GATEWAY FILMS / PRENA STUDIOS
Presents
SAVING SANTA
Starring
MARTIN FREEMAN as Bernard D.Elf
TIM CURRY as Neville Baddington
TIM CONWAY as Santa (USA Version)
PAM FERRIS as Mrs Claus
CHRIS BARRIE as Blitzen
ASHLEY TISDALE as Shiny
NEWELL ALEXANDER as Butterscotch
NOEL CLARKE as Snowy
DAVID COWGILL as Mercenary 1
CRAIG FAIRBASS as Mercenary 2
HOLLY DORFF as Minty
MOOSIE DRIER as Tin Soldier
TOM BAKER as Santa (UK Version)
& JOAN COLLINS as Vera Baddington
Produced by Tony Nottage
Music by Grant Olding
Written by Tony Nottage
Screenplay by Ricky Roxburgh
Directed by Leon Joosen & Aaron Seelman
(c) 2013 .. 83mins .. UK/USA ..
Bernard is an elf who dreams of creating such inventions as the hologram which hides the North Pole and a time machine to allow Santa to deliver presents to every home in the world, in just one night. But his job is to clean the reindeer stables, however when he creates an amazing Christmas memory machine, his luck might be changing. But when his invention is broken, it causes a power failure which shuts down the hologram protecting the North Pole, it is spotted by Santa's enemy, Neville Baddington, who with the help of his evil mother Vera, they are determined to steal Santa's secrets.. It's up to Bernard to stop them!
Apart from voicing the Unicef Charity animated series of short fairytales, 'Giving Tales'.. 'Saving Santa' was Joan's first fully animated feature. Although having a good cast and some pleasant animation, the film was not a big success, although it did ok on dvd/bluray and on pay tv..
Vera ( Joan) confronts her bumbling son Neville (Tim Curry)
Review's..
Cine Vue...
By Amon Warman
' It's a fairly watchable jaunt thats high on Christmas Spirit but short on originality. Make no bones about which market it's aiming for, with an opening song about belief in Santa, bookended by a 'sweet eh? for good measure, destined to be another cog in the endless yuletide moview machine.'
VIEW LONDON..
By Jennifer Tate.
'Voiced by a recognisable cast, 'Saving Santa' is a pleasant and well timed festive animation, but its unsophisticated storyline, general lack of humor and substandard soundtrack ultimately let it down.'
USA DVD Cover with Joan's character more prominent
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