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Saving Santa

Saving Santa

Adventures of a time traveling elf

20135.21h 23m

Overview

A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

Directed by Leon Joosen
Written by Tony Nottage, Ricky Roxburgh, Grant Olding
Box OfficeBudget: $7.5M0

Top Cast

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Bernard D. Elf (voice)

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Neville Baddington (voice)

Tim Conway

Tim Conway

Santa (voice)

Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris

Mrs. Claus (voice)

Ashley French

Ashley French

Shiny (voice)

Joan Collins

Joan Collins

Vera Baddington (voice)

David Cowgill

David Cowgill

Mercenary #1 (voice)

Noel Clarke

Noel Clarke

Snowy (voice)

Newell Alexander

Newell Alexander

Butterscotch (voice)

Holly Dorff

Holly Dorff

Minty (voice)

Themes & Keywords

elvessanta claustime travelmusicalreindeernorth polechristmassledding

About Saving Santa

Saving Santa is a animation, comedy, family film released in 2013 exploring themes of elves, santa claus, time travel, musical, reindeer, north pole. Directed by Leon Joosen, it stars Martin Freeman, Tim Curry, Tim Conway. A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

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