, and on [[Blu-ray]] on November 20, 2007, as ''Bad(der) Santa''. A [[director's cut]] [[DVD]] was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an [[audio commentary]] with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version. A sequel, ''[[Bad Santa 2]]'', was released on November 23, 2016, and failed to match the critical and commercial success of the original.