actually according to Wikipedia this is not a Rankin Bass film. it was the first stop-motion project by Sanrio. a Japanese animation company, The film's overall animation style is reminiscent of all the original Rankin/Bass "Animagic" productions, shot at Tadahito Mochinaga's MOM Production (later renamed Video Tokyo Production)...
@phoenixman8569 @jennsterd67 Mark L. Rosen was a producer on the film, who had done work with Rankin and Bass previously. So the two styles are similar for good reason.
This was co created by Shintaro Tsuji, who was in the company that made two very adult films aimed at children, but then went on to make hello kitty and became rich as hell lol. During the time that Rankin Bass had become very popular, this was most timely made. NOt bad . R.I.P. CHRISTOPHER LEE! Did the coolest voices for Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Street Singer, The Puppeteer and the Watchmaker!
I stumbled on this by chance, searching Christmas specials from Rankin Bass. I never knew this even existed, but it looks fantastic, and features the voices of Christopher Lee, Melissa Gilbert, JoAnne Worley, and more. Kudos to all the Japanese designers who contributed to this project. And as soon as I hear that lively intro to the Nutcracker ballet, I am instantly in a holiday mood. Can't wait to watch the entire film.
This movie really captures the feeling of the "Fever Dream". Not just in its execution, but even in its existence. It's bizarre (not as outlandish as some describe it, but it's still out of the ordinary), unlike most fairy tales for children where a prince heroically struggles to save the princess, here it's the girl who goes on a journey and sacrifices herself to save her prince, which feels like an allusion to Psyche in Metamorphoses. It's a Captivating, mysterious, enthralling, gripping movie. It has some wisdom in it, for both young and old. It's beautiful. I really loved it. One of my all-time favorite stopmotion animations. I watched the original Japanese version, and I admit I like that one more than this. The color correction used here is too overexposed and much more vibrant than the original, where they were more muted, and the dub drowns out a lot of the music for some reason. The names of some characters were also different, Queen Morphia was known as "Madame Mauslynx" for example.
Oh Sanrio , still giving children nightmares I see XD. As a child I saw other Sanrio films but for some reason I never saw this one. It’s fantastic thanks for putting it up.
I found this movie this year 2021 and this is actually a really good claymation movie. I am surprised this is a foreign movie with English dub. Especially with Melissa Gilbert from Little House on the Praire and Christopher Lee.
I remember falling in love with this movie watching it in the 80's. Although as an 11 year old story tale lover, I never understood how an adult (Fritz) could be smitten with a young girl (Clara). I guess it's just a fairy tale and taken as is. Thank you for posting this gem!
I think it's a visual exaggeration due to Japanese aesthetics of the time-- Clara is about 12 years old, on the verge of maturing past childish bed time stories and becoming a teenager. Fritz/Franz is probably 16-18, since they mention he is Clara's friend since childhood. The age gap is weird for us irl, but in a fairytale it's not too strange I guess. Makes sense Clara, at least, is crushing on her teenage friend at her age. I think the weirder age gap is in Labyrinth, with Jareth and Sarah lmao (I still thought David Bowie was hot though).
@@joosoo idk, in labyrinth jareth is deffo not intended to be her happily ever after.. in fact, hes the antagonist.. an older male.. imposing his power on a teen.
I'm shocked no one talked about the part where Franz protected Clara from being kissed by the Arabian Wiseman! It was sweet yet hilarious!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
I love the ending because even though fantasy is always lovely and perfect. Real life is a little more complicated but sometimes real life is better than Fantasy.
I was so happy when I found this on DVD at an anime convention, I screamed. The guy running the booth laughed and said 'I take it you know this.' I was so offended but realized he was joking. I said my aunt taped it off HBO eons ago and my copy was so worn and frayed... I love it so much. It reminds me of my aunt and many happy Christmases past. Thank you for posting it
I was quite surprised when I found this, and when I looked up the list of Rankin-bass stop motion films I found out this isn't one of them! as it turns out this was made by a Japanese studio in 1979!
This is one of those movies I saw when I was really young (in the 80's) that I thought I dreamt or made up in my head until a random google search. Then I was like, "Wait a minute...it's real!?" Now I have to make my 7 year old watch it and let her be haunted by the sort of vague half memory of a trippy puppet movie about a Christmas decoration. I think I will slip it in between Rudolph and Santa is Coming to Town.
It's been driving me mad trying to remember what this movie was!! Ended up on a "movies that trausmatised us as children" video and the memory of being taken away and turned into a mouse if you were up too late came back to me. I remember having nightmares about it!! 😂
I can’t thank you enough for the remastered version!!!!! I’ve been obsessed with this movie since my mom taped it off TV to VHS 30 years ago!! I’m aging myself but I was never able to see the real colors!
