Product Details

• Actors: Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Alan Sues, Jackie Vernon
• Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
• Writers: Romeo Muller
• Producers: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Masaki Îzuka
• Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302503825
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,333 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Long ago the Lady Boreal placed the evil King Winterbolt into a long deep sleep. Upon awakening, he finds there is a new king of the North Pole named Santa Claus, and decides to make him get lost in a blizzard courtesy of his snow-breathing dragons so that he may once again rule the North Pole with his evil ways. The only problem is Rudolph's nose, which he decides must be extinguished for his plans to be carried out!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rankin-bass all stars reunited, December 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are a Rankin-Bass fanatic like me, you will want to add this video to your holiday viewing schedule. While it's not perfect, the enjoyable parts outweigh the flaws. It's wonderful to see old friends like Rudolph, Frosty, Crystal (along with their two snow children), Big Ben, Jack Frost, and others all reunited. Winterbolt and his crew are without a doub the most scary of all Christmas villains and lend a chilling element to the story that adults will love, but which may be a bit too much for children. Though I do agree that it would have been even better to see Clarice, Hermie, and Yukon again too, the characters who DO appear are wonderful. I think you'll enjoy this one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for Rankin-Bass fans, December 18, 2004

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Randall G. Cyrenne (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (DVD)

I have more to say about it at DVDtoons.com, but here's the short of it: It does run a little long, and could have certainly used some editing, but this movie is fun and rates well against the R-B TV specials. Anyone who thinks this movie is too confusing could not have been paying much attention, and I also would not say it's scary--- my 3-year old loved it (of course, it will depend on your own child's "scare threshhold"). Personally, I enjoyed the "origin" of Rudolph, found the new mythology of the characters charming, and thought Winterbolt to be a great villain. The movie gets a 7/10 from me, although the video quality could have been a little better on the disc. The lack of extras was disappointing too.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Audio not in sync!, October 22, 2004

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Troy G - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (DVD)

I just purchased this DVD and I must say I am greatly disappointed!
The audio is not in sync!!!
The audio is ahead of the video by 1 to 2 seconds.
I just can't imagine how this could happen with a Warner Brothers release.
Being a huge Rankin and Bass fan this was an utter let down.

I hope this error is corrected and Warner Brothers offers some sort of exchange.