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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

  • TV Movie
  • 1971
  • TV-G
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.6K
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
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With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.

  • Directors
    • Jules Bass
    • Arthur Rankin Jr.
  • Writers
    • Priscilla Friedrich
    • Otto Friedrich
    • Thornton W. Burgess
  • Stars
    • Danny Kaye
    • Paul Frees
    • Joan Gardner
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • Writers
      • Priscilla Friedrich
      • Otto Friedrich
      • Thornton W. Burgess
    • Stars
      • Danny Kaye
      • Paul Frees
      • Joan Gardner
    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Here Comes Peter Cottontail
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    Danny Kaye
    Danny Kaye
    • Seymour S. Sassafras
    • (voice)
    • …
    Paul Frees
    Paul Frees
    • Colonel Bunny's Assistant
    • (voice)
    • …
    Joan Gardner
    • Bonnie
    • (voice)
    • …
    Casey Kasem
    Casey Kasem
    • Peter Cottontail
    • (voice)
    Iris Rainer
    • Donna
    • (voice)
    Greg Thomas
      Jeff Thomas
        Vincent Price
        Vincent Price
        • January Q. Irontail
        • (voice)
        • Directors
          • Jules Bass
          • Arthur Rankin Jr.
        • Writers
          • Priscilla Friedrich
          • Otto Friedrich
          • Thornton W. Burgess
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        • Trivia
          The calendars through which the time machine falls into the various holidays are all correct for the year the film was released, 1971 ... including New Year's Day and the holidays following, in which (if the holidays were visited in sequence) the calendars should have rolled over to the next year.
        • Goofs
          Antoine asks "in the rules of April Valley, does it say that the eggs must be given on Easter?" to which Peter replies no. Peter then eventually gives away eggs on St. Patrick's Day. But Colonel Bunny said earlier that whoever delivers the most eggs on Easter becomes the new ruler of April Valley and Chief Easter Bunny. Thus, Peter shouldn't have won at the end.
        • Quotes

          Seymour S. Sassafras: Now of course it's all very nice here, thanks to Peter Cottontail and... hmm? You've never heard of Peter Cottontail? Great chattering chick-chicks!

          [taking his hat off and speaking into it]

          Seymour S. Sassafras: They've never heard of Peter Cottontail!

          Sassafras's Hat: They've never heard of Peter Cottontail?

        • Alternate versions
          The Blu-ray release from Classic Media/Universal has most of the songs shortened or removed in their entirety, due to an edited-for-TV print being used.
        • Connections
          Featured in Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005)
        • Soundtracks
          Here Comes Peter Cottontail
          Sung by Danny Kaye
          Music and Lyrics by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins

        User reviews13

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        7/10

        It's literally a coincidence that I'm reviewing this on Easter!

        I must have been six when I saw "Here Comes Peter Cottontail". Now that I know who did some of the voices, that only makes the movie cooler. The plot of course has good rabbit Peter Cottontail (Casey Kasem, aka Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo") trying to become the Easter Bunny after lascivious rabbit Irontail (Vincent Price) wins the contest. Through some mishap, Peter accidentally travels through the whole year, selling eggs for every holiday.

        Maybe this does mostly serve as a kids' movie, but it's pretty neat. With Shaggy as the good guy, Dr. Phibes as the bad guy, and Danny Kaye as the narrator, how can you go wrong?
        • lee_eisenberg
        • Apr 15, 2006
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        • Release date
          • April 4, 1971 (United States)
        • Countries of origin
          • United States
          • Japan
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • А ось Кролик Пухнастик
        • Production companies
          • Rankin/Bass Productions
          • Videocraft International
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        • Runtime
          1 hour
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.33 : 1

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