Same!!! My mom had a full library of recorded movies and shows like this, many of which are completely lost to me now. I remember this used to be SOOO dark! My siblings and I remember it fondly, even the scarier parts, but always remembered it being almost too dark to see many of the scenes. I'm so happy it's been remastered, had to save it! (I'm 36 now, so I remember seeing this when I was a toddler lol)
@@TheMistressMisery This isn't the full version tho; This one is 73 minutes, the original theatrical/VHS English dub is 81 minutes, has more footage, and has live action sequences, which are replaced in this version with animated ones, and the original Japanese version [available here on UA-cam with subtitles] is 96 minutes.
Thank you for uploading this film! I watched the Japanese version when I was very little and totally loved it, had nightmares for a few weeks tho lol. It's still one of my favorite films today.
I wish Clara should have chewed out Princess Mary by telling her what an ungrateful, selfish, spoiled brat she really is and doesn't deserve to marry anybody like Fritz in the first place, now understanding why Morphia cursed her in the first place, revealing her inner ugliness that the King refused to see.
I mean - in the original story, that's part of the reason Princess Perlipat (whom Mary is based on) is turned. There was so much focus on her physical beauty and vanity that the Mouse Queen cursed her to be ugly because that's all she cared about.
This version of the Nutcracker is fascinating due to its original story combined with the classic one; truly a cinematic masterpiece! Thank you so much for posting it!
Omg!!! I've been looking for this for years... It scared me to death as a kid. All I remember is the girl Clara and the clock. I couldn’t remember what it was called.. I'm so glad I've found it. My Daughter will love it 💜
Thanks for sharing this gem. I remember watching this on cable TV as a kid and the rat freaking me out. The end theme was stuck in my head for years. Still brings back great memories.💖
when this first came out I was in high school but I went to see it in the theaters anyway. It was great then and it's still as good as I remember. They really got a great vocal cast for the english version.
Ommfg I FOUND IT!!! This movie scared tf outta me as a child, but it's such a good film. Oh man the memories. They just don't make em like they used to eh?
I had an old taped from tv vhs version of this as a child. I watched it so much, I wore it out, and have been searching for it forever. Thank you so much!
I always believed the theory of the Ragman being in league with the evil mouse queen, turning children into mice to bring them back as her new henchmen that they don't ever remember being children.
Meme: The Evil Ragman was actually a friend of the Evil Mouse Queen Morphia, King Goodwin’s wicked wife, and the selfish Princess Mary’s wicked mother!
I'm a 26 year old Autistic girl that loves sanrio and this film is totally my style dark, cute, the music is amazing i love the song dance of the dolls why i haven't discovered this great nutcraker version earlier? Such a cute version❤❤❤❤❤ i've watched the japanese version of this and it's a charm and it's from the 70s cool. I have to show this to my dad and my family they will love it now it's one of my favorite stop motion films. Ps:I have showed to my dad and he loves it he gives him wizard of oz vives i even dream about it the first night i've watched it.
leave it to the 70s to create a slightly weird psychedelic horror movie fairytale..wow this is the second time seeing this first 30 years ago i think..lol ...i have seen ballet several times since and this is must see before or after you take child to a production to understand the ballet. wonderful
@@withnail-and-i bruh, it's from the '70s, bruh. 1979, to be exact, broheim. Watch the credits before commenting next time, dude bro. You won't look quite as stupid. And you'll look even less stupid when you stop calling women "bruh".
What about now and Disneys horror tale they jis came out with. How awful. Hollywood ruins everything and Disney in this age even more. Walt is rolling in his grave.
Thank you so much I only saw this once when it was new. I never forgot it. I really loved it. I have been looking for it for a long time wanting to see it again.
Thank you for uploading this. I have the old vhs somewhere, but it wasn't in the best of shape when I was young, much less now. It's been one of my favorites for ages (I could watch it without being fazed but, Little Nemo used to scare me, go figure).
I was born when this movie came out and never saw it - quite adult themes for a children's film but it's still quite special, especially knowing something like this wouldn't be made today.
It has been my holiday tradition to look this up every Christmas season and give it a watch. Wish they made the Clara a bit older looking. The dance scene with her and Fritz is just silly.
I forgot about this memory I had. Of being terrified as a kid of something from some movie where a creepy wretched figure goes through a little town at night, from window to window. This is the movie! The rag man...wow. So I glad I found this 🙂
What do you mean a precursor? Rankin Bass was around in the 1950s and known for their 1962-4 peoductions. Later early 70s one's too. This is 1979 so at the very end.
