The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966)
A more wonderful...more magical...more musical entertainment than this - there just isn't!
ジャンル : ファンタジー, ファミリー
上映時間 : 1時間 29分
演出 : Rossano Brazzi
シノプシス
Sam Whipple, an attorney in once-upon-a-time-land, is startled to receive a visit from Santa Claus shortly before Christmas. It seems that when he was a child, Sam wrote a letter thanking Santa for the presents he'd received, and offering to return the favor someday. That day is now - a mean old soul named Phineas Prune, who holds the deed to the North Pole, is demanding back rent. Otherwise, he's going to evict Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves and take all the Christmas toys. It's up to Sam and Santa to find a way to pay off Prune and prevent Christmas from being canceled.
サンタクロースの息子で次男坊のアーサーは、誰よりもクリスマスを愛しているが不器用で、今は手紙係としてサンタ宛ての手紙を読み、心をこめた返事を書いていた。そしてクリスマスイブの日。英国のコーンウォール州の小さな町、トレルーに住むグウェンという女の子がリクエストしたピンクの自転車が、ラッピング担当の妖精ブライオニーのミスで配達されていないことが分かる。アーサーは彼女に自転車を届けるため出発する。
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.
Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning things around, a determined young elf befriends a little boy with a lot of spirit. His skeptical journalist mom doesn’t have room in her heart for anything but the facts, so it’s going to take a little nudge from his charming teacher to create an unbeatable Christmas team to turn around this town and share the importance of the season with the whole world.
When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.
日々繰り返される祭りの準備に憂鬱なハロウィンの王様ジャックは、ある日、偶然クリスマスの世界へ迷い込む。その華やかさに魅了された彼は、ハロウィン風クリスマスの計画を思いつく。しかし、サリーはそんなジャックを心配している。
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
クリスマスイブの夜。サンタの存在など信じないと思い始めた少年だが、ベッドの中でトナカイの鈴の音が聞こえないかと耳をすます。真夜中近く、鈴の代わりに汽車の走る音が聞こえてくる。驚いた少年が窓を見ると、家の前に大きな蒸気機関車が走り込んでくる。玄関を飛び出した少年に、車掌はそれが北極行きの急行“ポーラー・エクスプレス”だと告げ、乗らないかと誘う。戸惑う少年だが、やがて動き始めた列車につい飛び乗る。
ホビット族のビルボ・バギンズは、魔法使いのガンダルフから思わぬ旅の誘いを受ける。それは、ドラゴンに乗っ取られたドワーフの王国を奪取するというものだった。ドワーフの戦士トーリンが率いる13人のドワーフたちと、最初の目的地“はなれ山”を目指してワーグ、オークといった怪物や魔術師がひしめく荒野を進んでいくビルボ。そんな中、ゴブリンが巣食うトンネルに入っていった彼は、そこでゴラムという醜悪な化け物と出会う。
ホビット族の青年ビルボ・バギンズは、魔法使いのガンダルフや屈強なドワーフの一行と共に、たった一頭で一国を滅亡に導くと伝えられる邪悪な竜スマウグに奪われたドワーフの王国を奪取すべく旅に出る。竜の潜む山を目指す道中、巨大なクモの大群や凶暴なオークたちが一行の行く手を阻むように次々と立ちはだかる。
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
あるクリスマスイブの日、10歳になってもサンタの存在を信じる妹のケイト(ダービー・キャンプ)とそんな妹をからかう兄テディ(ジュダ・ルイス)はサンタの姿をカメラに捉えようと計画します。待ち構えていた2人の前に現れたのは、プレゼントを配る本物のサンタクロース(カート・ラッセル)でした。しかし2人のせいでサンタのソリは墜落し、クリスマスに大ピンチが発生、果たしてプレゼントは届けられるのでしょうか?
昼なお暗いモルドールの山。フロドが眠る隣でゴラムは、彼の“愛しいしと”たる指輪を初めて手に入れたときのことを思い出していた。彼はホビットの支族ストゥア族で スメアゴルと呼ばれていた。ある日、いっしょに川で魚を釣っていたデアゴルが川に落ちてたまたま指輪を拾う。スメアゴルはその指輪を見た瞬間に指輪に魅せられ、それを奪おうとしてデアゴルを殺してしまった。そのために村を追放された彼は、指輪だけを友に長い年月を過ごすうちに指輪の魔力に蝕まれ、徐々に心身ともに変貌し現在の姿になったのだ。眠りから目覚めたサムはゴラムの邪心を疑うが、フロドはそんなサムをいさめる。
ドワーフの王国を取り戻すべく旅をしていたホビット族のビルボ・バギンズやドワーフのトーリンらは、竜のスマウグからついに王国を奪い返す。しかし、スマウグは人々を襲い、その一方でトーリンが財宝を独り占めしようとし、ビルボがそれを止めようと危険な選択をしてしまう。そんな中、宿敵サウロンが奇襲を仕掛け、ドワーフとエルフと人間の間では対立が深まる。
はるか昔。闇の冥王サウロンは世界を滅ぼす魔力を秘めたひとつの指輪を作り出した。指輪の力に支配された中つ国では一人の勇者がサウロンの指を切り落とし、国を悪から救った。それから数千年の時を経た中つ国第3世紀。ある時、指輪がホビット族の青年フロドの手に渡る。しかし、指輪を取り戻そうとするサウロンの部下が迫っていた。世界を守るためには指輪をオロドルイン山の火口、“滅びの亀裂”に投げ込み破壊するしか方法はない。そこでフロドを中心とする9人の仲間が結成され、彼らは“滅びの亀裂”目指し、遥かなる冒険の旅に出るのだった。
オーク達の襲撃で離散してしまった「旅の仲間」達。フロドとサムは独力でモルドールの滅びの山への旅路を続けていた。荒涼とした景色が広がるをエミン・ムイル行くその2人の後を指輪の前の持ち主ゴラムが追跡していた。ゴラムを罠に掛けて捕らえた2人だが、すぐに殺そうと主張するサムに対し、フロドはエルフの綱につながれて苦しむゴラムを哀れに思い綱をほどく。フロドは情けをかけてゴラムを信じ、モルドールへの道案内を任せる事にする。
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't...
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
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A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer, who has been displaced by the team as the carnival's top act, decides to kidnap Alex and sell him to a medical laboratory for experimentation, thereby getting rid of his competition.
Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
A Bigfoot-type creature befriends Paul, a young student. His father is a park ranger trying to capture an escaped tiger. Everyone in town is on edge and wants the tiger killed. David tries to keep Bigfoot a secret.
Simon, son of the king, must flee when the empire is overthrown by the evil Shurka. Schooled in the arts of magic, he must find the Ring of Magic and the Sword of Power and defeat the wizard who killed his father. He is joined in his quest by the swordmaster Kor, his faithful protector Gulfax, and the Forest Wizard Hurla.
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