He was born in dagenham, essex, england, in 1935, to working class parents, ada francis hughes, an english secretary, and john havlin moore, a scottish railway. Moore first came to prominence in the uk as a leading figure in the british satire boom of the 1960s. And there he meets patch dudley moore, an eagertoplease elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly toy tycoons john lithgow plans to take over christmas. Quartet records, universal music group, capitol records, calash corporation and studio canal present a slightly remastered edition of the highly requested reissue of henry mancinis charming score for santa claus. With dudley moore, john lithgow, david huddleston, burgess meredith. An old woodcutter is given immortality as santa claus. Enclosed a photo to show that there are no options for subtitles. This blue ray edition presents the film in 1080p high definition wide screen, which is a major upgrade from its previous transfers which were always quite. The movie is a 1985 christmas film starring dudley moore and john lithgow. It is the last major fantasy film produced by the parisbased fatherandson production team of alexander and ilya salkind. The mid80s christmas fantasy film is lushly assembled and boasts a memorable, if logiclight, story but has never risen to the ranks of holiday favorite. Though the audacious subtitle doesnt grace the film, its been used in publicity materials from the start all the way through this new 25th anniversary edition dvd and bluray release. Today, anchor bay entertainment gives us santa claus the movie in fine form.
Dudley stuart john moore, cbe 19 april 1935 27 march 2002 was an english actor, comedian, musician and composer. As far as movie titles go, you dont often see one as bold as santa claus. As the toy operation grows, a wellintentioned misfit elf strikes out on his own and santa must rescue him from an evil toymaker. He meets patch dudley moore, an eagertoplease elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly toy tycoons john. The movie 1985 a peasant woodcutter becomes santa claus and later foils an evil toy manufacturers scheme to take over.
The movie is a 1985 film starring dudley moore and john lithgow. One of santas elves dudley moore goes to work for the nasty tycoon and. Grab your christmas list and get ready to fly off in santas sleigh for this weeks holidaythemed awfully good movies, this time diving into the disaster known as santa claus. Although the abrupt shift in tone from the first half of the movie to the second is jarring, of greater concern is the constant. The movie 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It implies something definitive, which would therefore put it in the canon of christmas classics. Its not very good, but its very, very pleasant and particularly harmless. Released 1985, santa claus stars dudley moore, david huddleston, john lithgow, burgess meredith the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
Moore became known for his work with the comedy revue beyond the fringe he appeared with another beyond the fringe alumni, peter cook, in many projects in the 1960s and 1970s. Directed by jeannot szwarc the first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became santa claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The movie is a 1985 holiday film that is both about the origin of santa claus and the story of an evil toymaker played by john lithgow who seeks to take over christmas with the help of a prodigal elf played by dudley moore. But the scenery of santas workshop is very interesting and well done. The movie on tv with the full listings schedule at. The movie starring dudley moore, john lithgow, david huddleston, and burgess meredith release date. I have been missing this christmas movie from my collection for a long time. His son charlie has landed on this years naughty list, and if scott doesnt marry by christmas eve one very, very short month away hell stop being santa forever. He is entrusted with special powers to become santa claus. The biggest crisis is when a couple of reindeer come down with runny noses.
The rights for the film are currently held by studiocanal. Released in theaters by tristar pictures on november 29, 1985, it was produced by alexander and ilya salkind who had also produced the superman film series. Claus came to the north pole and began their work delivering toys at christmas time, this routine childrens film segues into a story about an evil corporate magnate john lithgow. Santa claus, having not seen the light of film since 1949 and firmly residing in the public domain would be their next grand venture. Find great deals on ebay for santa claus the movie 1985. Where can i find santa claus the movie that has actual english subtitles. He was one of the four writerperformers in the comedy revue beyond the fringe from 1960 that created a boom in satirical comedy, and with one member of that team, peter cook. He meets patch dudley moore, an eagertoplease elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly toy tycoons john lithgow plans to take over christmas.
Santa claus the movie dvd, 2000, widescreen for sale. The movie is a 1985 britishamerican christmas film starring dudley moore, john lithgow, and david huddleston in the title role. This is the story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the north pole. The details were not correct that it said it has englishgerman subtitles. The movie 1985 starring dudley moore and john lithgow on dvd and bluray. One would expect a holiday epic with a title like santa claus. The movie 1985 full movie english hd dudley moore, john lithgow, white lion.
Unfortunately, the results were much less compelling than the flagship superman feature, despite a script by one of the latters key writers david newman and a story structure that is essentially a carbon copy of the man of steels movie. Watch santa claus online stream full movie directv. Part of my problem is that it feels like a bit of an. Santa claus 1985 stream and watch online moviefone. Santa claus the movie vhs, 1990 for sale online ebay.
This movie doesnt have english subtitles, but only german subtitles only in german version. The movie needs a superscrooge, and all it gets is the kind of bad guy ralph nader might have invented. The film, directed by jeannot szwarc in 1985, starred dudley moore, david huddleston and john lithgow. Dudley moore as the head elf becomes tiresome with his north pole cliches and attaching elf to as many words as possible elfmade, elfsatisfied, etc. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your. The movie starring dudley moore, john lithgow, david huddleston, and burgess meredith. It offers an energetic warmth, stemming from its offkilter narrative and bigbudget sensibility.
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