| Santa Claus: The Movie | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Bob Peak | |
| Directed by | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Screenplay by | David Newman |
| Story by | David Newman Leslie Newman |
| Produced by | Pierre Spengler Ilya Salkind |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Edited by | Peter Hollywood |
| Music by | Henry Mancini (score) Leslie Bricusse (lyrics) |
Production companies | Santa Claus Productions Ltd.[1] Calash Corporation N.V. |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures[1] (United States) Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[2] |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30–50 million |
| Box office | $23.7 million |
Santa Claus: The Movie (titled onscreen simply as Santa Claus) is a 1985 British-American Christmas film starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, and David Huddleston. It depicts the origin of Santa Claus (played by Huddleston), and his modern-day adventure to save one of his elves (Moore) who has been manipulated by an unscrupulous toy company executive (Lithgow). It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and was the last major fantasy film produced by the Paris-based father-and-son production team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind.
Released in North America by TriStar Pictures on November 27, 1985, Santa Claus: The Movie flopped at the box office and received negative reviews from critics.
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