Story Line
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
“You'd better watch out! This year he REALLY IS coming to town.”
Top Cast
Dudley Moore
Patch
John Lithgow
B.Z.
David Huddleston
Santa Claus
Burgess Meredith
Ancient Elf
Judy Cornwell
Anya Claus
Jeffrey Kramer
Towzer
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Rating
6.3/ 10
Release Date
1985-10-29
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
FamilyFantasyAdventure
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User Reviews (2)
r96sk
7/10
•12/26/2020Nice film, I found enough enjoyment with it.
Probably not as deep or creative as it could've been, but I do like the plot of <em>'Santa Claus: The Movie'</em> as it starts off at the embryonic stages of Santa. It ends up turning into a run-of-the-...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•12/2/2023I didn't love the start of this film. There's this local carpenter who crafts intricately sculpted little toys for kids at Christmas but makes his poor reindeers - "Donner" and "Blitzen" race through the most atrocious snow storm so he (David Huddles...