The Snowman Part 1

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)

Watch Part 2 here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXt5JSYEQI

Category:

Film & Animation

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• snowman
• short
• film
• original
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• british
• animation

[mittROMNEY666]

is there some law that all snowman uploads have to be in shitty unwatchable 240p fuck

[aramanth]

I love Bowie, but I prefer the intro by Briggs. It is more meaningful since he wrote the book.... and the landscape morphing into that beautiful snowy scene...

[like2view]

I ertainly agree that the intro by Brigss with the morph into the snow scene is soo much more to my taste than the Bowie intro and I too, really like and respect like David Bowie. I was very disappointed in the UK extended edition DVD that this is not the case and the cartoon intro is the only alternative that leads into the film.. the others are available but only as film extras..... I may have to buy another!

[tauwilltriumph]

@JoshAlexful Done, just uploaded part 1 in 720p. Part 2 will be ready by tomorrow, but you may already want to check out my vid - it has a load of high quality versions of The Snowman in its related videos (though mine actually seems to be the highest quality, though it uses the Santa introduction and is widescreen), strange that they don't come up when searching for The Snowman on YT!

[tauwilltriumph]

@JoshAlexful I'll upload this in at least 480p, sooner or later. Poor internet, but I'll do my best.

[Mr5D1074]

@JoshAlexful oh ok

[JoshAlexful]

@Mr5D1074 I think what he means is that there are better versions of this out there i.e it is available on DVD and broadcast in HD (upscaled) on 4HD - so he's wondering why those who upload have compressed the video making it look blurry/poor quality. Anyway, I love this brilliant cartoon. I do hope they don't replace it every Christmas Eve with the new version. That would be just wrong.

[outoftheordinaryable]

brings me back to my childhood traditions. never realised when I was younger how emotional this story is. I'm going to take a trip down memory lane tonight and watch it on VHS. might need a box of tissues aswell! :)

[Mr5D1074]

@mittROMNEY666 its the old version you cant bring it in 1080p just enjoy it in its magical original form

[sonny1234thebig]

Why didn't he make another snowman -.-

[eccentricoldcow]

Superb animation and story, and always brings a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye when the Darling snowman melts and the scarf comes out of his pocket. Thank you so much x