Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus The Movie known onscreen as simply Santa Claus is a 1985 BritishAmerican Christmas film starring David Huddleston, 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 film was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and released in North America on November 27, 1985, by TriStar Pictures. The 2005 DVD release was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment, now known as Starz Home Entertainment, under license from the films current owner, StudioCanal however, the current, 25th Anniversary home video release which also now includes Bluray is by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, again under StudioCanals license.

Somewhere in the 14th century, Claus is a peasant woodcutter in his mid50s who, with his wife Anya, delivers his gifts to the children of a certain village. One night, Claus, Anya and their two reindeer, Donner and Blitzen, are rescued from certain death in a blizzard, only to be transported to the vast ice mountains, way up at the top of the world. Their expected arrival is heralded with the appearance of several elves, or as Clauss people call them in their legends, the Vendegums, led by the venerable and wise elf named Dooley. Inside the elves home, Claus and Anya also meet inventive elf Patch, and the more downtoearth Puffy. Dooley tells Claus it is his destiny to deliver toys to the children of the world every Christmas Eve, which the elves will make in their large workshops. Donner and Blitzen are joined by six other reindeer and fed magic food that allows them to fly. When Christmas Eve comes, Claus is approached by the oldest of elves, the Ancient One, who renames him as Santa Claus.Centuries pass as the mythology of Santa is created, until the 20th century, where Santa is exhausted by the continuous workload he must do every year due to the worlds increasing population. Anya suggests he enlist an assistant, to which Patch and Puffy compete to earn via a competition to produce the most toys in a limited amount of time. Patch uses a machine he has invented, and although he wins, it begins to produce shoddy works without his knowledge. During his annual deliveries, Santa befriends a homeless 10yearold orphan boy named Joe in New York City and takes him for a flight around the skyscrapers of Manhattan in his sleigh. Santa lets Joe take the reins, who flies the sleigh underneath the Brooklyn Bridge much to Santas horror, who then playfully gets his own back on Joe by having his reindeer perform the Super Duper Looper, around the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center an aerial trick that involves them doing a complete 360 degree turn, but Donner always fails du

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