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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies The Christmas Star from 1986, One Magic Christmas from 1985, and Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol from 1962.
The Christmas Star is a made-for-television movie, originally broadcast as an episode of The Disney Sunday Movie on 14 December 1986.
Horace McNickle is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting.
On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblance to Santa resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features.
He hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighbourhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa.
Walt Disney Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on 7 September 2004.
Directed by: Alan Shapiro.
Written by: Carol Dysinger.
Starring: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Metzler, Susan Tyrrell, Karen Landry, Alan North, Philip Bruns, Nicholas Van Burek, Vicki Wauchope, Zachary Ansley, and Fred Gwynne.
Original airdate: 14 December 1986.
File Length: 93 Minutes.
One Magic Christmas is a 1985 Christmas fantasy film directed by Phillip Borsos.
Ginny (Mary Steenburgen) has a difficult time mustering Christmas spirit due to her husband Jack's (Gary Basaraba) unemployment and her humble position as a grocery store clerk.
With the holiday fast approaching, Ginny and Jack's daughter, Abbie (Elizabeth Harnois), goes to deliver her letter to Santa.
On her way, Abbie meets Gideon, an angel intent on saving Christmas from Ginny's poor attitude.
With Gideon's magical assistance, Ginny learns how things could be much worse.
It was released by Walt Disney Pictures and stars Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton.
It was shot in Meaford, Ontario with some scenes in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.
Directed by: Phillip Borsos.
Screenplay by: Thomas Meehan.
Story by: Thomas Meehan, Phillip Borsos, and Barry Healey.
Produced by: Peter O'Brian.
Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Michelle Meyrink, Elisabeth Harnois, Arthur Hill, and Harry Dean Stanton.
Cinematography: Frank Tidy.
Edited by: Sidney Wolinsky.
Music by: Michael Conway Baker.
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II, and Telefilm Canada.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Distribution.
Release date: 22 November 1985.
File Length: 89 minutes.
Countries: United States, and Canada.
Language: English.
Budget: $7.5 million.
Box office: $13 million.
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA.
It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and it features UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge.
The special first aired on 18 December 1962, on NBC and was the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television.
Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy.
The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill, while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score.
Based on: A Christmas Carol: by Charles Dickens.
Written by: Barbara Chain.
Directed by: Abe Levitow.
Voices of: Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano, and Paul Frees.
Composer: Jule Styne, and Bob Merrill.
Country of origin: United States.
Original language: English.
Producers: Lee Orgel, and Henry G. Saperstein.
File Length: 52 minutes.
Production company: United Productions of America.
Original network: NBC.
Original release: 18 December 1962.
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