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    Ok, here's the thing. I'm trying to track down the name of a film so that I can try to buy it for a friend. She saw it years ago one Christmas morning and it has always stuck in her memory...APART FROM IT'S TITLE!!!
    So here's a synopsis of it as she tells it.
    It's an animation about a little old man who is very poor and how a wooden Nativity set comes to life to help him...
    That's it. That's all I've got, though it might be an animation in the style of Raymond Briggs' "The Snowman".
    While we're about it, anyone know the title of another animated film about a giant with a beautiful garden who builds a wall around it to keep children out. Winter comes to the garden until one day a Child get's through a hole in the wall and spring returns. The Child is a Christ-figure.
    So can any of you film buffs help me out here?
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  • #2
    Could the film be 'The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey'?
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    • #3
      The second one is "The Selfish Giant"
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      • #4
        I was thinking "A Small Miracle" for the 1st one but it's an old woman not man.
        Last edited by Bigmallly; 29-11-2014, 09:20 AM.
        sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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        Sent from my ZX Spectrum with no predictive text..........
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        KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............

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        • #5
          Brill, guys, thanks! I'll check those titles out!
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          • #6
            Is this any help?

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            PS definitely Selfish Giant - oscar wilde story - last year's amazing grim film - The Selfish Giant (2013 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - not a Christmas watch IMO.
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            • #7
              Love the sound of the Selfish Giant... not seen it... thanks folks! Sorry can't help with the film title.
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              • #8
                I've checked it out and it's a short story for children by no less than Oscar Wilde! Like many of his children's stories it has a sad ending, but I remember being captivated by the character "Hail" ( a knight in armour) who tap dances on the giants roof. I have found it on VHS tape, but would really like to get it on DVD.
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                • #9
                  They have it for sale here. Never used this site though, so can't give a recommendation. Check out what it says on the home page and make your own decision.

                  The Selfish Giant DVD - Retro Tv On DVD
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                  • #10
                    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...=wilde+stories

                    Its a bit pricey

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                    • #11
                      HA! Is that the one that's £136 ??? - or there abouts? I'm wondering if they forgot to put the decimal point in! I know I want this film, but not THAT much......
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