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	KODAK: inCamera Fall 1998
		Laszlo Kovacs was born and raised in a rural village in Hungary.
		Jack Frost is the story of a young boy whose father is killed in an auto accident on Christmas day.
		Kovacs shot much of Jack Frost a t stop T-4, which he feels is the sweetest spot in the anamorphic lenses, and he says that it yields the sharpest images for the least light.
	www.kodak.com /US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/fall98/kovacs.shtml (1803 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Jack Frost (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"Jack Frost," is one of those dumb, corny concoctions that attempts to be a heartwarming family film, but is too muddled in its own cliches and predictability to be the least bit touching.
		Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) is a struggling middle-aged rock musician who loves his wife, Gabby (Kelly Preston), and 11-year-old son, Charlie (Joseph Cross), but doesn't spend nearly enough time with them.
		A better Christmas film from this year is, "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Better yet, my suggestion would be to stay home and watch a quality film, such as, "It's a Wonderful Life," "A Christmas Story," or, "Prancer." "Jack Frost," is an earnest, but severely misguided film, and children, as well as adults, deserve better.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/j/98_jackfrost.htm (645 words)

	bfi \| Sight & Sound \| Jack Frost (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When he finds Jack again, there is something touching both in his love, which overcomes any sense of the ridiculous, and his tenacious determination to keep jack against all the odds.
		As Jack leaves for the last time, promising to be always in Charlie's heart, we can all weep with Charlie as he learns that, contrary to all our existential fears, 'dead' does not have to mean 'forgotten'.
		Even the film's bad boy, the orphaned school bully, seems to have learned this lesson when (via the kind of instant magic only found in films) he is touched by Charlie's determination to keep his father and, muttering "snowdad" is better than no dad" helps him on his way.
	www.bfi.org.uk:8080 /sightandsound/review/53 (799 words)

	Jack Frost
		Jack's jealousy, though silent is very obvious with the look on his face, the tone of his voice when he finally speaks, and how he acts towards Holly, who seemed amazed at the knight's good looks.
		Jack Frost again is in his elvish form and observes the children playing with Frosty, the magical snowman.
		Jack Frost is on his way to prison when the vehicle collides with another truck carrying genetic waste.
	www.angelfire.com /vt/PinkPanther21/Frost.html (2969 words)

	Review: Jack Frost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Jack Frost is sort of a live-action version of Frosty the Snowman with a '90s spin.
		I suppose the film might hold a degree of appeal for those desperately in search of family-suitable holiday entertainment (it's certainly a step up from the other 1998 film in that category, I'll Be Home for Christmas), but the movie doesn't do much on an emotional level, which is where it's supposed to work.
		The intent of Jack Frost is to manufacture feelings similar to those generated by classic films like Scrooge and It's a Wonderful Life.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/jack_frost.html (672 words)

	Jack Frost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Many of the films are too shallow or silly for adults to thoroughly enjoy them and on the other hand, many of them are a tad too sophisticated for children.
		Jack makes his way to the concert but halfway into it he realizes that nothing in the world is so important as to leave his wife and son on Christmas Eve.
		Jack’s soul is manifesting itself in the snowman, and he is out to right all those things he did wrong during his short lifetime.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/jack_frost.shtml (1015 words)

	Dad's a Snowman. (Is Mom Santa?)
		The film is about what happens after Jack dies in a Christmas Eve automobile accident and returns to his family as a large, wisecracking marshmallow man parked on the front lawn.
		In fact, the Frosts are all set to visit their mountain cabin for a cozy family Christmas when Jack gets a call summoning the band to Aspen immediately.
		For extra insurance, "Jack Frost" is plastered with pop songs, with Stevies (Nicks and Ray Vaughan) for baby-boom parents enjoying the prospect of immortality, and Hanson for those who believe snowmen talk.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/121198frost-film-review.html (682 words)

	2 Jack Frosts - Humor article by William C. Martell
		In JACK FROST (1996) Scott MacDonald plays a serial killer with the blues named Jack Frost who gets killed in a snow storm related car accident on the way to his execution (the last day of his life) and is reincarnated as a talking, killing snowman.
		JACK FROST (1998) has a suspense scene where the babelicious mom (Kelly Preston) is about to discover the walking, talking, smart-ass snowman is in her kitchen after noticing a big wet footprint/puddle on the linoleum.
		JACK FROST (1996) has a suspense scene where the babelicious mom (Eileen Seeley) is about to discover the walking, talking, smart-ass snowman is in her kitchen after noticing a big wet footprint/puddle on the linoleum.
	www.scriptsecrets.net /articles/frost2.htm (2250 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Jack Frost \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		Jack (Michael Keaton) is a musician who's "due for a break." His Jack Frost Band lives on the road, hoping for a miracle — a record deal.
		The roads are icy and the snow is thick and Jack crashes and dies.
		Unfortunately, "Jack Frost" is a sloppily written rehash of just about every other film where a dad disappoints his son due to a career.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,25000008,00.html (456 words)

