Santa Claus: The Movie
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.
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| Story by | David Newman
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| Edited by | Peter Hollywood
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| Release date | November 27, 1985
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| Running time | 108 minutes
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| Country | United Kingdom
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $50,000,000 USD
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![Elf - Yours Retro Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (November 2022)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/2/9/292ie95b9t05t25i.jpg?skj2io4l)
B.Z.: Why should I? He never brought me anything.
Patch: That's because you were probably a naughty boy.
B.Z.: Yes. I guess I was... no angel.
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