How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

1994

0h 20m

7.2(7 votes)

Documentary

TV Movie

Overview

Phil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'

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9 members

Acting

Phil Hartman

Self - Host

Directing

Tim Burton

Self

Sound

Danny Elfman

Self

Production

Audrey Geisel

Self

Acting

Albert Hague

Self

Directing

Chuck Jones

Self

Acting

Thurl Ravenscroft

Self

Acting

June Foray

(voice - archive footage)

Acting

Boris Karloff

(voice - archive footage)

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