Barney’s Magical Christmas (2001 film)

Barney's Magical Christmas: The Movie (also known as Barney's Christmas Adventure: The Search Of a Christmas Spirit in the UK) is a 2001 British-American family musical live-action animated Christmas film from Walt Disney Pictures, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Lyrick Studios, based on the 1957 story of the same name by Dr. Seuss. It was the second Barney & Friends series to be adapted into a second full-length feature film. Because the film is based on a children's series, many additions had to be made to the crossover to bring it up to feature-length, including some information about the crossover of the titular character. Most of the rhymes used in the book were used in the film, though some were slightly changed, and new rhymes were put in as well. The film was directed by Ron Howard and Simon Wells, produced by Howard and Brian Grazer, and starring Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Taylor Momsen and introducing Freddie Highmore as Toby and Emma Watson as Madeline. Featuring the voice talents Dave Foley, Rob Paulsen, William H. Macy, Corey Burton, Phil Collins, Bob Hoskins, and introducing Kevin Bacon as Balto, Bridget Fonda as Jenna, Michael J. Fox as Bambi, and Anne Hathaway as Faline.