Beethoven's adventurous Christmas
| Movie | |
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| German title | Beethoven's adventurous Christmas |
| Original title | Beethoven's Christmas Adventure |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | John Putch |
| script |
Steven Altiere Daniel Altiere |
| production | Jeff Of course |
| music | Chris Bacon |
| camera | Ross Berryman |
| cut | John Gilbert |
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Beethoven's Adventurous Christmas (Original title: Beethoven's Christmas Adventure ) is an American film directed by John Putch from 2011 . It is the sixth sequel to the film A Dog Named Beethoven with Saint Bernard Beethoven as the main character.
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Three days before Christmas, the inconspicuous Christmas elf Henry is assigned by Santa Claus to look after the reindeer this year. He gives him a small bag of magic berries that the reindeer can use to fly. Instead of being proud, the elf complains to Santa because he can't stand animals. Out of sheer clumsiness, Henry drops the bag and some of the magic berries land in front of the reindeer, who immediately devour them and take Santa's sleigh into the air. Henry quickly jumps up and lands in the sleigh.
At the same time on earth, Mason is assigned by his mother to take care of Beethoven. But he doesn't really like animals either and is reluctant to do so. He got the idea to use Beethoven's popularity for business and offered the animal to passers-by for five dollars for photos. Business continues to boom until Beethoven discovers the Christmas sleigh that is just flying past. Henry loses the sack of presents and quickly falls behind. The dog notices this, hurries away and travels around various passers-by. He stops in front of a tall fir tree and there he meets Henry together with Mason. At first Mason refuses to believe Henry's story, but when Henry talks to Beethoven, his doubts vanish. Together they want to look for the missing sack, which Henry has to bring back in 48 hours at the latest. This is now found by the seedy toy seller Smirch. He is amazed to find that this sack can conjure up endless toys of any size. He is delighted to take the magic sack with him and use it for his own purposes. He conjures up hundreds of magnificent toys from it and sells them in his shop.
Mason is now billing Henry at his home in the garage and has him tell him everything about elves. The next morning, Beethoven offers Henry his help. Thanks to his good nose, he really wants to find the bag. The search quickly leads them to Smirch's toy store. When the owner sees Henry it is clear to him that he wants his sack back and so he escapes from him through half the city.
Mason received the order from his mother to look for Beethoven. On the way he meets a shaggy street dog who follows him from now on. With his help he finds Beethoven and Henry, who couldn't catch up with Smirch. To the delight of both of them, the stray reports that he saw the man who found the sack. Henry is amazed that there are animals on earth that have no home. He wants Mason to take care of the animal from now on, but he refuses. Henry notices that Mason is reluctant to let feelings toward them just out of fear of losing something loved.
With the help of the stray, Henry manages to find the thief of the toy sack. Together with both dogs, he goes to Smirch in the shop, but he refuses to give back the wondrous sack. Together with a group of Christmas hunters, Henry Smirchs distracts them while the two dogs look for the sack and Henry finally gets it back. However, he is now unceremoniously accused of theft and taken away by the police. Mason asks his mother to help him break up his new friend with the police, but she is as incredulous as he was at the beginning. Only when Beethoven manages to get Mason's mother to hear him does she believe her son. Together with Henry the three of them chase after Smirch to take the sack from him. He succeeds and in the end Smirch is arrested by the police. Mason decides to keep the stray with him and Henry has to somehow return to the North Pole. Mason gets him a sled and Beethoven stretches in front of it. With the help of the magic berries he can fly and both take off towards the North Pole. After Christmas, Beethoven will be brought back to earth personally by Santa Claus.
Reviews
"Partly reasonably amusing, but mostly flat family entertainment full of happy Christmas messages: Be satisfied with what you have and are, seek reconciliation, do good and endure the kitsch we are spreading without complaint."
Web links
- Beethoven's Christmas Adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beethoven's adventurous Christmas ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved from Cinema.de.
