Genre: Jewxploitation!
Language: English
Country of Origin: US
Format: HD-24P
Production Status: Completed
Running Time: 85 minutes
Year of Production: 2003
“Certified Circumcised Dick” and “Semitic Superstud” Mordecai Jefferson Carver sets out to save the world from the evil son of Santa Claus.
A Jewxploitation spoof in the vein of Shaft and Austin Powers, The Hebrew Hammer is the story of Mordechai, a handsome Orthodox Jew (a.k.a. the Semitic super stud!) hired by the Jewish Justice League after discovering that Santa’s evil son — who has come to run the North Pole after staging a coup with the help of a reindeer, Blitzen — has plans to eradicate Hanukkah.
The Hammer joins forces with Esther, the gorgeous and dangerous daughter of the Chief of the Jewish Justice League, and his friend Mohammed, head of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, who fears Santa may go after Kwanzaa next, to topple the evil Santa and save Hanukkah for future generations.
Cast + Crew
Screenplay: Jonathan Kesselman
Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Producer: Josh Kesselman, Lisa Fragner, Sofia Sondervan
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman, John Schmidt
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, Judy Greer, Peter Coyote, Tony Cox, Melvin Van Peebles, Rachel Dratch, Elaine Hendrix, Ed Koch
Director of Photography: Kurt Brabbée
Production Designer: Cabot McMullen
Score: Michael Cohen
Editor: Dean Holland
Costume Designers: Alysia Raycraft, Michelle Phillips
Distributors
US Distributor: Comedy Central, Strand, released Dec. 19, 2003
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2003: Midnight Screening
London Jewish Film Festival, UK, 2003
New York Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2003
Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Germany, 2003 Winner: Gerhard-Klein Audience
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2002
Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2002
