Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jules Bass directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 250 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Red Skelton and Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt0073640 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Production design

Paul Coker Jr.

Runtime

50 min · 0h 50m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

G

IMDB

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) ↗

Also by

Jules Bass

• 
  That Girl in Wonderland

  1973 · ★ 10.0
• 
  The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters

  1972 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Jack O'Lantern

  1972 · ★ 8.0
• 
  The Red Baron

  1972 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Festival of Family Classics

  1972 · ★ 7.5
• 
  The Last Unicorn

  1982 · ★ 7.3

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Selected frames

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Rudolph's Shiny New Year - Trailer

  Trailer

Production companies

Who made it

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  Rankin/Bass Productions

  US

Key crew

• Music ArrangerMaury Laws
• Sound RecordistDon Hahn
• Sound RecordistJohn Curcio
• Sound EffectsTom Clank
• Sound RecordistBill Bell
• ProducerJules Bass
• ProducerArthur Rankin Jr.
• MusicJohnny Marks
• Production DesignPaul Coker Jr.
• Production SupervisorAkikazu Kono
• Production SupervisorIchirô Komuro

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• new year's eve
• holiday
• musical
• stop motion
• christmas
• rudolph

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV1976-12-10G

Also known as

International titles

• Ano Novo Brilhante de RudolphBR
• Олененок Рудольф и маленький Новый ГодSU