I've had a crush on Hermey the elf from "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" for the longest time since I was a little girl, (Also, gosh DANG, if you have a crush on Hermey like I did for so many years, your crush on him will DOUBLE once you look up and discover his voice-actor, Paul Soles, in his younger years, because OMG, he was such a drop dead gorgeous hunk of a man back in the day when the special was being made! >///< Sorry, I know, I'm fangirling. XD Also, R.I.P. Paul
Omg- I have been searching for this movie for yearrrrs :0 I always thought it was just a dream but I was wrong :D it scared me so much as a kid I would always go to bed early because of this lmao
Why couldn't AMC show this during Christmas time they showed the other old ones why not this one 🤔🤔🤔🤔 and if you're wondering who was in this movie the voice of Clara is Melissa Gilbert 👸 uncle drosselmeyer was Christopher Lee 👻
You realize Rankin/Bass didn't make this, yes? This is Sanrio's production and the only ties to R-B is mainly the director of this film directed the "Animagic" of the special "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Wow let's split hairs the point of that comment was to appreciate the movie sorry didn't get the right credit too this or that you people have way to much time on your hands if you are going to nit pick everything " find the magick of the season and Get over yourself's for picking. The people who made this are dead bless be to you and yours this festive season and Get over it 🎃🌻🎃🌻🎃🌻🍭
1979-AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED WORK OF ART IN STOP-ANIMATION!!-WITH MELISSA GILBERT, RODDY MCDOWELL, CHRISTOPHER LEE, JOANNE WORLEY, AND EVA GABOR. BEAUTIFULLY REMASTERED RESOLUTION! A TRUE MASTERPIECE!
My siblings said I was really scared of the Ragman when I was little. I would go to bed when I was supposed to, but one night I didn't, and my brother tricked me and went outside and pretended he was the Ragman. I was so scared and ran up to my bed
I remember seeing this on a VHS tape many years ago I have always loved the nutcracker ballet and story and I like this animated version and the people who did the voices Melissa Gilbert, dick van patten, Michelle Lee, rody mc dowel, eva gabor, Joanna Worley the music was upbeat and the puppet animation was very good
Wow so happy to find this. I was 5 years old when I watched it. Interesting observation: I don't remember an animation of swans eating a fish and butterflies. I remember a ballet scene 🤔
The movie is a charming, haunting and quirky little adventure that I had a lot of fun with. Strangely the only thing I have a problem with is how Clara looks like she's barely 9 years old while Franz/Fritz looks to be either late teens or early 20s. I know I'm reading too much into it but it just bugs me
I like the character design they did, of having all those in the doll kingdom have four fingers. You can tell Clara is the only human with her 5 fingers when she and Mary speak to each other. Same thing with Singer and the Puppeteer-- they are also human (Drosselmeyer in disguise).
Wow, I only skipped through a bit of this to take a peek, not spoilery or anything but this looks incredible. Probably far more worth the watch than "Four Realms."
This isn't a Rankin Bass production, but Sanrio (of Hello Kitty Fame). Sanrio just hired Tadahito Mochinaga and his studio who also animated the Rankin Bass specials.
The Audio starts to get weird and out of sync right about 12:52, after the vase breaks. And this is from what I remember from watching the 1979 version...which I will admit I kept for years on VHS that my dad recorded it from a rental we got when I was a kid.
The original audio has been married with the new remastered Japanese edit, which has some extra footage not seen in the original (and some cut out), so it's not an exact sync of the original English edit.
@@dividednations44 if it makes you feel better, Hayao Miyazaki did artwork for a Nutcracker-themed exhibit at the Ghibli museum. The designs are super charming and could definitely scratch that itch for a Ghibli Nutcracker
I am 57 and never have seen this! I adore Rankin Bass and have since I was young. I still believe never enough credit to this Team of Animators!
actually according to Wikipedia this is not a Rankin Bass film. it was the first stop-motion project by Sanrio. a Japanese animation company, The film's overall animation style is reminiscent of all the original Rankin/Bass "Animagic" productions, shot at Tadahito Mochinaga's MOM Production (later renamed Video Tokyo Production)...
@@phoenixman8569 That makes sense. Thank you! it did remind me of my childhood memories of Rankin Bass.
@phoenixman8569 @jennsterd67 Mark L. Rosen was a producer on the film, who had done work with Rankin and Bass previously. So the two styles are similar for good reason.
@@phoenixman8569 Although all the StopMotion Rankin/Bass specials were shot in Japan, so, a lot of the same people likely worked on this, too :)
This wasn’t made from rankin/bass it was made by Sanrio company the makers of hello kitty and friends
42:54
“Please, Franz! Be careful, and know that my heart goes with you too.” I love that line it’s so sweet ❤️
Just got there and that is beautiful. ❤💙💜💖
Also cute but in a different way.
