Here Comes Peter Cottontail

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

1971

55m

Holiday

Musical

Animation

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Peter Cottontails is named the new Chief Easter Bunny but loses a contest to the evil January Q. Irontail who wants to ruin Easter. With the help of a time machine Peter sets out to make up for his mistake and save Easter from January.

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Barbara Shulgasser

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'70s Easter classic has very mild scares and peril.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 13, 2016

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Sep 29, 2005

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Jack's A

Chef's kiss, this special is (almost) perfect and definitely my personal favorite Rankin/Bass animated production

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/23

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doug n

Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a delightfully charming Easter special with its colorfully vibrant animation, a memorable musical score, and featuring a great voice cast with Danny Kaye, Vincent Prince, and Paul Frees. This ranks up there with some of the best of Rankin & Bass holiday specials; including Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Frosty the Snowman.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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kevin p

[(The voice of Shaggy + Vincent Price)(Easter)/RankinBass = a good time]

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

good music and a cute story. I loved it more as a child than I do now.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Hadn't seen this in ages. That was fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Irontail gave me nightmares as a kid... :(

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Jules Bass

Director

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Director

Casey Kasem

Peter Cottontail

Danny Kaye

Seymour S. Sassafrass

Vincent Price

January Q. Irontail

Joan Gardner

Bonnie Bonnet

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Synopsis

Peter Cottontails is named the new Chief Easter Bunny but loses a contest to the evil January Q. Irontail who wants to ruin Easter. With the help of a time machine Peter sets out to make up for his mistake and save Easter from January.

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Screenwriter: Thornton W. Burgess, Romeo Muller
Production Co: Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International
Genre: Holiday, Musical, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Feb 15, 2005
Runtime: 55m

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