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was less positive than Ebert, calling the production "elaborate and tacky". He described the film as having "the manner of a listless musical without any production numbers". Unlike Ebert, he offered little praise for the film's production design. Canby quipped that "Santa's workshop must be the
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107:John Lithgow
102:Dudley Moore
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1841:Honor Bound
1604:Back Issue!
1327:24 December
1225:and artist
1018:Santa Claus
965:Roger Ebert
934:second unit
914:film editor
869:David Jason
789:David White
722:Robert Wise
662:Development
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531:Jerry Harte
519:John Hallam
491:as Cornelia
457:Santa Claus
421:candy canes
414:candy canes
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371:with their
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349:Middle Ages
302:Santa Claus
281:Santa Claus
233:108 minutes
81:Produced by
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1888:1985 films
1882:Categories
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1482:2006-12-14
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1352:2023-11-30
1256:References
1184:Aled Jones
1118:Highlander
1100:Peter Gunn
1025:Soundtrack
1002:McDonald's
936:director.
930:David Lane
816:Lex Luthor
774:Peter Cook
599:Production
398:acrophobia
361:North Pole
318:production
264:Box office
217:1985-11-27
174:Production
1809:Supergirl
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940:Reception
781:Americana
770:Supergirl
756:in which
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690:director
688:Supergirl
679:Supergirl
557:Tim Stern
497:as Dooley
479:as Towzer
455:as Claus/
409:lollipops
353:Christmas
322:Alexander
306:his elves
288:starring
238:Countries
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1239:See also
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537:Chairman
503:as Puffy
443:as Patch
357:reindeer
320:team of
248:Language
149:Music by
95:Starring
69:Story by
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883:Filming
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347:In the
251:English
215: (
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1785:Jaws 2
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157:score
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