Santa Claus: the movie

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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Collection

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Credits

production company

Alexander Salkind Productions

co-producer

Alexander Salkind

Ilya Salkind

director

Jeannot Szwarc

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325175

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

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q913839

TMDB-Movie

13764

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United Kingdom, 1985