Cast:
Mark Sheppard .... Mike / Santa
James Byrne .... Robert Windsor
Edward Frizzelle .... Psychiatrist
Kirsty Becker .... Mother
Brian White .... Sir Paul McCartney
Charmaine White .... Daughter
Nick Endacott .... Scottish Record Producer
David Thornton .... Santa
David Bass .... Cleaner
David Bass
Writing Credits
Edward Frizzelle
David Bass
Plot Outline: What would you do if everyone hated your Santa act? How would you cope with the depression that is bound to hit you? Would a psychiatrist even be able to pull you out and make you into a new person?
Trivia:
- The psychiatrist scenes, although being the shortest, probably took the longest to film.
- Mark Sheppard claimed at the beginning of the film that he had a 'better' Santa hat he could use instead. He then realised it would look too good compared with the rest of his costume. This Santa hat was later used for the cameo of David Bass.
- Edward Frizzelle originally suggested that the psychiatrist had a handlebar moustache.
- Nick Endacott was orignally planned to use a deep Australian accent instead of scottish.
- There were over 5 applicants to the call for cast members on myspace.com who were not included in the film.
- James Byrne doesn't really hate Christmas.
- Chris Malone was never considered to record the music for Santa's Psychiatrist, after an incident while recording the score for 'Norman's Book'.
- The entire 'Drum Sequence' during Santa's second visit to the psychiatrist was improvised on the day.
- The first Psychiatrist scene was originally double in length, but a lot had to be cut due to bad sound recording on the evening.
- The Smurf costume cost £20 to hire from a local costume supplier.
- Mark Sheppard actually sang 'Do They Know It's Christmas? ' live in the church, in front of a vicar.
- The two children featured in one scene are actually the brothers of Kirsty Becker, who plays their mother in the film.
- The church scenes had to all be completed within an hour, as the vicar of the church was waiting to go shopping.
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