The Snowman Part 3

The British Christmas classic from 1982 with the original beginning.

Plot: "Wordless (save for the song "Walking in the Air") animated adventure about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus." -imdb.com

Directed by: Dianne Jackson
Written by: Raymond Briggs
Music by: Howard Blake (composer)

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Film & Animation

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[Mariexoxo25]

I actually start crying once "walking in the air" comes on because I know what's to come :/

[Mr5D1074]

Today is Christmas Eve.

All the snowmen will come alive, and take their children on a magical journey.

The Snowman 1982-Present

Long may the legacy live on.

[TheEmms101]

till this day and i'm 14 this film makes me cry

[Mr5D1074]

@liamrode1 how dare you!

[liamrode1]

total rip off of frosty the snowman

[cmulwee001]

@cmulwee001 But hey it was the original author Raymond Brigg's who added the text himself. I guess he wanted to update his own book. BTW the films looks as if it were rendered in colored pencil rather than ink and paint to give it the appearance of the book.

[cmulwee001]

The trip to the North Pole to see Santa was created for the film version. It was not in the original book. And actually the original wordless book is scarce these days. They are about two versions of the book with text, or at least an alternate text on the final page. Most copies say next to last page "James ran out the Kitchen...Last Page and into the garden." Others

say next to last page "James ran out of the kitchen and into the garden... Last Page reads

"The Snowman had melted!"

[musicbox193]

@ivanclaysburgh "I guess you're right. It still ought to say somewhere that snowman came back the next year though

[johnnyM809]

Absolute Christmas classic for all generations to come..

[ivanclaysburgh]

@musicbox193 Not necessarily. He had a look like he felt he might not see him alive again in the morning. So that hug had a lot more meaning to it. So I believe he was saying goodbye, in case he never saw him alive again.

[mrskullballcorp]

@TReoS96 that and even though the environments are stunning they just seem so abstract and solemn. the snowman dying has a lot to do with it however, especially since the music builds up into a nice warm overtone and then the boy goes out to see the snowman has melted its just such a downer to be honest.