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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
“You'd better watch out! This year he REALLY IS coming to town.”
Family, Fantasy, Adventure · 1h 48m
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Screenplay
- David Newman
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Original Music Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Editor
- Peter Hollywood
- Producer
- Ilya Salkind, Pierre Spengler
Details
- Release date
- 1985-10-29
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Family, Fantasy, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom, Netherlands
- Production
- Calash Corporation, Santa Claus Ltd.
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $23,717,291
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