“The Snowman is a children’s picture book without words by English author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the U.K., and published by Random House in the U.S. that November. The book was adapted into a 26-minute animated film in 1982 which debuted on British television that 26 December “Walking in the Air” is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs’ 1978 children’s book The Snowman. The song forms the centrepiece of The Snowman, which has become a seasonal perennial on British television.”
Good stuff. Beautiful artwork. Fanciful, whimsical. The Brits get it right a lot of times. There’s a lot to be said for ‘keeping it simple’.
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Excellent post! I need to check this out!
Yeah I like obscure stuff like this (i.e. Suzy Snowflake’), but I did have to skim through some of the dance numbers and such (I won’t ruin the surprises). It was well worth it to get to the ending.
I love those old Suzy Snowflakes and Hardrock, Coco & Joe!
I love “The Snowman!” The music, the animation, the story. It’s sad but so beautiful! When it aired on PBS in the 1980s, David Bowie was in the opening scene.
Who would have guessed you would have seen it?? That’s neat. Its crazy, but sometimes those Brits just hit it out of the park.