| Noël Noël | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nicola Lemay |
| Written by | Martin Barry |
| Produced by | Marc Bertrand Jean-Jacques Leduc Marcy Page |
| Narrated by | Leslie Nielsen Benoît Brière |
| Music by | Daniel Scott |
Production company | Teletoon |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English French |
Noël Noël is a 22-minute animated short produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2003 as a Christmas special. It was directed by Nicola Lemay and written by Martin Barry. The English-language version was adapted by John Weldon and narrated by Leslie Nielsen.[1][2] The original French-language version was narrated by Benoît Brière.[3]
Awards for the film included the Prix Gémeaux for Best Animated Program or Series and an Award of Excellence in the category of Animation age 6 - 8 from the Alliance for Children and Television.[1]
In the United States, the short aired on Cartoon Network.
Plot
Billionaire businessman Noel Noël is rich but rude. He falls for a fairy named Beatrice, and tries to win her love with material gifts before learning the true meaning of love from a little girl named Zoey Murphy, her dog Snooze, and a blue-eyed reindeer.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Noël Noël". Film collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators. Hal Leonard. pp. 352–53. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
- ↑ "Noël Noël". Notre collection (in French). National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 219. ISBN 9781476672939.
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