Dont forget that youve got to return to the castle ahead of the sunrise because the sun will turn the reindeer into dust. This mexican movie will have his german television premiere on 23 december 2016 and i will check if i can upgrade these. Estudios churubusco azteca, mexico city, distrito federal, mexico. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a goodhearted saint nick is geared primarily to the younger set. With the aid of merlin, santa claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil pitch to ruin xmas. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon named pitch, sent to earth by lucifer to ruin christmas by killing santa and making all the children of the earth do evil. Gordon murray import santa claus, 1959, directed by rene cardona.
Santa claus sometimes also known as santa claus vs. With jose elias moreno, cesareo quezadas pulgarcito, jose luis aguirre trotsky, armando arriola. Yet ironically enough, his bestknown movie role outside mexico is the title character in santa claus 1959, where he played pretty much against type. Watch santa claus, the mexican cult film by rene cardona fandor. In that case, i couldnt get back to the castle, and on what they use for food id perish. Directed by rene cardona, a guy from mexico city who also did some wrestling movies, santa claus 1959 concerns a slavedriving santa jose elias moreno who lives up in the sky and has a whole sweatshop army of little kids doing his work for him. Because here our main food is pastries and ice cream made of soft clouds, and on the earth theres no such. The 1959 movie santa claus has santa, satan, demons, the wizard of wizards merlin the magician and more. Santa claus 1959 allmovie movies and films database.
Previously, christmas was closely connected to the actual birth of christ as well as the nativity. On his first christmaseve night delivery, the hero jose elias moreno engages in a game of wits on the rooftops of mexico city, with satanic emissary pitch jose luis aguirre, in santa claus, 1959, directed by rene cardona view the tcmdb entry for santa claus 1959. Mexican santa claus 1959 lupitas devil dream creepy mexican christmas film clip. Gordon murray production santa claus, 1959 view the tcmdb entry for santa claus 1959.
Gordon murray looped the film in english and released it in the united states of america in 1960. The producers of the legendary madeinmexico santa claus packed every. Santa claus 1959 with the aid of merlin, santa claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil pitch to ruin xmas. Rumor has it that this film was made to introduce the concept of santa claus to mexico. The strangest and most disturbing santa claus movie of. But the pitch is doing all he can to ruin christmas so santa has to get help from merlin. Santa claus 1959 mexico usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. I saw this mexican movie in french, mind you 3 years consecutive when i was about 6. Busto, guillermo calderon, adolfo torres portillo, rene cardona. No need to tell you how crushed i was when they stopped playing it. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a. In the 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus featuring primarily spanish dialogue was directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo, although most are probably familiar more with the dubbed and edited englishlanguage version that came out in the u. Gordon murray released as a weekend movie marketed directly. Santa jose elias moreno with help from narrator, demonstrating gizmos and spying on young mexico city girl lupita, on whom enemy pitch jose luis aguirre is at work, in the mexican made k.
The original film was produced in mexico in 1959 and features primarily spanish dialog. From awful movies wiki jump to navigation jump to search santa claus sometimes known as santa claus vs the devil is a 1959 mexican film that was released in the u. Jose elias morenoel padrecito, reportaje played many tough, tequiladrinking, macho men in mexican movies. Its christmas eve and santa can come to earth for one night to deliver presents.
The story has santa working in space and relying on his assistant, merlin the. Santa claus 1898 film, a british short silent drama santa claus, a 1959 mexican film. Santa claus 1959 comedy, family, fantasy video dailymotion. The fact that he has a hitech palace in space is something i never knew about santa claus. The mexican movie santa claus 1959 attempts to update kris cringle to the age of sputnik and the global community with predictably surreal and disturbing results. Santa claus teams up with merlin the magician and the children of the world in order to save the day. Gordon murray released as a weekend movie marketed directly to. The film is a mexican production that features santa claus fighting a devil named pitch for the future of christmas.
A dubbed and slightly edited english language version was produced for u. December 12, 2011 december 12, 2011 by alessandro cima. Santa s workshop runs on the work of a global collection of children, stereotypically depicted all, some fully racist. Moreno plays jolly old saint nick in santa claus 1959, a bizarre, christmasfamily movie from 1950s mexico. Check out disneys three caballeros to see mexican christmas traditions in 1944. I have to admit that ive been saving this movie until the christmas season.
Reproduction image size varies based on original poster dimension ratios. This movie is in the same line as santa claus conquers the martians. This unintentionally horrifying family film from 1959 needed a proper trailer, and i couldnt help myself. My final entry in my minixmas horrorthon, rene cardonas 1959 movie santa claus is a wonderment of schmaltz. Dvd verified purchase santa claus is perhaps best known as a wonderful season five episode of mystery science theater 3000, and i certainly do recommend the mst3k version. I like a couple of things, like burning letters to santa, but overall, i didnt like this movie. I thought maybe this version of his headquarters was part of a mexican variation of the legend, but the only unique element related to geography that i learned in. A candy colored fantasy in eastmancolor, santa claus takes traditional xmas myths and mixes things up considerably. The strangest and most disturbing santa claus movie of them all features rene cardonas santa claus movie from 1959 is so utterly bizarre that it transcends christmas.
Starring jose elias moreno as santa, its really, really weird. Yes, this movie has been made fun of by they mystery science theater crowd, but. Estudios churubusco azteca, mexico city, distrito federal, mexico studio get the imdb app. Santa claus 1959 live action, movie mexico, usa dub. Santa claus 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The santa clause film series, a series of movies 1994, 2002, 2006 starring tim allen. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon sent to earth. With the exception of any cantinflas vehicle, here is the most famous mexican movie of all time. We are first introduced to santa s workshop as the jolly old elf inspects some of the children from around the world who help out.
Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and cowritten with. Pitch, the meanspirited devil, is trying to ruin christmas. But now its officially confirmed that tele 5 will give this movie a hd upgrade. It depicts the adventures of santa claus in preparation for and during his annual christmas rounds. Rene cardonas santa claus 1959 as seen from a mexican point of view. But a little over a decade later, mexico needed santa and director rene. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon sent to earth by lucifer to ruin christmas by killing santa and making all the children of the earth do evil. Talking tom talking ginger santa claus, tv hd 2019 cinema comedy action. It was released in 1959 and then dubbed into english for a 1960 release. Santa claus versus the devil 1959 trailer duration. Not especially christmasy opening credits and the dubbed english narration introducing the hero jose elias moreno, in the mexican made k. Santa claus is a 1959 live action mexico motion picture featuring santa claus. Lupita quezadas and jose luis aguirre trotsky in santa claus 1959 santa.
Gordon murray on allmovie yet another oddball mexican fantasy brought to. Because this is a reproduction of an original poster it will feature the same characteristics as the original. Reviewed in the united states on january 23, 2011 format. This cracked fairy tale begins with santa and his workshop in the clouds, not the north pole. Mexico s santa claus has got to be the most bizarre film in my collection. I wanted to wait with this announcement because there are many movies called santa claus. Chaplin said, its kind of a fun movie, and we all enjoyed it, noting that he made quite an attractive demon. Aide pedro cesareo quezadas offers the hero jose elias moreno a new toy, leading to a wild narrative turn and the introduction of villain pitch jose luis aguirre, in the k. Santa claus 1959 pelicula mexicana completa del recuerdo. Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and co written with.
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