''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British

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television film and

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based on

Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...

's 1978 picture book ''

The Snowman ''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film and symphonic poem based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book '' The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an ...

.'' It was directed by

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for

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. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It was nominated for

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at the

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and won a

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. The story is told through pictures, action and music, scored by

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. It has no dialogue, with the exception of the central song, "

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". The orchestral score was performed by the

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and the song was performed by

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, a

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choirboy. The film ranked at number 71 on the

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, a list drawn up by the

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in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals. It was voted number 4 in

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's ''Greatest TV Christmas Moments''. It came third in Channel 4's poll of ''100 Greatest Christmas Moments'' in 2004. Its broadcast, usually on

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on Channel 4, has become an annual festive event in the UK. A sequel, ''

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'', was released in 2012.

Plot

In a rural area of

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, after a night of heavy snowfall on

, a young boy named James wakes up and plays in the snow, eventually building a large snowman. At the stroke of midnight, he puts on his dressing gown and sneaks downstairs to find the snowman who magically comes to life. James shows the snowman around his house, playing with appliances, toys and other

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, all while keeping quiet enough not to wake James' parents. The two find a sheeted-down motorcycle in the house's garden and go for a ride on it through the woods. Its engine heat starts to melt the snowman and he cools off by luxuriating in the garage freezer. Seeing a picture of the

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on a packet in the freezer, the snowman is agitated and takes matters into his own hands by taking James in his hand, running through the garden until they take flight, much to James' surprise. As "Walking in the Air" plays, James and the snowman fly over the

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towards the Channel coast, seeing the

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and

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, and north along the coast of Norway. They continue through an arctic landscape and into the

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borealis. They land in a snow-covered forest in the

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where they join a party of snowmen and snowwomen. They eventually meet

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along with his

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; he gives James a card and a scarf with a snowman pattern. The snowman returns home with James before the sun rises and the two bid farewell for the night as the snowman returns to his original position, becoming lifeless again. The following morning, James wakes up to find that the snowman has melted, leaving only his hat, scarf, coal eyes, tangerine nose, and coat buttons in a pile of melted snow. A saddened James finds his scarf, indicating the events really took place and were not a dream, as he kneels down by the snowman's remains.

Alternative introductions

The original introduction on Channel 4 features

walking through a field in rural Sussex describing his inspiration for the story, which then transitions into the animated landscape of the film (the idea being that he is doing so in character as an older version of James). The film's executive producer Iain Harvey had received interest in the film from U.S. networks and for a VHS release. However, he noted that "in the US programmes were sponsored, and to be sponsored you needed a big name". Various names such as

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and

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were suggested, but a request for a rock star led to

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being involved. He was a fan of Briggs's story '' When the Wind Blows'' and later provided a song for its animated adaptation. In the sequence, Bowie was filmed in the attic of 'his' childhood home and discovering, in a drawer, a scarf closely resembling the one given to James towards the end of the film; he then proceeds to narrate over the opening with his own small variation of Briggs' monologue. To celebrate the film's 20th anniversary, Channel 4 created an alternative opening directed by Roger Mainwood, with Raymond Briggs's interpretation of Father Christmas recounting how he met James, before giving his own variation on Briggs' monologue (including how the heavy snow left even him unable to fly) as he turns on his TV to watch the film, which the opening segues into. Comedian

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reprises the role in this opening. This version is also cropped to fit a 16:9

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format. Channel 4 used this opening from 2002 until Mel Smith's death in 2013, after which the Bowie opening was reinstated, which in turn returned the film to its original 4:3 aspect ratio.

Production

Source book

'' is a wordless children's

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, first published in 1978 by

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in the United Kingdom, and published by

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in the United States in November of the same year. In the United Kingdom, it was the runner-up for the

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from the

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, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British writer. In the United States, it was named to the

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list in 1979.

Adaptation

Iain Harvey, the film's executive producer and publisher at Hamish Hamilton, recalls that the book had initially sold well, but a second print had been less successful with 50,000 unsold copies sitting in a warehouse, which he attributes to the lack of dialogue preventing it being read as a bedtime story. In 1980 he was contacted by producer John Coates from TVC (Television Cartoons) with an idea of adapting the book for an animated film, for which he gave his consent. In March 1982, Coates presented an "

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" storyboard version with a basic piano track by Howard Blake, including an early version of "Walking in the Air" to commissioning executives at the fledgeling Channel 4, a new public service television company which was due to begin broadcasting in November 1982. The director

had worked with Coates on

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' '' Yellow Submarine'' and had mainly worked on short animations and commercials; this was her first time directing a longer animated film. As a result, the experienced animator

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was brought in to supervise. The film was produced using

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techniques, consisting of pastels, crayons and other colouring tools drawn on pieces of celluloid, which were traced over hand drawn frames. For continuity purposes, the background artwork was painted using the same tools. The story was expanded to fill 26 minutes and include a longer flying sequence which takes the boy to the North Pole and a party with Father Christmas which is not present in the picture book. The animators also brought in personal touches – a static sequence with a car is replaced by a motorcycle ride, as one of the animators was a keen motorcyclist and it was noted by Iain Harvey that this sequence kept "the action flowing after all the fun and comedy of the boy and the Snowman exploring the house and forming a friendship – and what could be better than a midnight run in a snowy landscape". Similarly, although the boy in the book is unnamed, in the film he is named "James" on his present tag, added by animator Joanna Harrison as it was the name of her boyfriend (later her husband). Interviewed in 2012,

recalls that he thought "'It's a bit corny and twee, dragging in Christmas', as ''The Snowman'' had nothing to do with that, but it worked extremely well." The boy's home appears to be located in the

of England, near to

; he and the snowman fly over the

and Palace Pier.

had lived in Sussex since 1961, and the composer

was also a native of the county.

