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.

Credits

director
co-producer

Ilya Salkind

Alexander Salkind

production company

Alexander Salkind Productions

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

37798

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → Christmas stories

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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