Franz commanding the troops.
The toy windup troops.
^___^
Clara and Fanz belong together forever and ever.
It be a lot sweeter if she didn't look 12. 😅
And he gives her the ol Han Solo in return 😅
This was co created by Shintaro Tsuji, who was in the company that made two very adult films aimed at children, but then went on to make hello kitty and became rich as hell lol. During the time that Rankin Bass had become very popular, this was most timely made. NOt bad . R.I.P. CHRISTOPHER LEE! Did the coolest voices for Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Street Singer, The Puppeteer and the Watchmaker!
Sanrio?
@@mariuspoppFM yup, this was produced by Sanrio no less.
I stumbled on this by chance, searching Christmas specials from Rankin Bass. I never knew this even existed, but it looks fantastic, and features the voices of Christopher Lee, Melissa Gilbert, JoAnne Worley, and more. Kudos to all the Japanese designers who contributed to this project. And as soon as I hear that lively intro to the Nutcracker ballet, I am instantly in a holiday mood. Can't wait to watch the entire film.
It’s not even Rankin/Bass.
@@BokanProductions Right, but it certainly has their style.
@@eduardo_corrochio I think it's the same animation studio.
@@BokanProductions Must be.
@@BokanProductions it was made by Sanrio. That's the same company that makes Hello Kitty!
It's 2019, I'm 22 years old and it's my first time watching this and it's 4am. The ragman is giving me the heebie-jeebies
He’s not that creepy
I first saw this at age 5 or 6 - my dad just happened upon a vhs of it. And this has haunted me all my life
This movie really captures the feeling of the "Fever Dream". Not just in its execution, but even in its existence. It's bizarre (not as outlandish as some describe it, but it's still out of the ordinary), unlike most fairy tales for children where a prince heroically struggles to save the princess, here it's the girl who goes on a journey and sacrifices herself to save her prince, which feels like an allusion to Psyche in Metamorphoses. It's a Captivating, mysterious, enthralling, gripping movie. It has some wisdom in it, for both young and old. It's beautiful. I really loved it. One of my all-time favorite stopmotion animations.
I watched the original Japanese version, and I admit I like that one more than this. The color correction used here is too overexposed and much more vibrant than the original, where they were more muted, and the dub drowns out a lot of the music for some reason. The names of some characters were also different, Queen Morphia was known as "Madame Mauslynx" for example.
The Nutcracker Fantasy was My Introduction to the world of The Nutcracker, I learned about the Ballet Later in life.
strangely book accurate tho lol
Beauty and the beast is about a girl who saves a dude and so is The snow queen so hush
Which psyche in metamorphosis?🤨
This is a very high quality looking Rankin Bass esk film with good lighting, and smooth animation, and this is my first time ever even seeing it.
Oh Sanrio , still giving children nightmares I see XD. As a child I saw other Sanrio films but for some reason I never saw this one. It’s fantastic thanks for putting it up.
And THEY DO NOT!!!, They Make Hello Kitty popular, building a worldwide icon
You get it!?
I want to see Lanka films remake this
2018. First time seeing this. Can't believe I missed this stop motion movie! Beautiful characters and design!
I found this movie this year 2021 and this is actually a really good claymation movie. I am surprised this is a foreign movie with English dub. Especially with Melissa Gilbert from Little House on the Praire and Christopher Lee.
I found this movie when I was 10 years old back in 2017.
Yes! So neat!! Love that it's stopmotion!
I wonder why no one airs this on TV... this looks amazing.
No one has the rights
anyone knows where the film can be bought?
They oughta air it on either Freeform or the AMC channel.
@@kendane2001 best best is to find old vr tapes of it. It never got a DVD sadly. Best to find it before it becomes impossible to get
Because it's scary.
Totally awesome 1979 version haven't seen this in about 40 years 😌😁😳😉
This is so awesome
I remember falling in love with this movie watching it in the 80's. Although as an 11 year old story tale lover, I never understood how an adult (Fritz) could be smitten with a young girl (Clara). I guess it's just a fairy tale and taken as is. Thank you for posting this gem!
I think it's a visual exaggeration due to Japanese aesthetics of the time-- Clara is about 12 years old, on the verge of maturing past childish bed time stories and becoming a teenager. Fritz/Franz is probably 16-18, since they mention he is Clara's friend since childhood. The age gap is weird for us irl, but in a fairytale it's not too strange I guess. Makes sense Clara, at least, is crushing on her teenage friend at her age. I think the weirder age gap is in Labyrinth, with Jareth and Sarah lmao (I still thought David Bowie was hot though).
