"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", uploaded by channel is a 1998 American animated musical feature film.The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment.
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It's a wonderful movie and perfect for viewing by small children and not so cheesy that the older kids are turned off by it. Definitely the grandparents should keep on hand for the grandkids to watch at Christmas time. It also teaches that we do not have to be the same as everyone else around us. We can be different and even if we get teased about it we can find solace in ourselves in the fact that we are the way we are because that is the way that we were made and we are each special and unique.
it's not a classic like the one with the Abominable Snowman, Yukon Cornelius or Hermy the elf, but it's just as delightful.
The real delight is in the very lovable characters and highly talented voice cast.
Great cast (voices) and decent animation make this a family classic for any Christmas occasion. Eric Idle doing the voice of the fox with an American accent- he's truly delightful, it just makes the film a whole lot better. Goodman always does a great job when he voices cartoons.
The animation is very fluent for a Goodtimes film, and there are some wonderful sequences with the Northern Lights and snowstorms.
The best thing about this movie is that instead of simply retelling the classic story of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, it gives an all new story which still has the same old magic.The plot is good, sticking to the original idea while skewing away in places.They added a new element to the old legend of Rudolph with the ice queen, Stormella.
In the film the males are called bucks and the females are called does whilst in real life the males are called bulls, the females are called cows. In the film only the male reindeer have antlers but in real life both male and female reindeer have them.
In 1998, four books based on the film were released.
1: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: This book was based on the film's plot.
2: Rudolph Save the Sprites.
3: Rudolph's Special Day in Santa's Workshop
4: Rudolph's Sing-A-Long Book, featuring lyrics to the film's songs.
In the book Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a retelling of the this new animated movie, Stormella's fate is different from that of the film. In the film, when Stormella falls down the cliff, Rudolph saves her whilst in the book, she falls down the cliff to an unknown fate.
The story of 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' first appeared in a booklet created by Robert L May in 1939.
Ward chain of department stores published it as a book to be given to children in the store at the Christmas time.
Remembering his daughter's love for the deer at zoo and drawing in his own childhood experience with bullying Robert created Rudolph a little reindeer, who gets ridiculed because of his red nose.
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer is a beautiful story of a little reindeer. Rudolph is born with shining red nose. The other reindeer laughed and called his names and nobody wanted to play with him. That made Rudolph lonely and sad. Rudolph was unhappy with his red nose.
Then on that famous foggy Christmas eve- Rudolph's legacy was forever made.
Rudolph's story was originally written in verse. Rudolph made his first screen appearance in 1948 in a cartoon short produced by Max Fleischer.
Johnny Marks, Robert May's brother-in-law, adapted the story into a song, which through the years has been recorded by many artists.
Here are the lyrics:
You know Dasher and Dancer
and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid
and Donner and Blitzen,
but do you recall
the most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
had a very shiny nose
and if you ever saw him
you would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
“Rudolph, with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?”
Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee:
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
you'll go down in history!"
Directed and Produced by William R Kowalchuck.
Story by Robert May.
Music by : Al Kasha
Michael Lloyd,
Johnny Marks.
Production : GoodTimes Entertainment presentation of a Cayre Brothers/Tundra production.
Soundtracks:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer;
Written by Johnny Marks.
Performed by Clint Black.
Arranged by Tom Scott.
Performed by the Cast (featuring John Goodman and Debbie Reynolds)
Show me The Light (Love Theme);
Performed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Michael Lloyd.