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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production:
Running Times: 114 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: DTS Dolby
Digital
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox
Executive Producers: William Ryan, William S. Beasley
Producer: John Hughes
Unit Production Manager: William S. Beasley
Production Supervisor: Christine A. Johnston
Production Coordinators: Elizabeth J. Nevin, Rosemary
Lombard
New York Unit
Unit Production Manager: Steve Rose
SCRIPT
Script: George Seaton, John Hughes
Original Script: George Seaton
Story: Valentine Davies
DIRECTION
Director: Les Mayfield
Assistant Director: Randy Suhr
2nd Assistant Director: Michele Ziegler
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Scott H.C. Delsner
2nd Unit
2nd Unit Director: Freddie Hice
1st Assistant Directors: Aimee Kohn, James Giovannetti Jr
New York Unit
2nd Assistant Director: Glen Trotiner
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Dean Garvin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Julio Macat
Camera Operator: George Kohut
1st Assistant Camera: Peter Kuttner
2nd Assistant Camera: John A. Waldo, Steven Silverstein
B Camera Loader: Steven Silverstein
Gaffer: Mike Moyer
Vistavision Camera Technician / Dailies Projection
Technician: Mark Gulbrandsen
Colour Timer: Dennis McNeill
Video Playback Operator: Frankie Yario Jr
Colour: DeLuxe
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
2nd Unit
Director of Photography: Frank Byers
Camera Operators: Abe Schrager, Gerrit Dangremond
Gaffer: Roger G. Anderson
New York Unit
Camera Operator: Tony C. Jannelli
C Camera Operator: Gábor Kövér
1st Assistant Camera: Phil Abraham
2nd Assistant Camera: Gerard Sava, Leon Sanginiti
1st Assistant B Camera: Chaim Kantor
2nd Assistant B Camera: Joseph R. Collins
1st Assistant C Camera: Peter Morello
2nd Assistant C Camera: Edwin Effrein
Loader: Hernan Michael Otano
Gaffer: Greg Addison
Best Boy Electric: Jeremy Knaster
Key Grip: John Robert Miller
Best Boy Grip: Thomas Jirgal
Stills: Phillip V. Caruso
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Raja Gosnell
1st Assistant Editor: Fred C. Vitale
Assistant Editor: Penny Lee Hallin
Lightworks Assistant Editor: Kevin D. Ross
Apprentice Editor: John M. Vitale
Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt
MUSIC
Music: Bruce Broughton
Songs: James Pierpont (Jingle Bells); Meredith Willson
(It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas); Jerry
Leiber, Mike Stoller (Santa Claus Is Back in Town); Hugh
Martin, Ralph Blane (Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas); Isaac Watts, George Friedrich Handel (Joy to
the World); Gordon Lightfoot (Song for a Winter's Night);
Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots (Santa Claus Is Comin' to
Town)
Songs Performed By: Natalie Cole (Jingle Bells); Dionne
Warwick (It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas);
Elvis Presley (Santa Claus Is Back in Town); Kenny G
(Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas); Aretha Franklin
and Members of the FAME Freedom Choir (Joy to the World);
Sarah McLachlan (Song for a Winter's Night); Ray Charles
(Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
Songs Produced By: Tommy LiPuma (Jingle Bells); Jeremy
Lubboc, Elliot Lurie (It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like
Christmas); Kenny G (Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas); Randy Nicklau, Steve Barri (Joy to the
World); Pierre Marchand (Song for a Winter's Night);
Jeremy Lubboc, Elliot Lurie (Santa Claus Is Comin' to
Town)
Scoring Crew: Del Spiva
SOUND
Sound Designer Randy Thom
Sound Mixer: Ronald Judkins
Boom Operator: Ronald Jackson
Re-Recordist: Ronald G. Roumas (uncredited)
Re-Recording Mixers: Randy Thom, Gary Summers
Supervising Sound Editor: Gloria S. Borders
ADR Editor: Hugh Waddell
Cable Person: Robert Jackson
Post-Production Sound Services: Skywalker Sound
New York Unit
Boom Operator: Daniel Rosenblum
Cable Person: Peter Ilardi
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Ben Nye Jr, Jamie Sue Weiss
Hair: Elaine M. Cascio
Costume Designer: Kathy O'Rear
2nd Unit Costumer: Jacqueline S. Beatka
New York Unit
Assistant Costume Supervisor: Lisa Padovani
Wardrobe Supervisor: Patricia Eiben
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors: Beulah Jones, Michael
Adkins
Make Up: Bernadette Mazur
Hair: Milton Buras
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Video Image
Special Effects Coordinator: John D. Milinac
Snow Makers: Sturm's Special Effects International
New York Unit
Special Effects Foreman: Steven Kirshoff
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Gregory L. McMurry
Visual Effects: Rhonda C. Gunner
Titles: Pacific Title, Nina Saxon Film Design
Opticals: Pacific Title
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Doug Kraner
Art Director: Steve Arnold
Assistant Art Directors: James Nedza, Richard Fernandez
Set Designers: Carl Stensel, Patricia A. Klawonn, John
Berger, Nancy Mickelberry
Set Decorator: Leslie E. Rollins
Set Dressing Coordinator: Robby Green
On-Set Dresser: Troy Borisy
