Coming to theatres today, Tuesday, November 4: I AM SANTA CLAUS
Tommy Avallone’s year-in-the-life profile of professional Santa Clauses debuted at the Hollywood Film Festival a few weeks ago. The film now comes to over a dozen cities for a special one-night-only engagement.
Executive produced by Morgan Spurlock and produced by WWE’s Mick Foley, who also appears extensively, Avallone’s film is a generally light-hearted look at the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas – several of the men behind the mall mainstay entrusted to deliver holiday cheer. The film reveals the experiences of Santas from around the country – and just how seriously they take the responsibility: Southern California’s Bob, a real estate agent who still sees himself as a West Virginia hillbilly; depressed and struggling Russell from Michigan, who finds himself financially dependent on the role; Long Island’s tattooed Frank, who is so into Santa that he’s had his name legally changed to “Santa Claus;” and Ft Worth’s Jim, who competes in gay bear competitions when he’s not portraying Santa. Threaded between their stories is Foley, an amiable Christmas-happy wrestling hall of famer who decides to fully embrace becoming Santa Claus, meeting with other Santas and seeing what goes into the process of transforming himself from St Mick to St Nick.
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