Before Tim Allen brought Santa Claus to new heights in the 1990s, there was a pretty decent Santa Claus movie back in 1985 with Dudley Moore as an elf and John Lithgow doing what he does best - portray the bad guy... so, with Christmas fast approaching, here is a movie to help get you more in the spirit if you're not already... from 1985, "Santa Claus: The Movie"...
the trailer...
the first seven minutes of the movie...
Santa Claus
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by Pierre Spengler
Ilya Salkind
Written by David Newman and
Leslie Newman (story)
David Newman (screenplay)
Starring Dudley Moore
John Lithgow
David Huddleston
Judy Cornwell
Burgess Meredith
Music by Henry Mancini
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Editing by Peter Hollywood
Distributed by Tri-Star Pictures
Release date(s) November 27, 1985
Running time 108 min.
Country United States/
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $50,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $23,500,000 (USA)
As an added bonus, here is the video for the Sheena Easton song from the movie - "It's Christmas All Over the World"...
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