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8-Bit Christmas: Directed by Michael Dowse. With Winslow Fegley, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Zahn, June Diane Raphael. In 1980s Chicago, a 10-year-old sets out on a quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation: the latest and greatest video-game system.
- Michael Dowse
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8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn.
- 8-Bit Christmas Is Really About Fatherhood
- How Does Jake Get A Nintendo?
- What Happens to Jake's Dad?
- Does Jake's Daughter Get A Cell Phone?
While the plot of 8-Bit Christmas predominantly focuses on Jack's mock-epic quest for a Nintendo, the heart of the story is young Jack's relationship with his father - and, by that token, adult Jack's relationship with his daughter. Throughout the movie, Jack's father, John, is mostly peripherally shown looking for strangely misplaced tools and vag...
Young Jack nearly gets his hands on a Nintendo at several points throughout the movie. Early in 8-Bit Christmas, Jack briefly gets a distracted "Yeah, sure" confirmation from both parents that they'll get him a Nintendo for Christmas, that is before both parents soon come to their senses and deny his request. After an absurd sequence of events, sli...
Referring to his dad as "grandpa" in present day, adult Jake talks about his dad exclusively in the past tense with his daughter. After showing his daughter the treehouse, Jack has Christmas dinner at his childhood home, where Jack's father's absence is made sadly apparent when Jack and his mother stare at his father's empty seat at the dinner tabl...
Like young Jack, Annie never gets a phone as a present, though she takes this realization with far more grace than young Jack did, as a result of Annie learning Jack's lesson (that one has to "work for it") the "easy way" - i.e., through Jack telling his story. After hearing Jack's story, Annie precociously submits to the point of Jack's story, whi...
Emmy-Winner Jake Hamilton talks with the stars of HBO Max's new Christmas movie 8-BIT CHRISTMAS -- Neil Patrick Harris, ... SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CELEB INTERVIEWS!
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Nov 22, 2021 · Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of 8-Bit Christmas reflect on their own holiday memories, bridging generations, and the retrospective weirdness of the '80s.
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8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn.
