Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
film
FilmDVD

Title The snowman / a Snowman Enterprise production for Channel 4 ; producer: John Coates ; screenwriter: Raymond Briggs ; director: Dianne Jackson.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Snowman Enterprises, [2014]
Dallas, TX : NCircle Entertainment, [2014]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS DVD SNOWMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  JDVD SNOWMAN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J DVD SNOWMAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Department  J DVD SNOWMAN    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 50 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
video file DVD video rda
System Details DVD.
Note Based on the book by Raymond Briggs (New York : Random House ©1978).
Performer [Narrator at beginning of film, Raymond Briggs].
Credits Music composed and conducted by Howard Blake ; orchestra: Sinfonia of London ; 'Walking in the Air' sung by Aled Jones.
Note Originally released in 1982.
Summary A young boy wakes up to find a thick blanket of snow outside. He decides to build a snowman using coal for his buttons and eyes, a tangerine for his nose, and a hat and scarf. Later that night, the snowman comes to life, and the two set forth on a magical journey to the North Pole.
Contents Featured film: The Snowman (27:15 minutes). -- Bonus features: Snow business : the story of The Snowman (24:15 minutes : sound, color with black and white sequences) -- Alternative introduction [to The Snowman] / from David Bowie (1:19 minutes : sound, color)
Awards British Academy Award for Best Children's Entertainment of 1982. ; Academy Award nominee: best animated short film.
Subject Briggs, Raymond. Snowman.
Snowmen -- Juvenile films.
Boys -- Juvenile films.
Friendship -- Juvenile films.
Dreams -- Juvenile films.
Voyages and travels -- Juvenile films.
Christmas -- Juvenile films.
Snowmen -- Drama.
Boys -- Drama.
Voyages and travels -- Drama.
Stories without words.
Imagination in children -- Juvenile films.
North Pole -- Juvenile films.
Genre/Form Short films.
Children's films.
Animated films.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Jackson, Dianne, film director.
Briggs, Raymond, screenwriter.
Blake, Howard, composer.
Jones, Aled, 1970- singer.
Sinfonia of London.
Snowman Enterprises, production company.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
NCircle Entertainment, film distributor.
Added Title Raymond Briggs' The snowman
Standard No. 843501003053
Music No. 100305 NCircle Entertainment
-->
Add a Review