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Christmas Is Here Again is a 2007 American direct-to-video animated Christmas film distributed by Screen Media Films. The first feature production from the Renegade Animation studio,^[2] it was co-written, co-produced and directed by Robert Zappia. Narrated by Jay Leno, the film features the voices of Edward Asner, Kathy Bates, Madison Davenport, Colin Ford, Brad Garrett, Andy Griffith, Shirley Jones, Norm Macdonald, and Daniel Roebuck, and marked Asner's third role in a Christmas-themed film after the 1977 film The Gathering and 2003 film Elf, though unlike the latter film, he does not play Santa.

Synopsis

Sophiana, an orphan girl who carries a cane, sets out to find Santa's toy sack (which is a magical source of toys since it was made from the baby Jesus' swaddling clothes), which was stolen thirty years previously by Krad ("dark" spelled backwards) in revenge after Santa stopped handing out Krad's coal to naughty children. She is helped in her quest by Paul Rocco, one of Santa's elves, Dart, a reindeer calf, Buster the fox, and his friend, Charlee the polar bear.

Cast

Production

Renegade Animation, an animation company located in Glendale, California and known for the TV series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and The Mr. Men Show, teamed up with Easy to Dream Entertainment to create Christmas Is Here Again. A small crew spent nine months on the principal animation, which was completed in mid-2006.^[2]

One of the songs in the film's soundtrack (as well as the film's working title) was "Who Stole Santa's Sack?"

Co-producer Darrell Van Citters, a Renegade staff member, once directed a Disney short called Fun with Mr. Future (1982).

Awards and release

Christmas Is Here Again premiered on October 20, 2007, as an official selection at the Heartland Film Festival.^[3]^[4] The following year, it received an Annie Award nomination for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production (Madison Davenport as Sophiana).^[5] Additionally, in 2009, Christmas is Here Again was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production. Colin Ford, the voice of Dart, was also nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2009 for Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor.

The film was originally slated for a theatrical release in November 2007,{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} but ultimately received its DVD debut in the U.S. on November 4, 2008. The disc contains a behind-the-scenes featurette, cast interviews and "Name the Reindeer", as extras.^[6]

Originally, the reindeer on the DVD cover had a red nose akin to Rudolph's.^[7] On the final version of the cover, it is black.

Reception

Richard Propes of The Independent Critic website gave it an A and 3.5 stars, calling it "an ideal choice for families, children and for Scrooges like myself who, somewhere deep inside, still want to believe".^[4] However Common Sense Media gave the film a 2 out of 5 saying "Small children might like this holiday musical, but they may also lose patience at the 73-minute length".^[8]

Stage version

The Pacific Conservatory Theatre presented the premiere of a stage adaptation of Christmas Is Here Again by Brad Carroll and Jeremy Mann in November and December 2014.^[9]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://heartland.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=32294332|title=Heartland Film Festival information for Christmas Is Here Again|year=2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101624/http://heartland.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=32294332 |archivedate=2011-07-08 |publisher=Truly Moving Pictures}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=69808|title=Renegade Animation Completes "Christmas is Here Again"|date=2006-09-28|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710125537/http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=69808 |archivedate=2011-07-10|work=Digital Publisher Magazine|publisher=Digital Media Online}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://heartland.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=32294332|title=Heartland Film Festival information for Christmas Is Here Again|year=2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101624/http://heartland.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=32294332 |archivedate=2011-07-08 |publisher=Truly Moving Pictures}}
4. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.theindependentcritic.com/christmas_is_here_again |last=Propes|first=Richard|title=Review of Christmas Is Here Again|year=2008|accessdate=2008-11-04|publisher=The Independent Critic}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |title=List of awards and nominations |year=2007 |accessdate=2008-11-07 |work=35th Annie Awards |publisher=The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |archivedate=2012-02-08 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtown.com/news/christmas-is-here-again-on-dvd/5901 |last=Yip|first=Roger|title=Christmas Is Here Again on DVD|date=2008-09-09|accessdate=2008-11-07|publisher=DVDTOWN.com}}
7. ^{{cite web| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055816/http://screenmediafilms.net/dvd.php?firstTitle=Christmas%20is%20Here%20Again |title=Christmas Is Here Again|accessdate=2008-11-07|publisher=Screen Media Films}}
8. ^https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/christmas-is-here-again#
9. ^{{cite web|title=Christmas is Here Again|url=http://www.pcpa.org/CIHApr.html|publisher=Pacific Conservatory Theatre |accessdate=27 October 2014}}