The Flight Before Christmas (2008)

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80 min - Animation | Adventure | Comedy - 10 October 2008 (Finland)

6.4

Ratings: 6.4/10 from 1,160 users
Reviews: 15 user | 20 critic

A young reindeer who suffers from vertigo learns to overcome his fear, takes flying lessons from a clumsy flying squirrel and heads to the North pole to save a troubled Santa and his fleet of flying reindeer.

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Storyline

A reindeer boy named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant mocking from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel. Written by jcsmarchesi

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Official Sites:

Bac Films [France] | MG Film [Croatia] | See more »

Country:

Finland | Denmark | Germany | Ireland

Language:

English | Finnish

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (Finland) See more »

Also Known As:

Jelencek Niko See more »

Filming Locations:

Finland

Box Office

Budget:

€6,100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinemaker Oy, Anima Vitae, A. Film See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

In earlier drafts, Niko was named Rusty. He was also called Pietu and/or Pyry. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Niko and Saga warn the other reindeer that wolves are coming, Niko's grandpa comes in and asks "Are you sure they didn't follow you?" At that moment, his right horn can be seen passing through the leader's horn geometry. See more »

Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits: 21.858 liters of beer were consumed during the making of this movie! See more »

Connections

Followed by Niko 2: Family Affairs (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

"Flying Forces Roll"
Written by Stephen McKeon See more »