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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 22, 2020
- Originally Released: 1970
- Label: Genius Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. | |
Edited by | Irwin Goldrese | |
Screenwriting by | Romeo Muller | |
Composition by | J. Fred Coots & Maury Laws | |
Produced by | Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. | |
Voice: | Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Gary White, Dina Lynn, Andrea Sacino, Paul Frees, Robie Lester, Greg Thomas & Joan Gardner |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 8/10 --
So overall it is an odd trippy little film but I enjoyed watching it.
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rachelsreviews.net
Filled with fun ideas and intricate wood-figure animation, Santa Claus might be the Rankin-Bass high-water mark.
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AV Club
This origin story for Santa Claus has all the elements that have made their productions perennial favorites every holiday season, including Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney as the kindly narrator and a young Kris Kringle.
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New York Times
I know it's a classic but the too-bright colors and weird animation style just doesn't work for me.
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CinemaBlend
This special is more in line with the light-hearted cheeriness one would expect when talking about elves and an immortal toymaker.
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Paste Magazine
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town is your standard non-denominational origin story. A family of elves, fondness for children, deep and abiding love for wooden toys - this is pretty festive stuff.
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indieWire
With terrific set designs and the best musical numbers of any of the old Rankin-Bass animated specials, it really holds up well even to this day. The story of how Santa Claus came to be, it's a must-see if you've got little kids in the household.
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Product Description:
Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney) is a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. In his home village of Sombertown, Kris has started a gift factory where he builds toys and gives them to all the local children. But when the evil ruler Burgermeister Meisterburger (Paul Frees) bans toys from the land, Kris is forced to go directly to Mother Nature and beseech her for assistance. With the help of magical elves and several special reindeer, Kris works hard to overcome the Burgermeister and deliver toys to all the children of the world, earning him the name Saint Claus, or Santa Claus. This timeless tale by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin is narrated by Fred Astaire.
One of the first Rankin-Bass Christmas specials (it was preceded by THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY in 1968), SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN received acclaim from both children and adults alike and spawned a number of similar films, including THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. The movie's detailed, macabre stop-action puppets and gothic tinge were clearly an influence on Henry Selick and Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and it remains an important animated film to the moviemakers of today.
One of the first Rankin-Bass Christmas specials (it was preceded by THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY in 1968), SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN received acclaim from both children and adults alike and spawned a number of similar films, including THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. The movie's detailed, macabre stop-action puppets and gothic tinge were clearly an influence on Henry Selick and Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and it remains an important animated film to the moviemakers of today.
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- Sales Rank: 6,492
- UPC: 796019807357
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