Must Be Santa, a 1999 Canadian television film, portrays the story of Floyd Court (Arnold Pinnock) who is selected as the successor to Santa Claus. Robert Sherrin produced the film while Brad Turner

Brad Turner (director)

Brad Turner is an award-winning Canadian film and television director who has worked on several popular series. Born in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, on June 22. He graduated with honors from the Television Arts Program at H. B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario.In all he has directed thirteen...

 was director.

At the time of its release, it was considered to be one of the most expensive such projects ever produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

. It was made more expensive when production of the film was interrupted in February 1999 by a strike of the CBC's technicians.Production resumed in May after a labour settlement.

Joe Flaherty

Joe Flaherty

Joe Flaherty is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks...

 makes an appearance as his SCTV

Second City Television

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.- Premise :...

 character Count Floyd

Count Floyd

Count Floyd is a fictional character featured in television and played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror host in the tradition of TV hosts on local television in the United States and Canada....

.

The film won a Gemini Award

Gemini Award

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 in 2000 for Best Visual Effects.

Universal Studios

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

 provided international distribution.

Cast

• Arnold Pinnock - Floyd Court
• Dabney Coleman
  Dabney Coleman
  Dabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor, best known for his roles in 9 to 5, WarGames, You've Got Mail, Sworn to Silence, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess and Recess: School's Out.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary...
  
   - Tuttle
• Deanna Milligan
  Deanna Milligan
  Deanna Milligan is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in numerous Canadian and U.S. films and television shows. She had a major role playing Dave Thomas' daughter in the The Beachcombers made for TV movies: The New Beachcombers and A Beachcombers Christmas. She was the mystery woman in the...
  
   - Natalie Fairlie
• Joe Flaherty
  Joe Flaherty
  Joe Flaherty is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks...
  
   - Count Floyd
  Count Floyd
  Count Floyd is a fictional character featured in television and played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror host in the tradition of TV hosts on local television in the United States and Canada....
  
  
• Keenan MacWilliam
  Keenan MacWilliam
  Keenan Carole MacWilliam is a Canadian actress and singer. She is probably best known for her co-starring role as Carole Hanson in the popular Australian television series The Saddle Club, alongside Sophie Bennett and Lara Jean Marshall.-The Saddle Club:MacWilliam's career started when she was 6,...
  
  - Heather

External links

• CBC: Must Be Santa