@@joosoo idk, in labyrinth jareth is deffo not intended to be her happily ever after.. in fact, hes the antagonist..
an older male.. imposing his power on a teen.
@@MontorkI didn't say Jareth was her happily ever after, I said the age gap is weird.
「これはあのディズニーもやらなかったんですよ」って、
エピソードは心の底からすごいと思いました
日本人で良かった！
It's Stop-motion. It's got Christopher Lee as Drosselmeyer and has Roddy McDowell. What more do I need?!
I'm sad I didn't discover this film sooner!
I'm shocked no one talked about the part where Franz protected Clara from being kissed by the Arabian Wiseman! It was sweet yet hilarious!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
I love the ending because even though fantasy is always lovely and perfect. Real life is a little more complicated but sometimes real life is better than Fantasy.
I was so happy when I found this on DVD at an anime convention, I screamed. The guy running the booth laughed and said 'I take it you know this.' I was so offended but realized he was joking. I said my aunt taped it off HBO eons ago and my copy was so worn and frayed... I love it so much. It reminds me of my aunt and many happy Christmases past. Thank you for posting it
I was quite surprised when I found this, and when I looked up the list of Rankin-bass stop motion films I found out this isn't one of them! as it turns out this was made by a Japanese studio in 1979!
The people who founded the Japanese company that made this are many of the same people who did the animation for many Rankin/Bass specials.
Rankin Bass outsourced their animation to Japan, and this was made by a lot of the same people
Omg I'm 49 & saw this when I was 5yrs old. To this day I never forgot it & now I'm freaked out all over again!
This is one of those movies I saw when I was really young (in the 80's) that I thought I dreamt or made up in my head until a random google search. Then I was like, "Wait a minute...it's real!?" Now I have to make my 7 year old watch it and let her be haunted by the sort of vague half memory of a trippy puppet movie about a Christmas decoration. I think I will slip it in between Rudolph and Santa is Coming to Town.
My exact story I had to ask Reddit to find it
It's been driving me mad trying to remember what this movie was!! Ended up on a "movies that trausmatised us as children" video and the memory of being taken away and turned into a mouse if you were up too late came back to me. I remember having nightmares about it!! 😂
r/foundsatan
Same
Love this film
True love must sacrifice, so true. Thank you.
I've been looking for this! I remember watching this as a child. Thank you for uploading!
I like all the rakin and bass Christmas specials thank you all wonderful Christmas specials
I can’t thank you enough for the remastered version!!!!! I’ve been obsessed with this movie since my mom taped it off TV to VHS 30 years ago!! I’m aging myself but I was never able to see the real colors!
Same!!! My mom had a full library of recorded movies and shows like this, many of which are completely lost to me now. I remember this used to be SOOO dark! My siblings and I remember it fondly, even the scarier parts, but always remembered it being almost too dark to see many of the scenes. I'm so happy it's been remastered, had to save it! (I'm 36 now, so I remember seeing this when I was a toddler lol)
@@TheMistressMisery This isn't the full version tho; This one is 73 minutes, the original theatrical/VHS English dub is 81 minutes, has more footage, and has live action sequences, which are replaced in this version with animated ones, and the original Japanese version [available here on UA-cam with subtitles] is 96 minutes.
I never even knew this existed! I love the attention to detail on the puppets. The music is pretty good too. Nice practical effects as well.
Thank you for uploading this film! I watched the Japanese version when I was very little and totally loved it, had nightmares for a few weeks tho lol. It's still one of my favorite films today.
I've been looking for this movie for years, let alone a clear complete copy. Thank you so so much!!!
Thank you Charles m Shultz thanks for all of wonderful Charlie episodeds I like all of them have a blessed day and a merry Christmas 🎄
This show terrified me when I was a little kid. I’m about to be 25 and I still have lingering rag man ptsd.
Taylor J 😁
Same here. Been 25 years since I’ve seen this but I had to look for it again just for the intro, which the only thing I remember
Giggles.
Same
100%. I had totally forgotten about a lot of this and now all my childhood trauma and aversion to men in top hats makes sense again 😮
That franz/fritz is gorgeous. The princess is a terrible person so heartless.
I wish Clara should have chewed out Princess Mary by telling her what an ungrateful, selfish, spoiled brat she really is and doesn't deserve to marry anybody like Fritz in the first place, now understanding why Morphia cursed her in the first place, revealing her inner ugliness that the King refused to see.
I mean - in the original story, that's part of the reason Princess Perlipat (whom Mary is based on) is turned. There was so much focus on her physical beauty and vanity that the Mouse Queen cursed her to be ugly because that's all she cared about.
