| | Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Christmas DVDs, Children's Movies, Christmas Videos, Christmas/Chanukkah, Holidays, Stop-Motion Animation | | Director | Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass | | Composer | Maury Laws, J. Fred Coots | | Editor | Irwin Goldrese | | Producer | Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass | | Production Designer | Paul Coker, Jr. | | Screenwriter | Romeo Muller | | Voice | Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Fred Astaire, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester, Dina Lynn, Andrea Sacino, Greg Thomas, Gary White |
Animated; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney) is a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. In his home village of Sombertown, Kris has started a gift factory where he builds toys and gives them to all the local children. But when the evil ruler Burgermeister Meisterburger (Paul Frees) bans toys from the land, Kris is forced to go directly to Mother Nature and beseech her for assistance. With the help of magical elves and several special reindeer, Kris works hard to overcome the Burgermeister and deliver toys to all the children of the world, earning him the name Saint Claus, or Santa Claus. This timeless tale by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin is narrated by Fred Astaire.
One of the first Rankin-Bass Christmas specials (it was preceded by THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY in 1968), SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN received acclaim from both children and adults alike and spawned a number of similar films, including THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. The movie's detailed, macabre stop-action puppets and gothic tinge were clearly an influence on Henry Selick and Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and it remains an important animated film to the moviemakers of today. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town | Studio | Genius Productions | | Orig Year | 1970 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  19114  | | CD Universe Part number | 1976682 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 11, 2001 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | | Running Time | 85 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Video Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  The Best Christmas Special; by far.
The is the entire historical tale of Santa, from his birth to his old age, and how all of those familiar things we know about him came to be. Wonderfully told by Fred Astaire.
For those of us in our 30's and early 40's, we laugh when we here the name Burgermeister Meisterburger. I just recently watched this for the first time in many years, and had forgotten how incredible this one really is. The musical score is nothing short of a masterpeice, by far the best music of all the Christmas specials. Songs like "There'll be no more Toymakers to the King" that the Burgermeister and Grimsly sing is one of the all time greats (not just in Christmas specials). And Jessica's song "My World" with the sixties tye-dye overtones is just delightful (always cut out in the TV version). And the "If you sit on my lap today" by Mickey Rooney is so catchy (that touching melody plays thoughout the special). And of course there's the tune everyone remembers most; "Put One Foot In Front of the Other", that Kris and Winter sing. Truly magical. There will never be another Christmas special ever made that will rival this one. A must have.
Classic lines:
Mr. Warlock says: "You musn't mind the tree monsters; their bark is worse than their bite"
Winter says; "I'm crowded!!! But at least I'm loved."
Kris says to Jessica; "Watch out for that dolly; she's a hardened criminal."
Burgermeister says; I've been bamboozelled!"
Winter says "I still have a little magic in me; I'm not such a loser after all!"
Submitted by Pete (ROCKY POINT, NY, USA)
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This is an all time Christmas Clissic, I always looked forward to seeing each year. Now I own it, and can see it anytime I want. And remember, you better not pout, you better not cry, Santa Claus is coming to town.
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