The special presents an origin story for santa claus, who is depicted as a man named nicholas claus who wishes to give every child in the world a gift for christmas. We also get to see mrs claus as a groovilicious babe in her own right and she finally gets a. Northlight seasonal animated santa claus in a rocking chair with bears and gift bag. The animated featurelength tale, a first for netflix, tells a surprising origin story of santa claus. With dudley moore, john lithgow, david huddleston, burgess meredith. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Klaus is here to ease you into the holiday season with this first trailer. The legend of santa claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over christmas. The movie is not only my absolute favourite christmas movie, it is one of my favourite movies full stop. Cowritten by zach lewis and jim mahoney, the film stars the voices of jason schwartzman, j. Frank baum the wizard of oz, was produced and directed by rankin and bass, the reigning kings of the christmas special rudolph the rednosed reindeer, using their brand of puppet animation.
I really enjoyed his take on the becoming of santa. A young postman and a reclusive toymaker become unlikely friends in klaus, an animated santa claus origin story by the cocreator of despicable me. The santa claus movie the legend of santa claus mcdonalds version mary oliver on. Today the celebration of christmas includes a christmas tree decorated with ornaments and lights, the gathering of loved ones, and of course, santa claus with lots of brightly wrapped gifts. Id like to see another animated origin story movie for santa claus called the legend of santa claus which a narrator reads us the origin story of santa claus and how he came to be the jolly fat fella we come to know and love. Santa claus gets retelling from disney, pixar vets.
But when the movie starts out he isntt a jolly heavy guy. Santa claus is a fantasy figure whose history has been shaped by various folk and historical legends. The immortals are gathered by the great ak to decide whether or not the mortal santa deserves the honor of becoming immortal something the immortals can only grant once. German christmas legend of santa claus christkindlmarkt. This particular telling of the santa story is based on l. The personification of santa claus is modernly known as a merry old fellow with a bushy white beard proceeded by seven reindeer. The 2nd part of the movie is set in modern 1985, and how santas lead elf tries to. One would expect a holiday epic with a title like santa claus. This is the delightful story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the north pole. Nicholas, a 4th century bishop who became the patron saint of children, the poor, and prostitutes. The life and adventures of santa claus tv movie feature clip. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on.
Read on for the legend of santa claus and add to your knowledge of stories for christmas. At a council convened by the great ak, the forest being tells the story of santa claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal. The bad guys are an ice monster and his three evil snowmen sidekicks, and these characters, while silly and relatively harmless, threaten santa claus and make a lot of noise in the process. Klaus trailer reveals netflixs first animated movie. It implies something definitive, which would therefore put it in the canon of christmas classics. Frank baum penned the story that inspired the life and adventures of santa claus. Santa claus in film 2000 television specials animated films based on novels animated christmas films films based on works by l. This features some of the bestknown christmasthemed cartoons from santa claus. Its a cartoon movie, not clay animation, about the life and beginnings of santa claus or st. Kurt russell is santa claus in new netflix christmas movie dec 5, 2017. Klaus is a 2019 englishlanguage spanishanimated christmas adventure comedy film written and directed by sergio pablos in his directorial debut, produced by his company sergio pablos animation studios and distributed by netflix. Christmas special 11 based on song 5 christmas gift 5 punctuation in title 5 christmas in danger 4 christmas stocking 4 independent film 4 reference to jesus christ 4 santa claus character 4 stop motion animation 4 toy soldier 4 voice over narration 4 anthropomorphism 3 based on novel 3 christmas movie 3. Lumenas animation studios, an independent film production and distribution company based in salt lake city, utah, has started preproduction on the legend of santa claus, an original animated holiday epic that will premiere in theaters fall 2010. The life and adventures of santa claus tv movie feature clip duration.
In the forest of burzee, where many immortals live such as knooks, fairies, and nymphs, their leader, ak, the master. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. He was a toy maker who loved making toys throughout the year and would pass them out at christmas time to the kids in the town near. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star.
