Films, Radio, Television
Jack Frost, a Russian film from 1964, has the Russian title Morozko—the Russian equivalent of Jack Frost. The character of Jack Frost appears in three American films, two of them named simply Jack Frost. In one Jack Frost, a serial killer turns into a snowman and continues his rampage. This movie spawned a sequel: Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman, also starring this version of Jack Frost. In the other Jack Frost film, Michael Keaton plays a human by the name of Jack Frost, who gets killed in a car-crash on Christmas Eve. A year later he returns as a snowman to spend time with his son. Jack Frost appears as the title character in a 1934 release of Ub Iwerks's ComiColor Cartoons, and Martin Short plays "Jack Frost" in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. In this film, Jack is jealous of the attention that Santa Claus receives and schemes to replace him.
Prior to the popularity of television, Jack Frost appeared in the children's radio serial The Cinnamon Bear. In television, Jack Frost (voiced by Paul Frees) makes an appearance in the Rankin/Bass Christmas television special Frosty's Winter Wonderland, in which he grows jealous of Frosty the Snowman because of the attention the children lavish upon him, He tries to render Frosty lifeless by stealing his magic hat but is eventually chosen as the best man at Frosty and Crystal's wedding. He reappears to bring Frosty and his family back to life at the end of Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. In another Rankin-Bass TV special produced in 1979, Jack Frost, the title character (voiced by Robert Morse) falls in love with a human girl and seeks to become human. Father Winter grants his wish, but tells him that if he does not have a house, a horse, a bag of gold, and a wife by "the first sign of spring" he will become a sprite again. He appeared in the 2012 film Rise of the Guardians as one of the main characters being voiced by Chris Pine. In this film, he was a spirit like Santa, the Easter Bunny, etc. He was the main protagonist who used his powers with a staff for good. He became Jack Frost after drowning under the ice while ice-skating with his little sister. Fun Facts: He is over 300 years old, and he never wears shoes.
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