December 11, 1991
Release Date

Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (1991)

Name: Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Released: 1991-12-11

30m

Running Time

December 11, 1991
Release Date

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Plot.

A little boy is taken by the Sand Man to Santa's workshop, only to discover that it has been taken over and industrialized by an evil robot.

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Cast & Crew.

Zachary Bennett

Peter Fletcher

Frank Mackay

Santa

Michael Fawkes

Toymaster / Newscaster / Creator

Larysa Fenyn

Mrs. Fletcher

Elizabeth Rukavina

Mrs. Fletcher (voice)

Chris Delaney

Mr. Fletcher / Director

Murray Cruchley

Mr. Fletcher (voice)

Long John Baldry

Nilus the Sandman

Michael Mercer

Writer

Arnie Zipursky

Producer

Details.

Release Date
December 11, 1991

Status
Released

Running Time
30m

Genres
Animation Fantasy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (also known simply as The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas) is a Canadian part-animated and part-live-action Christmas television special which was originally broadcast on December 1, 1991 on CTV. In the United States, it was first broadcast on The Disney Channel on December 10, 1991. It was followed by two more Nilus the Sandman TV specials which premiered in 1994 and 1995, and then a Nilus the Sandman TV series airing from 1996 to 1998.

Most of the film is animated (the dream scenes), but the beginning and ending scenes (the awake scenes) are in live action.