Deck the Halls (2006)

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers (WGA):

Matt Corman (written by) &
Chris Ord (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

There glows the neighborhood

Plot:

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.

Plot Keywords:

Holiday | Son | Battle | Bet | Christmas Decorations

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 7

11:15 AM

MAX

Cast

Danny DeVito	...	Buddy Hall
Matthew Broderick	...	Steve Finch
Kristin Davis	...	Kelly Finch
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Tia Hall
Alia Shawkat	...	Madison Finch
Dylan Blue	...	Carter Finch
Kelly Aldridge	...	Ashley Hall
Sabrina Aldridge	...	Emily Hall
Jorge Garcia	...	Wallace
Fred Armisen	...	Gustave
Gillian Vigman	...	Gerta
Ryan Devlin	...	Bob Murray
Sean O'Bryan	...	Mayor Young
SuChin Pak	...	Herself
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mrs. Ryor

Also Known As:

All Lit Up (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude and suggestive humor, and for language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Finland:K-3 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:PG | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG (certificate #42974) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Holy Trinity Cathedral - 514 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

All Lit Up Productions

Trivia:

DeVito's house used LED lights to provide remarkable displays not possible with traditional Christmas lights. Otherwise, the lighting could only be done by special effect computers. The lights, from Boston-based Color Kinetics, formed a "digital skin" around DeVito's house, acting like pixels on a TV screen. At one point, the roof of DeVito's house turned into a live video display of DeVito's face. At maximum intensity, the 14,300 LED nodes used just 7,150 watts of energy, the equivalent of four average hair dryers. Wrapping the house with conventional exterior string lights would have used approximately 100,100 watts, 14 times more than the LED installation, and without the capability for programmable effects. The entire LED installation used a total of 126 amps, about as much as 1.3 average households. Conventional exterior string lights would have used 812 amps, the equivalent of 8 houses' worth of power.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In several scenes it is apparently cold enough to be snowing, but when characters are outside speaking, there is no steam vapor from their mouths.

Quotes:

Mrs. Ryor: [receiving an eye exam from Dr. Finch] I don't need glasses!
Steve Finch: You need binoculars, but were settling for glasses.

Movie Connections:

Features Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Soundtrack:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Close, but no cigar

If you've got kids about eight and under, this is you movie for the holidays. Otherwise, don't even bother with paying your eight dollars to see it. Only pay the money if you want a place to take a nap for an hour and a half. The movie isn't funny and the events that happen are not probable in real life. I mean, the guy wants his house to be seen from space! The acting isn't Oscar worthy either. It looks like these actors are new to the business. Bottom line, I only give it a 3 because it had a good message to the movie: to be with your loved ones for the holidays. The other message might be:don't ever see me again!

Younger kids would love it because there are plenty of accidents and dancing lights to keep them in the holiday spirit. Not to mention the fact that a few boys wouldn't mind seeing the twins in the movie, who are actual models in real life.