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Rudolph's Shiny New Year

1976 · 50 min

A cozy, whimsical stop-motion adventure with gentle peril, silly characters, and a warm message about embracing what makes you different.

Overview
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • survival
  • fate
  • family
Places
  • fantasy world
  • sea
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • musical
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour6
Realism1
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, family, tv movie, comedy
Directed by
Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Written by
Romeo Muller
Starring
Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam, Harold Peary, Paul Frees, Billie Mae Richards, Don Messick, June Foray
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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