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Santa Claus - The Movie
1985
Dudley Moore stars as an eager-to-please elf who teams up with Santa Claus to save the spirit of Christmas from the evil influence of a villainous toy tycoon who wants to flood the world with dangerous play things. Read more
| Starring | Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell |
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| Director | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Santa Claus - The Movie
Dudley Moore stars as an eager-to-please elf who teams up with Santa Claus to save the spirit of Christmas from the evil influence of a villainous toy tycoon who wants to flood the world with dangerous play things.
| Starring | Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell, David Huddleston |
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| Director | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Nov 2004 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
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Dudley Moore plays the elf who loses his job with Santa and decides to sell his former employer's secrets to evil toy manufacturer John Lithgow in this rather daft family comedy. Directed by French-born Jeannot Szwarc (the man behind the camera for Jaws 2 and Supergirl), it boasts a great opening (which explains who Santa really is), but gets bogged down with infantile humour, a silly script and plot twists that a five-year-old would find insulting. One wonders whether Szwarc had presents delivered down his chimney the year this was made.
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Children are now facing the prospect of permanent brain-softening from 1985's Superman stand-in. High up in the glacial... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
IT'S CHRISTMAS SO HAVE A BIT OF FUN
THIS MOVIE IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE SANTA CLAUES TRILOGY WITH TIM ALLEN BUT IS STILL A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FILM, WHEN THIS MOVIE WAS MADE IN 1985 DUDLEY MOORE WAS AT THE TOP OF HIS CAREER AND A MASSIVE STAR SO IT'S A TRIBUTUE TO DUDLEY THAT HE STILL HAD TIME TO MAKE A KIDS /FAMILY FILM.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES DUDLEY -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Never too old for christmas!
Such a good light hearted feel good christmas film.
Grab the chocolate, a duvet and a cuppa, sit infront of a fire and watch the film that makes christmas!
Children will love it too!!! -
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Movie Santas (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
- 09 Dec 2008
The other day I watched our three-year-old’s stage début, typecast already as a wise man. The performance wasn’t all it might have been, to be honest. He seemed more interested in feeding straw to Baby Jesus than joining in any of the carols. Until, that is, a rousing rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" triggered his inner Kanye. That was also the cue for a special surprise guest star: the big guy in the red suit made his entrance ringing bells, showing off his dance moves, Read more
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