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Simple Gifts
100%
Movie
1h 0m
AI Analysis
Simple Gifts (1977) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Simple Gifts (1977) — a movie tagged as Animation and TV Movie with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart… Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~60 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Simple Gifts 100% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
Simple Gifts is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
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Synopsis
A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1977-12-03
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 10.0
- TMDB ID
- 649648
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What is Simple Gifts about?
A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a t... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Simple Gifts?
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How long is the movie Simple Gifts?
The official runtime for Simple Gifts is approximately 60 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Colleen Dewhurst
Self - Host
Hermione Gingold
Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
José Ferrer
Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
- D
Dean Wareham
Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
- D
David Jones
Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
Paul Dooley
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
- C
Claudette Sutherland
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
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