An animated musical that explains how a toymaker named nicholas claus voice of edward asner started the tradition of delivering a toy to every child on christmas. In the forest of burzee, the immortals gather to discuss the fate of santa claus. I was eager to read the novellisation and it lived up to my expectations. Christmas reindeer tales animated movie 1991 by fluffy animation diaries. This is the biggest classic christmas cartoons compilation available on youtube remastered in full hd 1080p. Netflixs first animated movie reinvents the legend. What are the highest grossing christmas movies of all time. Santa claus, as a baby, is found in the forest of burzee by ak, the. Legend of santa clauschristmas legendsstories for christmas. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. The legend of santa claus dates back to hundreds of years ago to a priest named st. Simmons, rashida jones, will sasso, neda margrethe labba, sergio pablos. Some scholars have compared to the legends of santa s reindeer to odins magical horse, sleipnir.
We get to see santa claus go from an orphaned baby raised by elves to a groovy, redhaired hip young adult who is outlawed for delivering toys to finally becoming the toy makinggiving king of christmas. But do all of us know the legend of the generous saint who brings us gifts every christmas, without fail. The first gorgeous trailer for klaus shows how santa claus got his unlikely start, in the first ever original animated film from netflix. Nicholas, this animated film follows what happens when santa claus decides to skip over a. Rise of the guardians is a 2012 american 3d computeranimated action fantasycomedy film based on and serving as a continuation of william joyces the guardians of childhood book series and the man in the moon short film by joyce and reel fx creative studios. Among pablos most important decisions regarding klaus was to launch it as a stateoftheart, traditionally 2danimated movie, unlike any of the other projects coming out of the major studios. Santas image is almost universally recognisable as one of christianitys most enduring and popular legends, yet the seemingly timeless jolly old man with hi.
Nicholas was a bishop of myra in lycia in southwestern turkey. Santa claus, also known as father christmas, saint nicholas, saint nick, kris kringle, or simply santa, is an imaginary figure originating in western christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of wellbehaved children on the night of christmas eve 24 december or during the early morning hours of christmas day 25 december. The elves of the north pole become obligated to grant his wish, facing great obstacles. This bizarre, pagan take on the santa claus legend, which is based on a story by l. Netflix has waded into the holiday movie market in recent years, through films such as christmas inheritance and a christmas prince. Santa gets an origin story in trailer for animated christmas movie.
The 3d, cganimated family comedy arthur christmas, an aardman production for sony pictures animation, at last reveals the incredible. The story of santa claus christmas cartoon liveabout. The life and adventures of santa claus is a 1985 christmas stop motion animated television special produced by rankinbass productions and based on the. Based on the opening lines of the famed christmas poem a visit from st.
A babe born in the woods near the forest of burzee is named claus. Animation quiz, christmas quiz, animated movie, charlie brown, image quiz, peanuts characters, picture box, rudolph, santa claus, traditional christmas. Kurt russell is santa claus in netflixs the christmas chronicles teaser. Parents need to know that this cgi animated movie ponders the existence of santa claus. Though a netflix production, the film will release in select theaters on november 8 and will be available on the streaming service november 15. Simmons, jason schwartzman, rashida jones, joan cusack, will sasso, and norm macdonald, and tells the origin story of santa claus. In factt i think it talks a little about when he was a baby. United design legend of santa claus at replacements, ltd.
While this does contain many of the elements of a typical rankinbass animated special, it is by far more bizarre than i couldve ever imagined. To give you an idea of how out there this show is, i missed only the first two minutes. A bizarre, pagan take on the santa claus legend, the life and adventures of santa claus, which is based on a story by l. The first part of the story concerns santas origins, showing how he went from being a normal man to the icon of christmas he is today and how his legend. Jason schwartzman and jk simmons find the christmas spirit in netflixs new animated movie from the despicable me creator klaus.
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