Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (45th Anniversary)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 1, 2015
- Originally Released: 1970
- Label: Classic Media
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 | Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass | |
Voice: | Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Dina Lynn, Paul Frees, Andrea Sacino, Keenan Wynn, Gary White, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester & Greg Thomas |
Entertainment Reviews:
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
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
With the help of a classic performance by Mickey Rooney and narration from Fred Astaire, Rankin/Bass... [delivers] a Santa who's kind, jolly, and even gets a wonderful love story.
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Syfy Wire
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
Rather than a pure retelling, it became a unique modern version amongst other historical folklore. A modern fairytale of sorts.
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Collider
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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Forbes
Everything Rankin/Bass did works perfectly here. The guest voice (Fred Astaire) is dead on. The filling in of mythology around a holiday figure is just great. And even the song the special builds toward is one of the better Santa Claus songs out there.
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Vox
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: 75,006
- UPC: 037117041701
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