![]() ![]() However, the part about being Jingle being dubbed a dud by culture arbiters? That is completely true and their assessment is accurate. Compare Jingle All the Way's earnings to those of Santa with Muscles, the same year's minimally-distributed holiday comedy headlined by fellow middle-aged strongman Hulk Hogan, and Arnold's draw seems fairly titanic. But the movie wasn't exactly ignored by the moviegoing public its North American gross narrowly met its budget ($60 million), something that has rarely happened in the years following Arnold's box office behemoth Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). That perception is two-thirds correct: Fox widely promoted the Thanksgiving week release and reviews were hostile. The reputation this 11-year-old Christmas flick has is of a movie that was heavily marketed, critically drubbed, and underattended in theaters. As far as Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are concerned, the movie is a laughingstock that's ripe for periodic mention when the Governor is in the news. ![]() Subsequent releases drew smaller crowds and by 2003, when the actor became a politician in a most unusual recall election, he had already returned to the R-rated action fare that made him a household name.Īmong the comedy work that now amounts to a little more than a career footnote, 1996's Jingle All the Way stands out for being Schwarzenegger's most family-oriented and most lampooned. His first efforts, the Ivan Reitman-directed Twins (1988) and Kindergarten Cop (1990), proved to be quite successful financially. In between becoming an action movie star and becoming the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger occasionally dabbled in comedy films. de la Pena (Johnny), Laraine Newman (First Lady), Justin Chapman (Billy), Harvey Korman (President), Richard Moll (Dementor), Daniel Riordan (Turbo Man), Jeff Deist (TV Booster/Puppeteer), Nada Despotovich (Margaret) Theatrical Release: Novem/ Running Time: 89 Minutes (Theatrical Cut), 94 Minutes (Extended Edition) / Rating: PGĭirector: Brian Levant / Writer: Randy KornfieldĬast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Howard Langston), Sinbad (Myron Larabee), Phil Hartman (Ted Maltin), Rita Wilson (Liz Langston), Robert Conrad (Officer Hummell), Martin Mull (DJ), Jake Lloyd (Jamie Langston), James Belushi (Mall Santa), E.J. ![]()
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