Fred Claus DVD 2008 Télbratyó / Directed by David Dobkin / Starring: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins

UPC 5999048923394

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1, Czech 5.1, Turkish 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Czech, Hebrew, Turkish

Total Runtime: 111 MINUTES

English Summary:

As a child, Fredrick Claus grew up in the shadow of his younger brother Nicholas. Due to Nick’s selflessness and good will, he became a saint, which gave him and his family immortality. Fred’s jealousy of Nick and his parents' preference for him cause a rift between the brothers.

In the present, Nick has become the modern-day Santa Claus, delivering gifts to the children of the world. Fred has become a repossession agent in Chicago to take them away. Fred lives alone and is friends with orphan Samuel “Slam” Gibbons. After his girlfriend Wanda breaks up with him, Fred is arrested for impersonating Salvation Army in an attempt to raise seed money for an illegal casino plan. Fred asks Nick for bail and seed money. Nick accepts on the condition that Fred visits the North Pole for the holidays to work for it.

Head elf Willie escorts Fred to the North Pole. Nick gives Fred the task of assigning children as ‘naughty’ or ‘nice’ based on their behavior. Meanwhile, efficiency expert Clyde Northcutt arrives to analyse the North Pole’s dwindling performance on a three-strike assessment. After Fred starts a party in the workshop (switching the radio from "Here Comes Santa Claus"--which was played repeatedly-- to Elvis Presley's Rubberneckin'), Clyde gives the first strike. Fred attends a dinner with his parents, but their constant appraisal of Nick causes him to storm out.

Hungarian Summary:

Fred Clausban a Karácsony legnagyobb ikonjának, a jó öreg Télapónak a bátyja, aki a világhírű öcsi szöges ellentéte. Az északi sarki gyermekkor rengeteg nehézséget tartogatott a kis Frednek, hisz folyton eminens öccséhez hasonlítgatták. Akárhogy is próbált, sosem érhetett fel Nicholas Claushoz, aki maga volt a megtestesült szentség. Nick felnőve a Karácsony szinonimájává vált emberbarátiságával és önzetlenségével; míg zsémbes bátyjából, Fredből éppen az ő tökéletes ellentéte vált: egy érzéketlen végrehajtó, aki ellopott mindent, amit lefoglalt. Sajnálatos módon Fred álnoksága végül visszaüt, és börtönbe kerül. Mrs. Claus dühödt tiltakozása közepette az érző szívű Nicholas leteszi az óvadékot a bátyjáért, egy feltétellel: Frednek vissza kell jönnie az Északi Sarkra, és játékkészítéssel törlesztenie az adósságát. A baj ezzel mindösszesen annyi, hogy a tékozló fiú nem egy kiköpött szorgos manó; és ahogy egyre jobban közeleg a Karácsony, Fred idétlenkedése nem csak az Északi Sarkon sodorhatja veszélybe az év legboldogabb időszakát, hanem milliók számára az egész világon... 

Cast / Szereplők:

• Vince Vaughn as Frederick "Fred" Claus
  • Liam James as Young Fred
• Paul Giamatti as Nicholas "Nick"/"Santa" ClausRachel Weisz as Wanda Blinkowski, Fred's girlfriend and a parking enforcement officer.
  • Theo Stevenson as Young Nick
• Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Annette Claus, Nick's wife.
• Kevin Spacey as Clyde Archibald Northcutt, an efficiency expert who comes to assess the situation at the North Pole. The film's main antagonist.
• Kathy Bates and Trevor Peacock as Mother and Father Claus, Fred and Nick's parents. Peacock also serves as the narrator.
• John Michael Higgins as Willie, an elf whom Fred befriends and helps to hook up with Charlene.
• Elizabeth Banks as Charlene, a tall, blond elf with whom Willie becomes enamored.
• Bobb'e J. Thompson as Samuel "Slam" Gibbons, a young orphan boy that Fred mentors.
• Ludacris as DJ Donnie
• Allan Corduner as Dr. Goldfarb
• Frank Stallone, Roger Clinton, Jr. and Stephen Baldwin as themselves
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (cameo) as unnamed man getting parking ticket.