TY - ADVS AU - Reilly,Brian AU - Silver,Jeffrey AU - Newmyer,Robert AU - Benvenuti,Leo AU - Rudnick,Steve AU - Pasquin,John AU - Allen,Tim AU - Reinhold,Judge AU - Crewson,Wendy AU - Boyle,Peter AU - Lloyd,Eric AU - Krumholtz,David AU - Brandenburg,Larry AU - Gross,Mary AU - Lloyd,Walt AU - Bock,Larry AU - Convertino,Michael AU - Ramsey,Carol AU - Spier,Carol ED - Walt Disney Pictures. ED - Hollywood Pictures. ED - Outlaw Productions (Firm) ED - Walt Disney Home Video (Firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The Santa Clause SN - 0788838741 U1 - 791.43/72 PY - 2002///], c1994 CY - [United States], Burbank, Calif. PB - Walt Disney Home Entertainment, distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment KW - Santa Claus KW - Drama KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - lcsh KW - Christmas films N1 - Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: October 29, 2002; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994; Special features: so you wanna be an elf?; Santa's helper - a trivia adventure game; making Santa snacks with Wolfgang; DVD-ROM: "write a letter to Santa" feature; Christmas countdown calendar screensaver; Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; editor, Larry Bock ; music, Michael Convertino ; costume designer, Carol Ramsey ; production designer, Carol Spier; Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Peter Boyle, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Larry Brandenberg, Mary Gross; MPAA rating: PG; for a few crude moments N2 - Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause, " Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and meets the elf Bernard. Charlie's stepdad becomes concerned about Scott's and forces him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation ER -