I HATE THE PRINCESS TOO!!!!
SHE'S A BITCH!!!!
Meme: But Clara looks exactly like King Goodwin’s daughter, Princess Mary, except her voice.
This version of the Nutcracker is fascinating due to its original story combined with the classic one; truly a cinematic masterpiece! Thank you so much for posting it!
Omg!!! I've been looking for this for years... It scared me to death as a kid. All I remember is the girl Clara and the clock. I couldn’t remember what it was called..
I'm so glad I've found it. My Daughter will love it 💜
Meme: This was the story of the Nutcracker.
It's impossibly awesome to finally see this in non-horrible resolution. *Thank you so very much* for uploading this. Never thought I'd see the day.
Thank you so much for posting this. I grew up getting this VHS from the library and hadn't seen it in years....I watch this every year now
I watched this when I was younger, and never thought I would find it again. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this gem. I remember watching this on cable TV as a kid and the rat freaking me out. The end theme was stuck in my head for years. Still brings back great memories.💖
when this first came out I was in high school but I went to see it in the theaters anyway. It was great then and it's still as good as I remember. They really got a great vocal cast for the english version.
This beginning scene with the rag man scared me for most of my childhood. Thanks for posting!!!!
When my brothers and I were little I told them the rag man was real 🤣🤣 I'm 35 & they're 33 (twins) we laugh about it now .
@Tina-89 I had a lot of cats growing up so becoming a mouse was real terror filled
Omg I’m so happy! I grew up with this and I’ve been wanting to see it again for years! I’m 33 now and still adore this
Ommfg I FOUND IT!!! This movie scared tf outta me as a child, but it's such a good film. Oh man the memories. They just don't make em like they used to eh?
The great Christopher Lee as Uncle Drosselmeyer.
I love that Melissa Gilbert and Christopher Lee were in this movie
I had an old taped from tv vhs version of this as a child. I watched it so much, I wore it out, and have been searching for it forever. Thank you so much!
Still better than The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
I agree.
Both are good. Only this one doesn't show any relation to Christmas
Disney: OOF
I'm sure Brad Jones agrees with you, too.
Try watching The Nutcracker in 3D, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Then compare that to Four Realms. I'm sure you'll hate that more.
What an ungrateful girl that Princess was! Franz gave his life to change her back and she returns it by rejecting him, just because he now looks ugly?
I always believed the theory of the Ragman being in league with the evil mouse queen, turning children into mice to bring them back as her new henchmen that they don't ever remember being children.
Meme: The Evil Ragman was actually a friend of the Evil Mouse Queen Morphia, King Goodwin’s wicked wife, and the selfish Princess Mary’s wicked mother!
@@memeheart3985 That's what someone mentioned and I didn't think about it deeply until they brought up the possible theory.
@@Disneyfan82 Meme: Was it me all along?
I've always thought that the Ragman was secretly Uncle Drosselmeyer. They look identical
I'm a 26 year old Autistic girl that loves sanrio and this film is totally my style dark, cute, the music is amazing i love the song dance of the dolls why i haven't discovered this great nutcraker version earlier? Such a cute version❤❤❤❤❤ i've watched the japanese version of this and it's a charm and it's from the 70s cool. I have to show this to my dad and my family they will love it now it's one of my favorite stop motion films. Ps:I have showed to my dad and he loves it he gives him wizard of oz vives i even dream about it the first night i've watched it.
Meme: I’m neurodivergent too.
Frank Bass makes the amazing movies. I still liked this and Rudolph
My all time favorite nutcracker version. Scary, but felt like I needed mushrooms with it.
Right? I watched it when I was young and man I was like what this real?
uncle drosselmeyer: you don't want this doll, it's ugly *hands clara a funko pop*
me: damn ur right
😂😂😂
OH MY GOODNESS you’re right 😂
leave it to the 70s to create a slightly weird psychedelic horror movie fairytale..wow this is the second time seeing this first 30 years ago i think..lol ...i have seen ballet several times since and this is must see before or after you take child to a production to understand the ballet. wonderful
Lol.
Bruh is from the 90s
@@withnail-and-i bruh, it's from the '70s, bruh. 1979, to be exact, broheim. Watch the credits before commenting next time, dude bro. You won't look quite as stupid. And you'll look even less stupid when you stop calling women "bruh".
@@kitty1376 Hahahahahahahahahahahaha bruuuuuhhhh
What about now and Disneys horror tale they jis came out with. How awful. Hollywood ruins everything and Disney in this age even more. Walt is rolling in his grave.
