Santa Claus: the movie

United Kingdom, 1985

Film
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A live action film about Santa Claus, his elves and how one nasty rich man attempts to stop Christmas. The elves leave the Arctic to join Santa’s fight to bring back Christmas to all the children of the world. With Dudley Moore and John Lithgow.

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Credits

director

Jeannot Szwarc

co-producer

Alexander Salkind

Ilya Salkind

production company

Alexander Salkind Productions

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325175

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q913839

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