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Netflix series unwraps the stories behind holiday movie classics
Karla Peterson, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Looking back on it now, it is hard to believe that anyone thought having Will Ferrell play the world’s biggest, sweetest elf was anything but a stroke of candy-coated genius. Or that anyone but Danny Elfman could provide the singular singing voice for Jack Skellington in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Or that “Elf” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” were not destined to become modern holiday movie classics.
Karla Peterson: Netflix series unwraps the stories behind holiday movie classics [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-VID-PETERSON-COLUMN:SD]
Looking back on it now, it is hard to believe that anyone thought having Will Ferrell play the world’s biggest, sweetest elf was anything but a stroke of candy-coated genius. Or that anyone but Danny Elfman could provide the singular singing voice for Jack Skellington in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Or that “Elf” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” were not destined to become modern holiday movie classics.
But Scrooge has always lived large and loud in Hollywood, and one of the joys of Netflix’s “The Holiday Movies That Made Us” documentary series is watching the grumps, doubters and penny-pinchers lose battle after battle to the kinds of misfits, newbies and outsiders who make movie magic happen.
Netflix
The holidays are upon us, which means it s time to listen to Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber s All I Want for Christmas Is You on repeat, deck yourself out in tinsel, and, of course, settle down with some Netflix. The streaming giant is a go-to destination for anyone itching to have a holiday movie night, thanks to its growing stable of Christmas #content. From family-friendly fare like
The Christmas Chronicles and
A Christmas Prince (and its sequels,
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby, of course), the platform has something amazing for everyone
Column: Netflix series unwraps the stories behind holiday movie classics [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Looking back on it now, it is hard to believe that anyone thought having Will Ferrell play the world’s biggest, sweetest elf was anything but a stroke of candy-coated genius. Or that anyone but Danny Elfman could provide the singular singing voice for Jack Skellington in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Or that “Elf” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” were not destined to become modern holiday movie classics.
But Scrooge has always lived large and loud in Hollywood, and one of the joys of Netflix’s “The Holiday Movies That Made Us” documentary series is watching the grumps, doubters and penny-pinchers lose battle after battle to the kinds of misfits, newbies and outsiders who make movie magic happen.
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