| Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa | |
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| Directed by | Colin Slater |
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| Music by | Kevin Saunders Hayes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Editor | Dave Edison |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Budget | $650,000 |
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| Network | Broadcast syndication |
| Release | December 2002 |
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Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa is a 2002 American musical animated Christmas special.[1] One of two films produced by Colin Slater's Wolf Tracer Studios, the special features the voices of Walter Emanuel Jones, Mark Hamill, Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara and Nancy Cartwright. Believe in Santa tells the story of how suburban boy Ricky Rodgers celebrates Christmas after the death of his mother.
Believe in Santa was broadcast throughout December in broadcast syndication in the top 100 markets, though its most prevalent distribution was through The WB 100+ Station Group, which broadcast The WB over cable and broadcast stations in smaller markets (it did not air on The WB itself as part of its primetime schedule). The special is notable for its production history and overwhelmingly negative reception. Almost every aspect of the special was panned, including its low-quality and uncanny computer animation and amateur plot, although the voice acting received some minor praise. After a small number of broadcasts during the 2002 holiday season, the special was never officially released on home video and faded into obscurity. A copy of the special was secured from producer and director Colin Slater and uploaded onto the video sharing site Vimeo in 2015, where it garnered a small online cult following. Slater died from a stroke at an unspecified age in early 2019.[2][3]
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 26. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ Horsting, JR [@JRHorsting] (June 19, 2019). "Colin Slater was a very smart producer-director & creative person. He paid voice talent what they wanted, and got the best. I will miss him. Those movies used a very limited software called 3D choreographer, a partner. The production time was only 3months" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Horsting, JR [@JRHorsting] (December 3, 2019). "He passed away suddenly of a stroke, while working on a very cool new project" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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