Posted on 12/09/2012 7:28:25 AM PST by the scotsman
'For many families, The Snowman by Raymond Briggs has become as much a part of Christmas as mince pies.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the film — featuring the iconic Walking In The Air flying sequence — the team behind it have made a sequel, The Snowman And The Snowdog, to be screened on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve.
Here, we bring you an exclusive preview — without spoiling all the surprises — revealing the painstaking care that goes into every frame...'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I know that The Snowman is an iconic British animation/film/tv programme and a British Christmas TV tradition, but I also know that it is a favourite of some (American) posters here. So I post this and I will update it with the full programme after Xmas if I can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snowman
http://www.thesnowman.co.uk/
A pile of snow becomes possessed by a demon and preys on a little boy on whom he uses occult powers to lead him spiritually astray.
Well, when you say it like that, it becomes somewhat less appealing ...
Uh-huh.
Please tell me you are joking.
He’s holding a boy in front of him...and he’s got a smile on his face. I wonder if the snowman is a member of NAMBLA?
Close. The Snowman is played by David Bowie.
Eh?.
Anyway the real, not-made-for-TV, original version of The Snowman has Raymond Briggs speaking his own intro.
Ping!
Hope you can get the whole show, would love to see it!
Thanks for posting.
The Snowman converts to Islam and opens a Mosque in London. Wackiness insues,
...at the end of the movie, The Snowman is destroyed by Global Warming.
The Snowman and The Snowdog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cix9XNBVU34
If this link dosent work in the US, please reply and let me know, folks.
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