Christmas in Wonderland
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| Directed by | James Orr |
| Produced by | Laurette Bourassa |
| Written by | James Orr Wanda Birdsong Shope Jim Cruickshank |
| Starring |
Matthew Knight Chris Kattan Cameron Bright Preston Lacy Carmen Electra Tim Curry Patrick Swayze |
| Music by | Terry Frewer |
| Cinematography | Duane Manwiller |
| Edited by | Jana Fritsch |
| Distributed by |
Yari Film Group Freestyle Releasing |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $772,386 |
Christmas in Wonderland is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy film about three children who move with their father from Los Angeles to Edmonton, Alberta, where they catch a group of counterfeiters while Christmas shopping.
The Saunders family has just moved from Los Angeles to Edmonton right before Christmas leaving them with no Christmas spirit with the exception of the bright eyed six-year-old Mary. Wayne (Patrick Swayze) brings the family to the majestic West Edmonton Mall for Christmas shopping. The boys find out that Wayne had been fired from his job and Christmas might not happen this year. He leaves 16 year old Danny (Cameron Bright) in charge of 6 year old Mary (Amy and Zoe Schalgel) and 12 year old Brian (Matthew Knight). Mary tells Santa (Matthew Walker) that she wants a million dollars for Christmas for her dad, although Mary doesn't know her dad was fired. She also says the same thing to "Rudolph" the reindeer and Brian tells her that if she wonders off again, The "Mall Ghost" will eat her. They then go to the skating rink.
Meanwhile, Leonard Cardoza (Chris Kattan) and Sheldon Cardoza (Preston Lacy) are talking about using counterfeit money to get real money in exchange. They have a whole bag full of it. In an argument, Leo accidentally knocks the bag off the ledge and into the skating rink. Brian and Mary find it and not knowing that it is phoney money, leave to buy themselves stuff. Mary thinks Santa gave her this as an early present. Ginger (Carmen Electra) goes to the Cardoza brothers and gets mad at them for losing the bag. The Cardoza's go to the rink to find the kids but they have already left. They then have a montage of trying to find them in different places even though they are right beneath their noses. The kids buy a motorcycle while Wayne is having a tough time buying a gift for his wife who is still in LA after getting bumped. In the backroom, Gordon McLoosh (Tim Curry) from the RCMP comes to investigate the case of how counterfeit money is appearing all over the mall with the story of two kids claiming that they won the lottery. They find an address where they wanted the motorcycle to be delivered. They go to the home and think, with all the unpacked boxes everywhere, they are going the move (which is ironic since they just got there). They find a family photo and use it as evidence. They then search the mall for Wayne, thinking he is the one behind all this fake money.
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