	Jack Frost - a Movie View review by Ryan Cracknell
		In 1998 Michael Keaton played a musician reincarnated as a snowman in the sappy family flick Jack Frost.
		Jack Frost (Michael Cooney) is a convicted serial killer set to be executed.
		The film follows the familiar format of monster going out and killing people in senseless fashion with the surviving citizens banding together to try to stop it.
	www.theplaza.ca /moview/Films/J/jack_frost_1997.html (483 words)

	Film & TV: Jack Frost (Austin Chronicle . 12-20-98)
		Charlie is understandably down in the dumps on the anniversary of his father's demise, so much so that he can't even bring himself to retaliate against the vicious jeers and the clods of hardpack that the local bully sails his direction.
		Taking along Jack's battered old hat and scarf, his son builds a decent approximation of dear old dad, sheds a tear or two, and then tramps off to bed, only to be awakened by his reincarnated snowman/dad at 2am.
		Chagrined, father and son learn to live, love, and weep together, though why this new version of Jack Frost feels inclined to hide his frigid identity from his wife is anyone's guess.
	weeklywire.com /ww/12-20-98/austin_screens_film3.html (353 words)

	Jack Frost - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Jack Frost is a figure believed to have originated in Viking folklore, an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold, winter weather.
		Jack Frost is also a horror film from 1997, in which a serial killer becomes a snowman.
		Jack Frost was a claymation Christmas Rankin-Bass TV special (1979) in which Jack Frost fell in love with a human girl and so asked to become human.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=58320 (2024 words)

	Review for Jack Frost 2
		In the original, notorious serial killer Jack Frost was caught by a small town cop, but was turned into a mutant killer snowman on his way to his own execution.
		Jack Frost, the mutant killer snowman, is back and better than ever, due to testing that was done on his molecules by some kind of secret scientists.
		Jack uses his magical powers to turn the entire island into winter, covering everything in ice and snow.
	www.badmovies.org /othermovies/jackfrostii (910 words)

	Jack Frost
		To portray Jack Frost in his human form, as well as to provide the voice of the snowman, the filmmakers needed an actor with unusual versatility.
		The film is the seventh that Mark Canton has been involved in with Michael Keaton starring; the others include the first two Batman films, "Beetlejuice," "Clean and Sober," "My Life" and "Multiplicity." "I'm thrilled to be working again with Michael on this picture," Canton says.
		The focal character of the film is Charlie, a boy forced to deal with realistic issues as well as the incredible circumstances visited upon him.
	wb-jackfrost.warnerbros.com /cmp/p-1.html (1099 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Jack Frost (1998) review
		Jack Frost was last year's entry into this elusive and time-challenged club.
		A scene early in the film uses a lot of war type sound effects and the attention to detail and sound placement around the entire soundstage is commendable.
		Jack Frost's original theatrical trailer is presented in anamorphic widescreen with 2.0 surround.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/jackfrost_1998.htm (539 words)

	I-Mockery.com \| Jack Frost - The Mutant Killer Snowman!
		So Jack Frost is your basic serial killer who evaded the law for years and years all while killing a good number of people.
		As I said before, Jack Frost was a successful serial killer for a few years until he got sloppy and a small-town sheriff by the name of Sam happened to catch Jack while he was taking a piss.
		The snowman (ie: Jack Frost) comes to life and knocks down Billy just as one of his friends is riding by on the sled.
	www.i-mockery.com /minimocks/jack-frost/default.php (2082 words)

	Review for Jack Frost
		Jack Frost - Killer who is accidently melted down with a genetic acid.
		Jack is pretty annoyed with Sam for capturing him in the first place, getting melted probably didn't help things, so he begins killing off the rednecks, um, townspeople.
		One of my favorite parts is when Jack strangles Sally with the Christmas lights and smashes her face into a box of ornaments, though Jill undressing to sexy Christmas music worked nicely.
	www.badmovies.org /movies/jackfrost/index.html (765 words)

	THE COLD SPOT \ Movies \ Jack Frost (1998)
		A year after musician Jack Frost dies in a winter road accident, he returns to make amends with his bitter son--but as a living snowman.
		Then, on the other hand, there are jokes that will make some parents uncomfortable at the thought of their kids seeing the film; one involves Jack waking up as a snowman and becoming upset because he now lacks genitalia.
		Jack Frost does try to show the effect a deliquent but well-meaning father can have on a child, but it falls short.
	www.theflagship.net /coldspot/j/jackfrost-98.html (367 words)

	'Jack Frost' (PG)
		Michael Keaton plays the rakish Jack Frost of the title, a middle-aged rock musician who, implausibly, seems on the verge of a career breakthrough after years of unprofitable gigs.
		When Jack and his band are offered a chance to audition for a big record producer on Christmas Day, he feels he can't pass it up.
		Jack's reincarnated snowman self is visible to anyone who happens by, not just to Charlie.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/jackfrosthorwitz.htm?movieslede=y (601 words)