It's back on home media again! First time on DVD! Already ordered my copy at Amazon prime!
Thank you so much I only saw this once when it was new. I never forgot it. I really loved it. I have been looking for it for a long time wanting to see it again.
Thank you for uploading this. I have the old vhs somewhere, but it wasn't in the best of shape when I was young, much less now.
It's been one of my favorites for ages (I could watch it without being fazed but, Little Nemo used to scare me, go figure).
I was born when this movie came out and never saw it - quite adult themes for a children's film but it's still quite special, especially knowing something like this wouldn't be made today.
It has been my holiday tradition to look this up every Christmas season and give it a watch. Wish they made the Clara a bit older looking. The dance scene with her and Fritz is just silly.
I forgot about this memory I had. Of being terrified as a kid of something from some movie where a creepy wretched figure goes through a little town at night, from window to window. This is the movie! The rag man...wow. So I glad I found this 🙂
Beautiful! The best version so far in Animated form! Looks like something Ranklin & Bass would make. :)
Actually the BEST version in animated form or otherwise is THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE But this is still a pretty good NUTCRACKER adaptation
I heard rankin bass worked with Japanese stop motion films but idk if they were Credit
Some of the same people from them worked on this actually. :)
This feels like a precursor to the Rankin Bass Specials. Not just because it's stop motion, but also the character models.
Rankin Bass hired an animator from japan to do a lot of their stop motion. Tadahito Mochinaga worked on this and Rankin Bass so it might be that.
What do you mean a precursor? Rankin Bass was around in the 1950s and known for their 1962-4 peoductions. Later early 70s one's too. This is 1979 so at the very end.
Thank you so much for this!!!
That Rag Man...I never forgot that as a kid.
Oh me neither.
One main consistency between seeing this as an adult and a child: Roddy McDowall’s voice is still. Damn. Foyne.
I love this one in a different way than the usual tale, always have 💕💕💕🎄
Why is franz/ fritz attractive for a puppet. Gosh dang it Japan why?! (I actually really enjoy the movie honestly. )
Anime is full of hot guys.
Salem Jimenez too true :/
We all love beauty even if we deny it by bashing pretty models for making a beauty standard.
It almost looks like he is coming from the Japanese manga!?
I've had a crush on Hermey the elf from "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" for the longest time since I was a little girl, (Also, gosh DANG, if you have a crush on Hermey like I did for so many years, your crush on him will DOUBLE once you look up and discover his voice-actor, Paul Soles, in his younger years, because OMG, he was such a drop dead gorgeous hunk of a man back in the day when the special was being made! >///< Sorry, I know, I'm fangirling. XD Also, R.I.P. Paul
Omg- I have been searching for this movie for yearrrrs :0 I always thought it was just a dream but I was wrong :D it scared me so much as a kid I would always go to bed early because of this lmao
Still better than The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Yep.
Glad I either never heard of it or completely erase the trailers out of my mind.
And even way BETTER than The Nutcracker 3D/The Untold Story! >:(
I watched The Nutcracker and the Four Realms for the First time, and I agree 1000%
Anything is better than the for realms
I am happy Sir Christopher Lees voice is on some of the puppets i am going to buy the DVD.
One of the best Christmas movies! Like Jim Henson's The Christmas Toy.
I have this on vhs that I recorded when it aired on TV. So glad to see it remastered here and people loving it!!!
Why couldn't AMC show this during Christmas time they showed the other old ones why not this one 🤔🤔🤔🤔 and if you're wondering who was in this movie the voice of Clara is Melissa Gilbert 👸 uncle drosselmeyer was Christopher Lee 👻
...and the Queen of Time is Eva Gabor, Mrs. Douglas from Green Acres!
Love this film they really need to show this on tv
Anyone with insomnia would be SCREWED
I'm 36 and remember having this VHS as a kid. The rag man scared the F outta me. But I still watched it every Christmas season
This was one of the many leads in the Clockman search.
Meme: Clara’s uncle Drosselmeyer is the Clockman, but he looks like the Ragman.
There are some things in this world that are just so pure, it makes you cry 💙
Wow. I haven’t seen this since I was a child. Ragman scared the piss out of me. I still remember that music.
Love Rankin and Bass very child or adult child should see these at least once bless be to you who have shown this and happiest of holidays 🍭🌲⛄
You realize Rankin/Bass didn't make this, yes?
