Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
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Directed by	Bill Kowalchuk
Produced by	Bill Kowalchuk
Written by	Michael Aschner
Based on	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks (song) and Robert L. May (story)
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss Jamie Lee Curtis Rick Moranis Kathleen Barr Scott McNeil Garry Chalk
Music by	Bruce Roberts Diana B
Edited by	Lennie Nelson
Production company	Golden Books Family Entertainment Tundra Productions
Distributed by	GoodTimes Entertainment
Release date	October 30, 2001
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States Canada
Language	English

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 American-Canadian Christmas computer-animated musical film directed by Bill Kowalchuk for GoodTimes Entertainment. It was released on video and DVD on October 30, 2001. The film revisits classic characters like Hermey the Elf (now a D.D.S.) and Rudolph, who is now famous at the Arctic tundra, and uses the characters from the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and takes place several years after the events of that special (despite Rudolph and Clarice appearing younger in this film than they did at the end of the original special). Kowalchuk directed both of the Goodtimes movies, and Kathleen Barr provided the voice of Rudolph in both films, though there is little to no character continuity between the two films, instead attempting to establish it in the Rankin-Bass fictional universe. (The characters from the Rankin-Bass special are believed to be in the public domain, due to Rankin-Bass making an error in copyrighting the special.)

The voice cast includes Rick Moranis, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Rudolph, not satisfied with being a "novelty act" performing tricks with his nose, travels with Hermey to the Island of Misfit Toys to give King Moonracer a root canal. A storm sends Rudolph and Hermey to Castaway Cove where Rudolph considers having his nose made more normal-looking by a hippopotamus named Queen Camilla. However, Hermey doesn't feel that the change would sit well with Clarice, who is also being taught to fly. Meanwhile, the evil Toy Taker is stealing all of the toys from the island, including Santa's workshop, claiming that he's saving them from the inevitable fact that children eventually outgrow their toys and throw them away. Rudolph has a plan to foil the Toy Taker's plan by disguising themselves as toys. The blimp arrives and manages to steal them along with the Misfit Toys, all except for Bumble, who is too big to fit into the blimp. Rudolph tries to talk to a new misfit toy, a kite who is scared of heights, and wakes him up from his hypnosis, but fails. The Toy Taker hears all the chatter, and realizing there are intruders, catches Rudolph, Clarice, Yukon, and Hermey, and they fall down. Before they can meet their demise, Rudolph and Clarice fly to save them. They head back into the blimp, with Yukon chasing after the Toy Taker, Hermey piloting the blimp, and Rudolph and Clarice doing their best to wake up the toys from their hypnosis once again. Yukon finally chases the Toy Taker up to the top of the blimp. When a boomerang who doesn't come back swoops by Yukon, he loses his balance and falls. Rudolph and Clarice confront the Toy Taker, with Rudolph's nose blinding him during the confrontation.