The Snowman (1982) [Special Edition]
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 00:26:03 | 3,11 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: None
Genre: Animation, Adventure
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 00:26:03 | 3,11 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: None
Genre: Animation, Adventure
Directors: Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami
Wordless (save for the song "Walking in the Air") animated adventure about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
I have to slap myself on the wrist here and consider it blasphemous that I haven't seen this title since I was a little boy. The Snowman is a holiday classic that I felt, unfortunately had been overlooked due to the 'made for money' television Christmas classics. Don't get me wrong, I certainly enjoy riding along with Rudolph and taking a train ride with Frosty. They were clearly the product of Christmas marketing that were fun and wholesome enough to become staples of the season every single year.
The Snowman isn't flashy or even jazzed up with catchy Christmas jingles that your kids and their kids are sure to drive you nuts over singing on an average of eighty times a day. This twenty seven minute feature was an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film in 1982, and it got that nomination without all the gimmicks.
The story takes us through a whole palette of emotions that warm us up in all the right spots you want to have come alive during the holidays. A young boy awakes one morning to see everything outside blanketed in snow. Typical for a young boy, it's 'act now and ask questions later' as he throws on his clothes and runs outside to play. He builds a snowman out in his imaginative winter wonderland and before he knows it, he's back in bed again for the evening.
In the middle of the night the boy finds his snowman alive! From that point on we're treated to a delightful journey that warms the soul and brings smiles all around as we can't help but feel we've been taken back to our own childhoods.
I'm usually up there on the 'sarcasm' scale and say what I feel at the time are witty remarks, only later to feel a bit foolish once I'm the only one who found my comments to be amusing! Despite my usual failure though, my wife and I had a good chuckle as I let out a 'happy birthday' in the voice of Frosty once the snowman in this animated short came to life. I know this might feel like a bit of a detour from my review but it's actually quite relevant and if you've ever seen this short before, you can probably relate as to why. This title just brings the kid out in me and reminds me of all the things that had become a part of my experience of the holidays throughout life.
The Snowman is done entirely without words, minus the introduction. The artistry is done to look masterful in sketching and filled in with crayons and colored pencils. A lot of care had been placed into this film. The entire time you feel like you're viewing a book come to life, a quality very hard to find today. The fact that it's entirely speechless makes it even more astonishing. We get to see an adventure from a little boy's perspective that I dare say will tap into every single one of its viewers and remind them of their own childhood, reminding them of the imagination they once had.
I don't know how many times I've said to myself growing up that I'd never lose my imagination and I'd always stay the same. Then, I grew up! It's a fact of life and there's usually not a way around it, but pieces such as The Snowman deserve their place in holiday spirit as they're a refreshing way to remind us of good memories and fun times.
The Snowman has awoken something inside of me that I haven't felt for some time, and isn't that what the holidays are all about in the end? Yeah, I know there's all that 'giving' stuff and I'm sure 'commercialism' is pretty high up there as well. Color me crazy but I'd much rather sit at home and curl up with a loved one and watch something like this close to Christmas than try to drive on a sheet of ice to inspire holiday emotions at a Christmas Tree Shop. The Snowman will warm you and touch you. For anybody who's looking for a decent DVD collection of holiday classics and you already own the Rankin and Bass animated classics, my humble opinion is that no Christmas collection on DVD would be complete without this title.
Special Features:
- Audio Narration by Mel Smith as Father Christmas
- Alternative Introduction by David Bowie
- "Snow Business: The Making of The Snowman" Featurette (23:34)
- "Animatic" Featurette
- Storyboards: Good Night, A Different Nose, Morning
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