	Movie Info for Jack Frost on MSN Movies
		Michael Keaton stars in this special-effects-heavy Christmas film about a boy who discovers, after his father dies in a car accident, that his dad is still alive in the form of a snowman.
		Unlike the horror film of the same name, Jack Frost is a children's film designed to warm the soul during a chilly winter season.
		Jack has to show Charlie how much he loves him and also has to teach him the ice hockey shot he never got around to when he was alive.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=76850 (245 words)

	Articles: Nine Killer Snowmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 1998 film is a happy and touching movie starring Michael Keaton as a father who has trouble keeping promises, dies in a car accident, and comes back from the dead to fulfill his fatherly duties.
		The 1997 film is about convict Jack Frost who, on the way to death row, has his prison transport vehicle get into an accident with a tanker truck filled with kooky genetic waste material that eats away at Jack’s flesh.
		Through vigorous handwaving, Jack Frost comes back from the "dead" as this genetic snowman monstrosity, and heads back to the hometown of the sheriff who originally sent Jack up the river.
	www.shoggoth.net /article.php3?story_id=171&submit=print (883 words)

	Jack Frost (1998) (Spanish) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It was a ´cool´ film otherwise, although some of the effects were slightly dodgy in parts, especially the section where they´re snowboarding away from the bullies.
		Frost´s life is unexpectedly cut short by a car accident, and a year after his death he comes back as--you guessed it--a snowman, to help his family heal (Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross as wife and son Gabby and Charlie, respectively).
		The sudden death may affect sensitive younger viewers, but by the time Frost returns the movie is more light-hearted, and the film´s message is a worthy one.
	www.pagenation.com /an/B00001IVEG.html (1276 words)

	Mika Boorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boorem was born in Tucson, Arizona to Benjamin and Holly Boorem.
		She has become known for starring in the films Smile (2005) and Sleepover (2004).
		She had supporting roles in the films Carolina (2003), Blue Crush (2002), Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Along Came a Spider (2001), The Patriot (2000) and Jack Frost (1998); and recurring roles on the TV series' Dawson's Creek and Touched by an Angel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mika_Boorem (164 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Jack Frost (xhtml)
		"Jack Frost" is the kind of movie that makes you want to take the temperature, if not feel for the pulse, of the filmmakers.
		"Jack Frost" could have been co-directed by Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg and still be unwatchable, because of that damned snowman.
		Here is a typical conversation: Jack Frost: "You da man!" Charlie: "No, YOU da man!" Jack: "No, I da SNOWMAN!" Eventually the snowman has to leave again--a fairly abrupt development announced with the cursory line, "It's time for me to go...
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19981211/REVIEWS/812110301 (489 words)

	Science Fiction Movie & TV Reviews: Jack Frost
		Jack claims the harmonica is magical, and when Charlie plays it, Jack will hear it wherever he is. Then, in the middle of the night, the father and son go out and build a snowman together.
		Jack sets out for the executive's house, but halfway there he decides can't be away from his family on Christmas day.
		As soon as the snowman comes onto the scene, Jack Frost turns into a light comedy as the new Jack fixes the kitchen sink, teaches Charlie a special hockey shot and bonds with his son, melting all the way.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue88/screen.html (679 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Jack Frost
		And in family flick "Jack Frost" (not to be confused with the similarly-titled, low-rent, top-shelf slashfest) it's in abundance that characters are made from it.
		Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) is a struggling musician who's never quite hit the big time but still yearns to be a megastar.
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	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/12/05/jack_frost_1998_review.shtml (366 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Jack Frost / DVD-Video
		Jack Frost is a serial killer on his way to execution, but a freak accident transforms him into a killer snowman!
		A self-parodying 'horror' film, this one is chock-full of one-liners, bad special effects, and a missing carrot(but I won't tell you which scene!).
		Jack Frost is a whole lot of fun.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=%s&searchID=&item_id=3567 (261 words)

	Jack Frost Film Review - Time Out Film
		Jack Frost (Keaton) pursues his dream of becoming a musician while neglecting wife Gabby (Preston) and son Charlie (Cross).
		A year later, he's reincarnated as a snowman, and has the chance to be the attentive father he should have been first time around.
		Here things go soft, since Jack's 'born-again father' routine chiefly involves helping Charlie to snow board circles around the school bully, or teaching him an ice hockey shot that dispels the boy's lethargy and gets him back on the school team.
	www.timeout.com /film/77064.html (173 words)

	CNN - Flu-suffering reviewer gives cold take on 'Jack Frost' -- December 17, 1998
		You can tell that "Jack Frost" stands a solid chance of biting it even before you enter the theater by noting that the poster lists four writers under the "screenplay" heading.
		You can follow some vague recipe for box office success as closely as you want, but unless a single person is in charge of measuring out the ingredients and throwing the cake in the oven, you're in for a half-baked, doughy mess.
		I don't know the exact route that "Jack Frost"'s script took on its way to the screen, but the dialogue is so consistently lame, and the feel-good vibe so painfully obvious, it feels like no one invested an ounce of heart into it.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9812/17/review.jackfrost/index.html (763 words)

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