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List Price: $14.98
Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Full Screen
• THX
• NTSC
In Theaters : 29 November, 1985
DVD Release : 05 September, 2000 |
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Santa Claus the Movie (Full Screen Edition) description
The producers of the Superman movies took a shot at revitalizing the myth of Santa Claus with this 1985 feature. Unfortunately, the results were much less compelling than the flagship Superman feature, despite a script by one of the latter's key writers (David Newman) and a story structure that is essentially a carbon copy of the Man of Steel's movie. The first half of Santa Claus: The Movie is a ponderous origins tale, in which we learn that Santa was actually a woodcutter saved from certain death by elves and taken to the North Pole to begin life as the chimney-dropping hero of children everywhere. The second half involves a world-class villain (John Lithgow) who recruits an outcast elf (Dudley Moore) in a scheme to sabotage old St. Nick. While it aims to become a Christmas classic in the hearts and minds of generations to come, the film never really engages an audience, partially because Santa himself is merely a supporting player in the drama. Jeannot Szwarc (Supergirl, Jaws II) directs with a disabling lack of vision, and the special effects are terrible for such an expensive production. Sorry, but it's coals in the stocking for this flick. --Tom Keogh |
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Santa Claus the Movie (Full Screen Edition) Customer Reviews
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Santa Claus the Movie
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| This one is an oldie but a goodie, i loved it as much today as i did when i was a little girl (20yrs earlier) now my Children get to experience this lovely family movie. Highly recommended for all ages that still believe in santa claus |
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