Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
by Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
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Actor: Fred Astaire, Joan Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Mickey Rooney, Paul FreesDirector: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Brand: SANTA CLAUS
Producer: Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer: Jules Bass
Editor: Irwin Goldrese
Writer: Romeo Muller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 48 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Classic Media
Movie Reviews of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Movie Review: Hilarious. Should be MST3k'd
Summary: 3 Stars
I loved this as a kid. So I figured I'd get it for my kids. And they liked it too, despite the hilariously hokey special effects (hokey to them), so that's why I gave it 3 stars.
But for me, for all the christmas specials, this is the worst.
I couldn't believe the "Sit on my lap" song. Really. Some strange creep comes to town and trades kisses and lap sitting for toys - he should have been arrested for that alone.
And then the way they tied everything to the song was really irritating. Plus, why did the young man have an old man's voice? Annoying.
Summary of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/05/2006 Run time: 55 minutesThis 53-minute, 1970 animated film may be the most delightful of those sundry, stop-motion animated Christmas perennials that show up on television during the holidays. The clay animation production, boasting a wonderful musical score and art direction that occasionally underscores the flower-power era in which it was born, tells the story of Santa's origins, in which Kris Kringle decides to get toys into the hands of poor children in gloomy Sombertown. Charmingly narrated by Fred Astaire and featuring voices by Mickey Rooney and Keenan Wynn, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town presents a nice bridge between two generations of entertainment, the classic and the hip. --Tom Keogh
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