{"product_id":"santa-claus-the-movie-full-screen-edition-dvd","title":"Santa Claus the Movie (Full Screen Edition) [DVD]","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe producers of the Superman movies took a shot at revitalizing the myth of Santa Claus with this 1985 feature. Unfortunately, the results were much less compelling than the flagship Superman feature, despite a script by one of the latter's key writers (David Newman) and a story structure that is essentially a carbon copy of the Man of Steel's movie. The first half of Santa Claus: The Movie is a ponderous origins tale, in which we learn that Santa was actually a woodcutter saved from certain death by elves and taken to the North Pole to begin life as the chimney-dropping hero of children everywhere. The second half involves a world-class villain (John Lithgow) who recruits an outcast elf (Dudley Moore) in a scheme to sabotage old St. Nick. While it aims to become a Christmas classic in the hearts and minds of generations to come, the film never really engages an audience, partially because Santa himself is merely a supporting player in the drama. Jeannot Szwarc (Supergirl, Jaws II) directs with a disabling lack of vision, and the special effects are terrible for such an expensive production. Sorry, but it's coals in the stocking for this flick. --Tom Keogh\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 6305971153\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.6305971153.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dudley Moore|John Lithgow|David Huddleston|Burgess Meredith|Judy Cornwell|Jeffrey Kramer|Christian Fitzpatrick|Carrie Kei Heim|John Barrard|Anthony O'Donnell|Melvyn Hayes|Don Estelle|Jeannot Szwarc|David Newman|Leslie Newman\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499561656378,"sku":"DBV.6305971153.G","price":5.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/6305971153-0.jpg?v=1783037017","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/santa-claus-the-movie-full-screen-edition-dvd","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}