Movie Description
Simple Gifts
(1977)Overview
A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.
Featured Crew
- Director : Phillip Schopper,R.O. Blechman
- Producer : R.O. Blechman
- Writer : Maurice Sendak,R.O. Blechman
- Editor : Joe Canestro
- Cast : Colleen Dewhurst,Hermione Gingold,José Ferrer,Dean Wareham,David Jones,Paul Dooley,Claudette Sutherland
Cast
Self - Host
Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Posters
Facts
Original TitleSimple Gifts
Status Released
Release Information
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1977-12-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 00m
Production CompaniesThirteen,Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Genres
- Animation
- TV Movie