Music

The production team contacted

early in the production, as they were having difficulties finding the right tone for adapting the wordless picture book. Blake suggested that the film should not feature dialogue, but instead a

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orchestral soundtrack. He recalls the song "

" was written some years earlier during a difficult period in his life, and the song formed the main theme for the work. In 2021, Blake told the ''

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'' that he wanted to incorporate the lyrics with "a symphony that expressed the complete innocence and beauty that we are all born with." Blake further brought up his religion, stating "It felt as though the idea came from God." Howard Blake's orchestral score was performed in the film by the

. The song "Walking in the Air" is sung in the film by chorister

, who was not credited in the original version. He was given a credit on the 20th anniversary version. In 1985, "Walking in the Air" was covered by chorister

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in a

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which peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. Jones is sometimes mistakenly credited with having sung the song in the film.For example: Blake's soundtrack for ''The Snowman'' is often performed as a standalone concert work, often accompanying a projection of the film or sometimes with a narrator (the version for narrator was first performed by

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in Summer 1983).

Reception

Awards

The film was nominated as

at the

in 1983, but lost to the Polish film

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. It won a BAFTA for best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama) at the 1983

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, and was also nominated for Best Graphics. It won the Grand Prix at the

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in 1984. It was named to the

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list in 1982. In the

, a list drawn up by the

in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals it was listed as #71. It was voted #4 in

's ''Greatest TV Christmas Moments''. It came third in Channel 4's poll of ''100 Greatest Christmas Moments'' in 2004. In a 2022 article, Stuart Heritage praised the film's visuals and themes, particularly noting how the final sequence reflects Briggs' theme that life is fleeting.

Home media

''The Snowman'' was originally released on VHS in 1982 by Palace Video. It has been re-released several times by Palace and later PolyGram Video, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment UK after Palace went out of business. In 1993 it was released on VHS in the US by

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. ''The Snowman'' was re-released in 2002 as a

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special edition and again as a DVD and Blu-ray 30th anniversary edition in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2012 by

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UK. The 2002 special edition peaked at No.3 in the video charts. The 2012 home video release includes four extra features: a "Snow Business" documentary, "The Story of ''The Snowman''", storyboard, and the introductions used throughout the film's first 20 years. The film re-entered at No.14 on the UK Official children’s Video Chart on 11 November 2012, eventually peaking at No.5 on 16 December 2012 based on sales of DVDs and other physical formats. The Universal DVD ''The Snowman &

'' (902 030 – 11), released in the United Kingdom in 2000, uses the Bowie opening.(Despite being featured on the packaging. Some of the United States DVDs from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment don't have the David Bowie opening)

Subsequent media

''The Snowman and the Snowdog''

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original short and of Channel 4, a 25-minute special titled ''The Snowman and the Snowdog'' aired on

on Christmas Eve 2012. Produced at the London-based animation company Lupus Films, with many of the original team returning, the sequel was made in the same traditional techniques as the first film, and features the Snowman, a new young boy named Billy and a snow dog flying over landmarks and going to another party. The idea of a sequel had been resisted by

for several years, but he gave his permission for the film in 2012. Howard Blake was one of the few crew members not asked to return; he was allegedly asked to "send a demo", which he refused citing the success of the original score. The new film instead features the song "Light the Night" by former

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drummer

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and incidental music by

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. The sequel was dedicated to the memory of producer John Coates, who died in September 2012, during its production.

Stage version

''The Snowman'' has been made into a stage show. It was first produced by

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, Manchester in 1986 and was adapted and produced by Anthony Clark. It had a full script and used Howard Blake's music and lyrics. In 1993, Birmingham Repertory Company produced a version, with music and lyrics by Howard Blake, scenario by Blake, with Bill Alexander and choreography by Robert North. Since 1997,

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has presented it every year as the Christmas Show at the

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. As in the book and the film, there are no words, apart from the lyrics of the song "Walking in the Air". The story is told through images and movement. Special effects include the Snowman and boy flying high over the stage (with assistance of wires and harnesses) and 'snow' falling in part of the auditorium. The production has had several revisions – the most extensive happening in 2000, when major changes were made to the second act, introducing new characters: A Beautiful Ice Princess and a villain called Jack Frost.

Video game

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published an official video game in 1984, for the

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, and

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References

External links

Official Snowman Website
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The Snowman
' at BFI

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Recordings of "The Snowman" and "Walking In The Air"

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