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Call Me Claus (Spanish) (Dub)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767879002
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC
ISBN: 0767879007
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 02, 2001
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Editorial Review:
Cantankerous home shopping network producer Lucy (Whoopi Goldberg) inadvertently hires the real Santa Claus (Nigel Hawthorne) for her channel's "Kristmas Korner" sales campaign in this made-for-TV movie. But Santa's presence there is anything but accidental, as his 200-year contract is about to expire and he must convince Lucy to take over the reigns both figuratively and literally. What's at stake? Not just Christmas, but the fate of the planet in this holiday offering, executive-produced by Goldberg and Garth Brooks.
Goldberg does her dreadlocked Santa thing, and Brooks sings such classics as "Sleigh Ride," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and Louis Armstrong's signature "Zat You, Santa Claus?" While its message of diversity is generally handled in a low-key fashion, the 90-minute film directly deals with the issue of a black (and female) Kris Kringle with an excerpt from B.J. Wrights's poem "Can Santa Be Black?" This congenial film is appropriate for ages 7 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Call Me Claus
This is an ok little DVD with Whoopie. I have other DVD's with Whoopie that I like better. The Associate, Jumpin Jack Flash are two that I have that I prefer over Call Me Claus.
Rating:  - Call Me Claus DVD
Whoopi Goldberg adds a new twist to a Santa Claus story that is not only entertaining but well acted. Excellent addition for anyone who has a Christmas movie collection.
Rating: - This is how a fun Christmas movie should be done
This is the right way to do a Christmas movie - it's clever, it's fantastic and it isn't afraid to let the real reason for the season be a part of the joy. Anyone who likes to giggle at a movie while wrapping gifts or sing along with kids at Christmas while setting out the nativity will enjoy this movie. The casting is perfect, by the way.
Rating: - movie
This is a really great tape to watch and so much fun for the holidays came in in great shape and arrived ontime
Rating:  - A classic? Uh, I think not.
I'm actually a huge fan of Nigel Hawthorne but he is horribly miscast in this Christmas turkey. Not a convincing Santa Claus at all and the idea of him turning to Whoopi Goldberg to become the next Santa was a pathetic idea at best. I mean, Kris Kringle has nothing better to do in the run-up to Christmas than associate himself with a money-grubbing home-shopping network??? Give me "Miracle on 34th St", "A Christmas Story", or "The Polar Express" anyday over this. In fact, I didn't even see "Call ... Read More
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