I love the holiday season, especially all the best Christmas movies that I sit around and watch with my family. Among the ones I love are the Rankin and Bass claymation movies that are so delightfully singular. Now that I have nieces, I like watching them light up when these cheesy-yet-classic films air shamelessly with unstoppable force on cable each year. In honor of the art of animated clay, I wanted to make a list of 11 I think are the best ever. Check them out below. Who Are Rankin and Bass?Rankin/Bass Productions was an American animation studio founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass in 1960. They were prolific creators of holiday specials, primarily using stop-motion animation (which they called "Animagic") and traditional animation.They became most famous for their claymation Christmas specials. Rankin/Bass ceased production in the late 1980s, but by then, they had impacted an entire generation, and their films have lived on. 1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)2. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)3. The Little Drummer Boy (1968)4. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)5. Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)6. Jack Frost (1979)7. The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981)8. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)9. The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)10. Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)11. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)These are the ones I go back to time and time again when I want to get into the claymation Christmas spirit. Let me know your favorites in the comments....
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 5 December, 2024