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8-Bit Christmas
- Kevin Jakubowski
- Produced
- Available
- Family
- 2019
- Black List
- Hit List
- 92
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Market: Mon, 16 Dec 2019Sold: Wed, 27 Jan 2021
ManagerJosh Goldenberg (Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment)
ProductionStar Thrower Entertainment
Sale date based on pre-production start date. No sale terms otherwise reported.
ManagerJosh Goldenberg (Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment)
ProductionStar Thrower Entertainment
Sale date based on pre-production start date. No sale terms otherwise reported.
Ten-year-old Jake Doyles goes on a herculean quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation - a NintendoEntertainment System - in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s.
A young kid living in a 1980’s Chicago suburb will go to any lengths to obtain the one Christmas gift he wants more than anything else: a Nintendo Entertainment System.
A young boy and his ragtag group of friends get involved in a wacky adventure to obtain a Nintendo Entertainment System and make their 1988 Christmas dreams come true.
After picking up his sick daughter, a father decides to occupy her by recounting his epic journey to get a Nintendo for Christmas in the 1980s.
Film
Comedy, Kids Movie, Period, Coming of Age, Buddy, School, Treasure, Slice of Life, Feel Good/Uplifting, Adaptation, Children, Dysfunctional Family, Adolescence, Baseball, Chase, Childhood, Dog, Father/Son, Friends/Friendship, Heartwarming, Journey, Parenthood, Siblings, Small Town, Student, Video game
115
PG
Medium
M
White / European
10
Average
Stand By Me, The Goonies, Home Alone, Definitely Maybe, Bedtime Stories
A couple days before Christmas
Chicago Suburbs, Chicago CIty, Mall, Department Store, elemetary school playground, office building,
Its Christmas in Chicago. An adult JAKE DOYLE (40) takes his daughter ANNIE (6) to work with him. Annie finds Jake’s old Nintendo Entertainment System, and Jake tells her the story of how he got it.
In December of 1988, Jake (10) rides his bike to his neighbor, TIMMY KLEEN (10) to play on his NES. Timmy is a spoiled brat and the only one with an NES in the neighborhood. He only lets in 10 kids from a giant crowd outside his house to play with him.
Here we meet Jake’s best friends MIKEY TROTTER (10), EVAN OLSEN (10), and twins TOMMY and RYAN GRUSECKI (10). We also meet their not so close friend and constant liar JOSH FARMER (10). Timmy choose Jake as one of the lucky few to play with his NES today.
Jake really wants his own NES for Christmas so that he doesn’t have to put up with spoiled Timmy Kleen and so that he can share the fun with his friends. His parents JOHN (40s) and PATTY (40) are against this because they think video games are a bad influence on children. John is a hard-ass father and constantly pushing Jake to do his chores like clean up the dog poop in...
In December of 1988, Jake (10) rides his bike to his neighbor, TIMMY KLEEN (10) to play on his NES. Timmy is a spoiled brat and the only one with an NES in the neighborhood. He only lets in 10 kids from a giant crowd outside his house to play with him.
Here we meet Jake’s best friends MIKEY TROTTER (10), EVAN OLSEN (10), and twins TOMMY and RYAN GRUSECKI (10). We also meet their not so close friend and constant liar JOSH FARMER (10). Timmy choose Jake as one of the lucky few to play with his NES today.
Jake really wants his own NES for Christmas so that he doesn’t have to put up with spoiled Timmy Kleen and so that he can share the fun with his friends. His parents JOHN (40s) and PATTY (40) are against this because they think video games are a bad influence on children. John is a hard-ass father and constantly pushing Jake to do his chores like clean up the dog poop in...