Noël Noël

For the French actor and screenwriter, see Noël-Noël.
Noël Noël
Written byMartin Barry
Directed byNicola Lemay
Narrated byLeslie Nielsen
Benoît Brière
Music byDaniel Scott
Country of originCanada
Original languagesEnglish
French
Production
ProducersMarc Bertrand
Jean-Jacques Leduc
Marcy Page
Running time22 minutes
Production companyTeletoon
Original release
NetworkTeletoon
ReleaseDecember 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)

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. ^ a b "Noël Noël". Film collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Noël Noël". Notre collection (in French). National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  4. ^ 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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