tom busted santa out of jail in the santa claus.
tom busted santa out of jail in the santa claus.
who busts santa out of jail in the santa claus?
tom
one genre of movies suggests that santa claus is not historically a single individual but a succession of individuals. the feature film "" (1985), starring david huddleston as santa claus and british actress judy cornwell as his wife anya, shows how santa and anya are discovered by a clan of elves called the vendequm. (dudley moore portrays patch, the central character and main focus of the story; burgess meredith portrays their wise leader, the ancient one, who reveals that claus represents the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, whereby he has been designated as "the chosen one", whose mission it will be to deliver the elves' toys to children all over the world. the film's prologue features claus and anya performing santa-like duties in their home village, and strongly suggests santa's saintly origins. in "ernest saves christmas" (1988), ernest p. worrell (jim varney) joins the challenge of santa claus, alias seth applegate (douglas seale), to convince florida kids' show host joe carruthers (oliver clark) to become the next santa. in "the santa clause" (1994), tim allen plays scott calvin, who accidentally causes santa claus to fall off the roof of his house. after he puts on santa's suit, he becomes subject to the "santa clause" (like a contract), which requires him to become the next santa. despite his average appearance, over the next year he grows fat, his hair whitens, and he grows a beard by magic in order to look the part. reluctant at first, he falls in love with his newfound role. this film spawned two sequels. in 2002's "the santa clause 2", he must find a wife (the "mrs. clause"), and in 2006's "", he must battle jack frost for control of the north pole. a recent and unique television special also draws upon the succession theme; in "call me claus" (2001), lucy cullins (whoopi goldberg) is an african american woman destined to become the next santa claus. she, too, is reluctant to take on the role. in "the hebrew hammer" (2003), the role of santa claus is traditionally passed down from father to son. the system is disrupted when the reigning santa is murdered by his son, damian, who then uses the position to attack the competing holidays of hanukkah and kwanzaa.
santa claus in film
motion pictures featuring santa claus abound and apparently constitute their own subgenre of the christmas film genre. early films of santa revolve around similar simple plots of santa's christmas eve visit to children. in 1897, in a short film called "santa claus filling stockings", santa claus is simply filling stockings from his pack of toys. another film called "santa claus and the children" was made in 1898. a year later, a film directed by george albert smith in titled "santa claus" (or "the visit from santa claus" in the united kingdom) was created. in this picture, santa claus enters the room from the fireplace and proceeds to trim the tree. he then fills the stockings that were previously hung on the mantle by the children. after walking backward and surveying his work, he suddenly darts at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney. "santa claus' visit" in 1900 featured a scene with two little children kneeling at the feet of their mother and saying their prayers. the mother tucks the children snugly in bed and leaves the room. santa claus suddenly appears on the roof, just outside the children's bedroom window, and proceeds to enter the chimney, taking with him his bag of presents and a little hand sled for one of the children. he goes down the chimney and suddenly appears in the children's room through the fireplace. he distributes the presents and mysteriously causes the appearance of a christmas tree laden with gifts. the scene closes with the children waking up and running to the fireplace just too late to catch him by the legs. a 1909 film by d. w. griffith titled "a trap for santa claus" shows children setting a trap to capture santa claus as he descends the chimney, but instead capture their father who abandoned them and their mother but tries to burglarize the house after he discovers that she inherited a fortune. a 29-minute 1925 silent film production titled "santa claus", by explorer/documentarian frank e. kleinschmidt, filmed partly in northern alaska, feature santa in his workshop, visiting his eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeer. a year later, another movie titled "santa claus" was produced with sound on de forest phonofilm. over the years, various actors have donned the red suit (aside from those discussed below), including leedham bantock in "santa claus" (1912), monty woolley in "life begins at eight-thirty" (1942), alberto rabagliati in "the christmas that almost wasn't" (1966), dan aykroyd in "trading places" (1983), jan rubes in "one magic christmas" (1985), david huddleston in "" (1985), jonathan taylor thomas in "i'll be home for christmas" (1998), and ed asner in "elf" (2003). later films about santa vary, but can be divided into the following themes shown below.
santa claus in film