Hooves of Fire
- TV Movie
- 1999
- 22m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
Robbie, an out-of-condition reindeer, tries to earn a place on Santa's crack sleigh team.Robbie, an out-of-condition reindeer, tries to earn a place on Santa's crack sleigh team.Robbie, an out-of-condition reindeer, tries to earn a place on Santa's crack sleigh team.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total
Robbie Williams
- Narrator
- (voice)
Paul Whitehouse
- Prancer
- (voice)
Jane Horrocks
- Donner
- (voice)
Steve Coogan
- Blitzen
- (voice)
Caroline Quentin
- Vixen
- (voice)
Jean Alexander
- Mrs. Santa
- (voice)
Ricky Tomlinson
- Santa Claus
- (voice)
Rhys Ifans
- Head Elf
- (voice)
Harry Enfield
- Old Jingle
- (voice)
Tony Anscombe
- Elf #3
- (voice)
Alistair McGowan
- Des Yeti
- (voice)
- …
Ben Stiller
- Robbie the Reindeer
- (US version)
- (voice)
Britney Spears
- Donner
- (US version)
- (voice)
James Woods
- Narrator
- (US version)
- (voice)
Brad Garrett
- Prancer
- (US version)
- (voice)
Hugh Grant
- Blitzen
- (US version)
- (voice)
Leah Remini
- Vixen
- (US version)
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, Rudolph's name is never mentioned specifically because of copyright reasons. Only because of this was its omission then worked into the plot as a running gag.
- Quotes
Donner: You've have to take him on. He needs to beat Blitzen.
Old Jingle: Blitzen? Is Blitzen involved in this?
Donner: You know Blitzen?
Old Jingle: Never heard of him, but he's gotta be stopped!
- Crazy creditsAs the credits roll in the American dubbed version, we see behind the scenes of the actors recording the voices for their characters.
- Alternate versionsIn 2002, CBS aired this special and its sequel Legend of the Lost Tribe with an entirely new voice cast. Ben Stiller was Robbie, Britney Spears was Donner, Hugh Grant was Blitzen, Brad Garret was Prancer, Leah Remini was Vixen and Jerry Stiller was Old Jingle.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #31.16 (2004)
Featured review
Reindeer Games - Very good animation
Hooves Of Fire was a Christmas televisual event, much like the Wallace And Gromit animations before it. There's an unwritten rule that a big original Christmas animation needs to be created every year for BBC and Channel 4.
Robbie The Reindeer (voiced by a charismatic Ardal O'Hanlon) is a clumsy, naive reindeer living in the shadow of his father, presumably Rudolph. After being expelled from "The Sleigh Team" for being unfit, he retrains to win back his place on Santa's team.
The animation is Grade-A, stop-motion animation evoking Aardman Animation of the past. It was done by BBC Animation Studios\BBC Bristol and has a very similar style. The voice talent reads like a Whose Who of the time with some future A\B-list talent in the form of Robbie Williams, Steve Coogan and Rhys Ifans. This film tied in with Comic Relief and Sports Relief so there are a lot of references from the obvious "red nose" to Alistair McGowan playing sports commentator Des Yeti (obviously based on Des Lynam).
There's some big laugh out loud moments from Ricky Tomlinson playing a boy-racer Santa Claus who wears gold jewellery and tracksuits, musician Seal as a fish-eating Seal and the Fonzie character, Old Jingle an old, crazy reindeer played by Harry Enfield who sounds a lot like Adrian Edmonson.
Personally for me even at 30 minutes I don't get the same amount of joy watching it as I do The Snowman, Father Christmas, Charlie Brown's Christmas or even The Treacle People Christmas special.
Not shown on UK TV since 2003 according to the Genome project for unknown reasons. This has also stopped it reaching a younger audience, but it is fondly remembered by Millenials and older. A DVD was released as was two sequels of more of the same.
Robbie The Reindeer (voiced by a charismatic Ardal O'Hanlon) is a clumsy, naive reindeer living in the shadow of his father, presumably Rudolph. After being expelled from "The Sleigh Team" for being unfit, he retrains to win back his place on Santa's team.
The animation is Grade-A, stop-motion animation evoking Aardman Animation of the past. It was done by BBC Animation Studios\BBC Bristol and has a very similar style. The voice talent reads like a Whose Who of the time with some future A\B-list talent in the form of Robbie Williams, Steve Coogan and Rhys Ifans. This film tied in with Comic Relief and Sports Relief so there are a lot of references from the obvious "red nose" to Alistair McGowan playing sports commentator Des Yeti (obviously based on Des Lynam).
There's some big laugh out loud moments from Ricky Tomlinson playing a boy-racer Santa Claus who wears gold jewellery and tracksuits, musician Seal as a fish-eating Seal and the Fonzie character, Old Jingle an old, crazy reindeer played by Harry Enfield who sounds a lot like Adrian Edmonson.
Personally for me even at 30 minutes I don't get the same amount of joy watching it as I do The Snowman, Father Christmas, Charlie Brown's Christmas or even The Treacle People Christmas special.
Not shown on UK TV since 2003 according to the Genome project for unknown reasons. This has also stopped it reaching a younger audience, but it is fondly remembered by Millenials and older. A DVD was released as was two sequels of more of the same.
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