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The special was created using Japanese stop motion animation called "Animagic", in which all the characters are made out of wood and plastic and animated via stop-motion photography. The special was originally telecast Sunday December 13, 1970 by ABC...[and] as of 2020 commemorating the special's 50th anniversary...
The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Irving Berlin for "White Christmas")...
Klaus is a 2019 English-language Spanish animated Christmas film written and directed by Sergio Pablos in his directorial debut... distributed by Netflix... Serving as an alternate origin story of Santa Claus independent from the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra and using a fictional 19th-century setting, the plot revolves around a postman stationed in an island town to the Far North who befriends a reclusive toymaker (Klaus).
Klaus was released on 8 November 2019 and received positive reviews for its animation, story, and vocal performances. It won seven awards at the 47th Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and also won Best Animated Film at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. The film was also nominated at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, making it the first animated film from Netflix to be nominated for an Academy Award, as well as the first animated film from a streaming service to be nominated... but lost to Toy Story 4, which also starred Joan Cusack.
"The Claus Family" a Dutch film from 2020
Daily Scripture: Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation. - 2 Nephi 2:22 |
Daily Quote: Trust becomes real when we do hard things with faith. Service and sacrifice increase capacity and refine hearts. Trust in God and each other brings heaven’s blessings. - Gerrit W. Gong |
The film was...released in the United States on 22 November 2017... and in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Sing 2 had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 14, 2021, and was released in the United States on December 22, 2021... The film has received mixed reviews from critics, grossing over $22 million [in the first 3 days]... [It cost $85 million to make.]
Daily Scripture: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. - Luke 2:11 |
Daily Quote: As His witness, I testify that the baby born in Bethlehem is Jesus Christ, the beloved Son of God. I promise that as you ask Heavenly Father in faith and in the name of Jesus Christ, the Spirit will bring feelings of peace to you and to your loved ones. - Henry B. Eyring |
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| Budget | $1.6 million[2] |
|---|---|
| Box office | $7.6 million (US and Canada rentals)[3] $18,750,000 (Domestic) |
Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film...starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter...
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter)...and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.[4]
This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson and Randall starred together, the other two being Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).
Upon its release, Pillow Talk brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of A Farewell to Arms two years earlier.
On July 14, 1980, Jack Martin reported on Pillow Talk as "biggest hit of 1959".
In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and preserved
Daily Scripture: For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do. - 2 Nephi 25:23 |
Daily Quote: We thank Him, and our Heavenly Father who sent Him, that renewal and rebirth, a future free from old sorrows and past mistakes, are not only possible, but they have already been purchased, paid for, at an excruciating cost symbolized by the blood of the Lamb who shed it. - Jeffrey R. Holland |
The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