Props: Dick Hansen
Assistant Property Master: David J. Chamerski
Buyer: Amelia Hochberg
Construction Coordinator: Robert J. Carlyle
Painter: Anthony Joseph Fatigato (uncredited)
Production Illustrators: Carl Aldana, Tom Lay
Illustrator: Mike Swift
Graphic Artist: Eric Rosenberg
Lead Man: Dan Clancy
Swing Gang: Paul Allen, Quentin Matthys
New York Unit
Art Director: Tom Warren
Set Decorator: Leslie Bloom
Property Master: John R. Ford
Assistant Property Master: John McDonnell
Construction Coordinator: Ron Petagna
Stand-By Painter: Rossana Fiore
Lead Man: David Weinman
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Trudy G. Ramirez
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Lori Yario
Production Accountant: Allen E. Taylor
Assistant Accountants: Kimberly Jase, Laura Tiz
Production Assistants: B. Ted Deiker, Eric A. Pot
1st Aid: Robert F. Byrnes, Ross L. Kulma
Craft Service: Ken Cabrera
Transportation Captain (New York): Edward Iacobelli
Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo
Projection Scenes: Don Hansard
Projectionist: Bill Danaker
Welfare Worker: Richard Wicklund
LOCATIONS
Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA; Lake Forest, Illinois,
USA; New York City, New York, USA
Location Manager: Bob Hudgins
Assistant Location Managers: Kristin Dehnert, Rich Moskal
Location Scout: James R. McAllister
New York Unit
Location Manager: Stan Mendoza
STUNTS
Utility Stunt: John Casino
CASTING
Casting: Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson
Additional Casting (Seattle): Suzy Sachs
Casting Assistants (Chicago): Claudia Ciardelli, Maria
Spaeth
Casting Associate: Susanna Griffith
Extras Casting Assistant: Moira Michiels
CAST
Richard Attenborough (Kris Kringle / Santa Claus)
Elizabeth Perkins (Dorey Walker)
Dylan McDermott (Bryan Bedford)
J.T. Walsh (Ed Collins)
James Remar (Jack Duff)
Jane Leeves (Alberta Leonard)
Simon Jones (Shellhammer)
William Windom (C.F. Cole)
Mara Wilson (Susan Walker)
Robert Prosky (Judge Harper)
Kathrine Narducci (mother)
Mary C. McCormack (Myrna Foy)
Alvin Greenman (the doorman)
Allison Janney (the woman)
Greg Noonan (Commander Coulson)
Byrne Piven (Dr Hunter)
Peter Gerety (cop)
Jack McGee (Tony Falacchi)
Joe Pentangelo (bailiff)
Mark Damiano II (Daniel)
Casey Moses Wurzbach (grandson)
Jennifer Morrison (Denice)
Peter Siragusa (cabbie)
Samantha Krieger (Sami)
Horatio Sanz (orderly)
Lisa Sparrman (Mrs Collins)
Kimberly Smith (court clerk)
Mike Bacarella (Santa)
Harve Kolzow (businessman)
Bianca Rose Pucci (little girl)
Jimmy Joseph Meglio (little boy)
Hank Johnston (boy)
Margo Buchanan (another mother)
Bill Buell (band director)
Ron Beattie (priest)
Alexandra Michelle Stewart (child)
Paige Walker Leavell (Tricia)
Rosanna Scotto, Michele Marsh, Joe Moskowitz
(Newsanchors)
Lester Holt, Susie Park, Janet Kauss (newscasters)
Joss Ackland (Mr Victor Landbergh - uncredited)
Matthew T. Gitkin (bridge worker - uncredited)
Hank Johnson (little boy - uncredited)
Stand-In: Sian
Rees-Cleland (uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
As Christmas approaches
in New York, a kindly old man named Kris Kringle claims
to be the real Santa Claus. He's obviouslt deluded and is
soon up in court - but is he really as crazy as he seems?
Could he really be Santa Claus?
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation
Video Distributor: Gativideo
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Manuel Salvador
UK
Laserdisc Distributor: Odyssey (ODL 105)
USA
Laserdisc Distributor: Fox Video (8689-85)
DVD Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
(2000497)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Chile
Rating: TE
Finland
Rating: S
Spain
Rating: T
Sweden
Rating: Btl
UK
Rating: U
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1994
November
18: USA - theatrical release
December
1: Germany - theatrical release
2: Spain, UK - theatrical release
7: France - theatrical release
8: Argentina - theatrical release
9: Finland - theatrical release
16: Sweden - theatrical release
1995
November
8: USA - laserdisc release (Fox Video (8689-85))
1996
December
9: UK - laserdisc release (Odyssey (ODL 105))
2000
October
21: USA - DVD release (Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment (2000497))
2002
December
24: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
POSTER TAGS
Experience the Miracle
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Das Wunder von Manhattan -
German title
Milagro en la calle 34 - Chilean title
Milagro en la ciudad - Spanish title
Miracolo nella 34ma strada - Italian
title
Cud w Nowym Jorku - Polish title
Milagre em Manhattan - Portugese title
LINKS
REMAKE OF
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
FilmMagasinet December
1994 / January 1995 p.23 (Norway)
review (by Erlend Eskeland)
Premičre January 1995
p.40 (France)
review (by Christine Haas)
Studio December 1994 p.22
(France)
review (by Thierry Valletoux)
NEWSPAPERS
Svenska Dagbladet 16
December 1994 (Sweden)
review (Den goda tomten finns i verkligheten by Jeanette
Gentele) KEYWORDS
christmas; father
christmas; santa claus; courtrooms; remakes
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