Arthur Christmas
Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
- Year: 2011
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Animation, Family, Comedy
- Studio: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman
- Keyword: sleigh, elves, holiday, assistant, santa claus, wish, reindeer, family, north pole, high tech, clumsiness, duringcreditsstinger, letter to santa claus, woman director, christmas, father son relationship, brother brother relationship
- Director: Sarah Smith
- Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen
