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Arthur Christmas
Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
- Original title
- Arthur Christmas
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- $151,300,000
CinemaSerf
Dec 24, 2022 · via TMDB
It is actually quite hard to find innovative ways to tell Santa stories now, but this one does do quite well on that score. It all centres on Santa's now almost entirely automated delivery process using a sleigh clearly inspired by the starship "Enterprise". Horror of horrors, though, when the youngest member of the Claus family - the eponymous "Arthur" - discovers that one young girl isn't going to get her expertly wrapped bicycle! His dad "Steve" is content to put it down to a technical glitch, and his grandad (the sitting Santa) is too tired to bother, too. It falls to "Grand Santa", "Arthur" and his old fairy-dust powered, reindeer-pulled, sled to get the bike to the little "Gwen" before the sun comes up on Christmas morning. What now ensues are a series of fun escapades as the old man (he rather reminded me of Wilfred Bramble's "Steptoe" character) and his enthusiastic young dreamer have to navigate the world - at high speed - and find a small Cornish village that shares it's name with one or two other places around the world, whilst avoiding the authorities who are rapidly concluding that space aliens are on the loose. A solid and entertaining voice cast - especially Bill Nighy and James McAvoy as our intrepid delivery boys deliver an entertainingly paced script well, with some enjoyably crafted animation and a suitably jolly score from Harry Gregson-Williams. It's fun, this - and offers plenty for younger and older alike.
r96sk
Dec 18, 2020 · via TMDB
A good watch. I had a fine time watching <em>'Arthur Christmas'</em>. The plot is a little light, with a fairly simple event taking a relative while to resolve itself, but it's still a pleasant festive animated film - with neat animation. There are a number of familiar names on the voice cast, too many to name in actual fact. My personal standout is Hugh Laurie as Steven, though James McAvoy, Bill Nighy and Jim Broadbent are all enjoyable too.
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James McAvoy
Arthur (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Steve (voice)
Bill Nighy
Grandsanta (voice)
Jim Broadbent
Santa (voice)
Imelda Staunton
Mrs Santa (voice)
Ashley Jensen
Bryony (voice)
Marc Wootton
Peter (voice)
Laura Linney
North Pole Computer (voice)
Eva Longoria
Chief De Silva (voice)
Ramona Marquez
Gwen (voice)
Michael Palin
Ernie Clicker (voice)
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Lead Elf (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
Lead Elf (voice)
Joan Cusack
Lead Elf (voice)
Rhys Darby
Lead Elf (voice)
Jane Horrocks
Lead Elf (voice)
Iain McKee
Lead Elf (voice)
Andy Serkis
Lead Elf (voice)
Dominic West
Lead Elf (voice)
Peter Baynham
Elf (voice)
Cody Cameron
Elf (voice)
Kevin Eldon
Elf (voice)
Rich Fulcher
Elf (voice)
Bronagh Gallagher
Elf (voice)
Danny John-Jules
Elf (voice)
Emma Kennedy
Elf (voice)
Stewart Lee
Elf (voice)
Kris Pearn
Elf (voice)
Sarah Smith
Elf (voice)
Adam Tandy
Elf (voice)
Rich Hall
Idaho Man (voice)
Clint Dyer
Reporter (voice)
Jerry Lambert
N.O.R.A.D (voice)
Deborah Findlay
General (voice)
David Schneider
General (voice)
Julia Davis
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Kerry Shale
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Tamsin Greig
Additional Voices (voice)
Alistair McGowan
Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Bolger
Storyboard Artist
Troy Quane
Storyboard Artist
Kris Pearn
Storyboard Designer
Paul Bolger
Storyboard Designer
Troy Quane
Storyboard Designer
Halli Cauthery
Additional Music
David Schneider
Additional Writing
Iain McKee
Additional Writing
Jericca Cleland
Cinematography
Alex McDowell
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Barry Cook
Co-Director
Sarah Smith
Director
Patrick Malone
Digital Intermediate
Sarah Crowe
Casting
Peter Baynham
Co-Executive Producer
Osnat Shurer
Consulting Producer
David Sproxton
Producer
Peter Lord
Producer
Theresa Bentz
Production Manager
Chris Bacon
Additional Soundtrack
David Buckley
Additional Soundtrack
Arthur Graley
Foley Editor
Becky Bentham
Music Supervisor
Martin Tillman
Musician
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
James Boyle
Sound Designer
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Anthony Austin
Animation
Shaofu Zhang
Animation
Luis Grané
Character Designer
Peter de Sève
Character Designer
George Hull
Visual Development
Henrik Tamm
Visual Development
Till Nowak
Visual Development
Peter Baynham
Screenplay
Sarah Smith
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