The film was directed by jeannot szwarc and released in north america on november 27, 1985, by tristar pictures. The 2005 dvd release was released by anchor bay entertainment, under license from the films current owner, studiocanal. Once upon a time, according to the storyteller who opens santa claus. The movie, there was a kindly woodcutter named claus, who lived in a northern country with his admiring wife, anya. It is the last major fantasy film produced by the parisbased fatherandson production team of alexander and ilya salkind. He meets patch dudley moore, an eagertoplease elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly toy tycoon s john lithgow plans to take over christmas. Arthur1 is a 1956 rolls royce silver wraith and arthur3. Cars used by dudley moore in the original 1981 film arthur.
Lead players dudley moore, liza minnelli, and john gielgud reprised their roles, as well as many supporting players such as geraldine fitzgerald, barney martin, and ted ross, but suffered from not returning jill eikenberry the sequel was a brutal critical and financial failure. The ads for arthur suggested that this was an obnoxious film about an obnoxious man, an eternally drunken millionaire indulging his every whim. Released in theaters by tristar pictures on november 29, 1985, it was produced by alexander and ilya salkind who had also produced the superman film series. Santa david huddleston and an elf dudley moore foil a new york toy manufacturers john lithgow scheme to get rich off christmas. How stars rallied round comedian dudley moore with an. Santa claus the movie family 1985 full moviehddudley.
The movie is a 1985 britishamerican christmas film starring dudley moore, john lithgow, and david huddleston in the title role. Moore first came to prominence in the uk as a leading figure in the british satire boom of the 1960s. Dudley moore, the gifted comedian who had at least three distinct career phases that brought him great acclaim and success, actually started out as a musical prodigy as a child. Im trying to find the make and model of the the three cars dudley moore drives in the original 1981 film arthur. With dudley moore, john lithgow, david huddleston, burgess meredith.
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