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The Snowman

1982 · 25 min

A hushed, wordless flight of fancy that glows with winter magic, then quietly breaks your heart with a single melted scarf.

Overview
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

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Free in the UK
  • Channel 4
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • memory
  • love
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • home
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

Free
  • Channel 4

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Details

Genres
adventure, animation, family, fantasy
Directed by
Dianne Jackson
Starring
Raymond Briggs
Music
Howard Blake
Runtime
25 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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