Saving Santa
| Saving Santa | |
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| File:Saving Santa poster.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Leon Joosen Aaron Seelman |
| Screenplay by | Ricky Roxburgh |
| Story by | Tony Nottage |
| Produced by | Terry Stone Nick Simunek Carolyn Bennett |
| Starring | Martin Freeman Tim Curry Noel Clarke Tim Conway Pam Ferris Ashley Tisdale Joan Collins Chris Barrie |
| Music by | Grant Olding Mark Yaeger |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company (United States and the United Kingdom) Cinema Management Group (International) |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States India |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $9,278,821[1] |
Saving Santa is a 2013 animated Christmas comedy film created and written by Tony Nottage and directed by Leon Joosen, produced by Tony Nottage, Terry Stone, and Nick Simunek. The film was released direct-to-video.[2][3]
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa, twice.[4]
Plot
[edit | edit source]To be continued
Voice cast
[edit | edit source]- Martin Freeman as Bernard D. Elf, the main protagonist of the film.
- Tim Curry as Neville Baddington, the former antagonist of the film, and a terrorist.
- Noel Clarke as Snowy, the investigating officer of the Christmas Defense Department.
- Tim Conway as Santa Claus, the Titular character. Tom Baker starred as Santa Claus in UK releases of the movie.
- Pam Ferris as Mrs. Claus, Santa’s Spouse.
- Ashley Tisdale as Shiny, the female officer.
- Joan Collins as Vera Baddington, Neville’s biological mother, and the antagonist.
- Chris Barrie as Blitzen, a gibberish-speaking reindeer.
- Nicholas Guest as Chestnut, the CEO and manager of SanTech.
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Orange Haired Elf and Chestnut
- Rebecca Ferdinando as Valley Girl Elf
- Craig Fairbrass as The Mercenary
- Terry Stone as Mercenary
- Alex Walkinshaw as Reporter
Release
[edit | edit source]It was released in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2013 and the United States on November 5, 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD by The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment.[5]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The film received mixed critical reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 136: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). based on Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 136: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). critical reviews.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Wilkinson, Amber (31 October 2014) Saving Santa 3D (2013) Film Review. Eye for Film. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Meijer, Monica: Saving Santa (2013). (in Dutch). CineMagazine. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Saving Santa at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 2013 films
- 2013 3D films
- 2013 comedy films
- 2013 computer-animated films
- 2010s Christmas comedy films
- 3D animated films
- British 3D films
- British Christmas comedy films
- British computer-animated films
- Animated Christmas films
- Animated films about time travel
- Gateway Films films
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s British films
- English-language Christmas comedy films
- 2010s films about time travel
- 2010s comedy film stubs
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