Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy film written and produced by John Hughes, and directed by Les Mayfield the two would reunite for 1997s Flubber. It stars Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, and Dylan McDermott, and is the fourth remake and the second theatrical version of the original 1947 film. Like the original, this film was released by 20th Century Fox, to mixed to positive reception.

Coles Department Stores special events director Dorey Walker Elizabeth Perkins fires Tony Falacchi from being the Coles Department Stores Santa Claus after he gets drunk before taking part in the Thanksgiving parade. Immediately trying to find a replacement, she spots an elderly man Richard Attenborough who was berating the inebriated Santa before the parade. When Dorey begs him to take over, he introduces himself as Kris Kringle. Kris does so well during the parade that he is immediately hired to be Coles main Santa for the holiday period. All the children in New York begin to believe that he is the real Santa, with the exception of Doreys sixyearold daughter Susan Mara Wilson. Doreys boyfriend, Bryan Bedford Dylan McDermott, does his best to convince Susan to believe. While being babysat one night by Kris, Susan shares with him her Christmas wish, she would like a dad, a house used every year for the Coles catalogue photoshoot and a baby brother. Kris asks if she would begin to believe in Santa if she got all those things. Susan agrees that she would.Kris is credited with bringing in increasingly more sales to Coles than previous years. One night, he is arrested for assaulting a man on the street, later revealed to be the original drunk Santa, Tony Falacchi. Falacchi had taken revenge by means of setting up Kris to be arrested, with the help of members of staff from a rival department store of Coles, Shoppers Express. With the help of Bryan, Dorey takes Kriss case to court, and drums up support for him from the public. It soon becomes clear that to get Kris acquitted and freed, Bryan must somehow prove that not only does Santa exist, but that Kris is the real one. It is a seemingly impossible task until Bryan comes up with a plan that requires some help from Susan. ........

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