This is Sanrio's production
and the only ties to R-B is mainly the director of this film directed the "Animagic" of the special "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
@@SgtBilby but it has the same style as Rankin and Bass happy holidays
@@jefbowles7745 Well yes and no, a completely different company made it but the same people who worked there who worked on it worked on this. :)
Wow let's split hairs the point of that comment was to appreciate the movie sorry didn't get the right credit too this or that you people have way to much time on your hands if you are going to nit pick everything " find the magick of the season and Get over yourself's for picking. The people who made this are dead bless be to you and yours this festive season and Get over it 🎃🌻🎃🌻🎃🌻🍭
Thank you so much for uploading this movie!!!
I'm 33 and still get nervous when I'm up late bc of this movie 😂
1979-AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED WORK OF ART IN STOP-ANIMATION!!-WITH MELISSA GILBERT, RODDY MCDOWELL, CHRISTOPHER LEE, JOANNE WORLEY, AND EVA GABOR. BEAUTIFULLY REMASTERED RESOLUTION! A TRUE MASTERPIECE!
It's kinda weird how the Ragman looks like a cross between Mr. Hyde from "Mad Monster Party" and Snow Miser.
BarbleBapkins omg you’re right 😂😂😂
Snow Miser is what reminded me of this movie!!!
All I see is SCROOOOOGE
BarbleBapkins nkakkkkkkak oo lql)!!iqo
Not so surprising when you realize that Snow Miser & this movie are both by Rankin Bass.
これちっちゃい頃見てすっごいトラウマだったけどなんかキラキラしてて憧れが詰まってて好きだったのになんの映画かわかんなくてずっとさがしてた
This movie terrified me as a kid. Literally couldn't sleep for a week.
My siblings said I was really scared of the Ragman when I was little. I would go to bed when I was supposed to, but one night I didn't, and my brother tricked me and went outside and pretended he was the Ragman. I was so scared and ran up to my bed
Wow! What a mean trick!
I remember seeing this on a VHS tape many years ago I have always loved the nutcracker ballet and story and I like this animated version and the people who did the voices Melissa Gilbert, dick van patten, Michelle Lee, rody mc dowel, eva gabor, Joanna Worley the music was upbeat and the puppet animation was very good
Wow so happy to find this. I was 5 years old when I watched it. Interesting observation: I don't remember an animation of swans eating a fish and butterflies. I remember a ballet scene 🤔
Such a classic! How many hours and hours of work went into this movie?! Boggles the mind😮🎄🍭💕
I remembered this movie...I was a very young boy during that time...I miss old time
The movie is a charming, haunting and quirky little adventure that I had a lot of fun with. Strangely the only thing I have a problem with is how Clara looks like she's barely 9 years old while Franz/Fritz looks to be either late teens or early 20s. I know I'm reading too much into it but it just bugs me
Exactly. A 9 yr old in love with a young adult.. hmm. Ok. Whatever.
I like the character design they did, of having all those in the doll kingdom have four fingers. You can tell Clara is the only human with her 5 fingers when she and Mary speak to each other. Same thing with Singer and the Puppeteer-- they are also human (Drosselmeyer in disguise).
Wow, I only skipped through a bit of this to take a peek, not spoilery or anything but this looks incredible. Probably far more worth the watch than "Four Realms."
This isn't a Rankin Bass production, but Sanrio (of Hello Kitty Fame). Sanrio just hired Tadahito Mochinaga and his studio who also animated the Rankin Bass specials.
The Audio starts to get weird and out of sync right about 12:52, after the vase breaks. And this is from what I remember from watching the 1979 version...which I will admit I kept for years on VHS that my dad recorded it from a rental we got when I was a kid.
The original audio has been married with the new remastered Japanese edit, which has some extra footage not seen in the original (and some cut out), so it's not an exact sync of the original English edit.
This was really nice to see again👍, last I saw this was when it was first released in theaters....
Amazing, I have never got to see it this clear. Thank you. :)
I can imagine if this was done in the Ghibli animation style 🥰🥰🥰 it would be amazing (I get total Howl vibes from the prince lol)
Yes
Ghibli would really kill it with a nutcracker movie. One can only dream.
@@dividednations44 if it makes you feel better, Hayao Miyazaki did artwork for a Nutcracker-themed exhibit at the Ghibli museum. The designs are super charming and could definitely scratch that itch for a Ghibli Nutcracker
Amazing, love the soundtrack.
I only learned of this movie because it was an inspiration of Worthikids'
Is it me or don't both Fritz and Clara look like the children of Kris Kringle and Jessica from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"?
Jennea Coleman-Cubero All of these characters look like they were designed for the Rankin-Bass specials.
@@ztslovebird True.
@@ztslovebird Because Rankin-Bass specials were also made in Japan.
Yes!
How delightful! I wish I had her hair & eyes.
This reminds me of like the old Christmas special. Like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer a Year without Santa Claus etc.
some of the animators who worked on those also worked on this