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Name: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Released: 1985-12-11
Cast: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton, Robert McFadden

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

G
48m
1985

63%

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L. Frank Baum's (The Wizard of Oz) story of the origin of Santa Claus comes to life through the wizardry of stop-motion animation in this delightful, musical Christmas special.

Director:

Arthur Rankin

Producer:

Jules Bass

Writer:

Julian Gardner

Cast:

Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton, Robert McFadden

Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Reviews

AV Club

AV Club Staff

It badly botches what a Christmas special should be, and is worth watching mainly for unintentional laughs.

Lacks the lighthearted charm of the earlier specials, but makes up for it in its tight plot and the best Animagic the studio ever did.

This is something like Rankin/Bass's fifth attempt to tell the back-story of the jolly old elf. But there's something so pleasingly goofy about Santa wandering into scenes that might as well be ripped from the pages of Marvel Comics.

It's Rankin/Bass doing high fantasy in ways they never did before, the stop-motion is smooth and gorgeous, and it's worth seeking out just for how strange it is.

The special is peppered with dazzling characters courtesy of Baum's highly inventive imagination, coupled with terrific stop-motion animation that brings the marvelous characters to life in extraordinary ways.

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